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ItfINNETT HERALD. I 'gCD *«RT WEDNESDAY, BY IkPLES & YARBROUGH, f ..'n M . rEEPLES, Editor. 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WM. E. SIMMONS. SIMMONS. EYS AT LAW, , Georgia. innett and the adjoining inar 10-ly PITCH INS, EY AT LAW, Ga. Ie in the counties nf the Western id iu Milton and Forsyth of the to- mar 15-ly ill M. PEEPLES, rOBXEY AT LAW, SEVILLE, r,A. es iu the counties of Gwinnett, bon and Milton. j claims pruuiptiy attended to r6m ■ N. GLE N N , jfciN’EY AT LAW, ga. attend to all business care, and also to Land, ension claims mar 15-Gm |W K - & G A. MITCHELL, MmCEYILLE, GA, a continuation nf services to the citizens I LOe P constantly on hand a ent of drugs and chemicals. IDS carefully prepared. af fer3eis7 ,N AND surgeon, *ENCEVILLE, GA. 6m • Roberts, 10RKE * AT Law, IRETTA » GEORGIA, Me. of lht e ,T, Cuit - rdso H , 1111 a| id Gwinnett of "iS' 7 k 11 Waller W«rranl» and J " lH United States jmie 14-bm : house, Shed, W U NT*, ga . KT ’' ' Proprietor. V’ * 50 Cents. ■V B' i * s| °N hotel S. C . . R-Jackson. Weekly Gwinnett Herald. T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR.] Vol. 11. Ye Editors Perplexities. An editor ife \fr. Sqtiibbs, A man cf t#rdly will; A mighty map likewise to wield Ye scissqrs and ye quill. Ye humble honors of ye press W ith lofty pride be wears ; Although no millionaire, he hath Well nigh a million airs. He strives with dignity to feed Ye little Squibbs with bread, And eke upon ye wings of fame Ye name of Sqnibbs to spread. He takes his little perquisites— Ye which each Press man knows— With ready, gracious air, For which he "puffs” bestows. Now, Mr. Squibbs he had a pass Upon ye railroad train ; Ye which was stolen; ye loss of which It vexed him sore with pain. Then with a frown of dignity Squibbs sought ye President; “Give orders to your hirelings straight, Through all your road's extent, To seize the man, wherever found, Who to my name aspires.” Ye orders flew, and Mr. Squibbs With dignity retires. Not many days thereafter, Squibbs, With dignity arose, And clad his dignity and limbs All in his Sunday clothes ; For Squibbs was bid to scenes of mirth All in ye distant town, And merrily he cut his pen To note ye doings down, And while he viewed his toilette o'er, All by a luckless chance, He hit upon ye stolen pass, “Sale in his Sunday pants.” With lofty air Squibbs gave ye pass Unto ye ticket man ; “Eureka! ” muttered he, and turned Ye face of Sqnibbs to scan. Then, with a flaming lantern, sore, He smote Squibbs on ye head ; Three bloody brakemen, then he called, Who bore him out as dead. Upon ye lordly Squibbs then sat Three brakemen, great and small, Ye while the wrathful ticket man His clothes did averliaul. They found a pass on every road That runs ye world around ; They bound him last, and swore they lmd Ye king or pass-thieves found. His freedom was at last restored ; II is dignity, alas, IV as wrecked, and even to this day / Squibbs won’t ride on a pass. The Selma (Ala.) Times counsels ■ the Democracy to make no nomi nation in opposition to Horace Greeley. It says: “Greeley, the uncompromising opponent to De mocracy for a life time, is now the hope of the Democratic party, in preventing the coriupt and imbe cile administration of Grant for another term. We believe that we utter the sentiments of nine tenths of the white people, the tax payers of this section, when we say that we hope that the Na tional Executive Committee of the Democratic party which will meet to-morrow, will decide that it is to the interest of the people of the entire Union, bnt more especially to the people of the South, not to hold a National convention ; or if a convention is held, that it be merely to keep up the organization of the party, and to hold the ‘bal ante of power/ to be thrown into the scales at tire time and place where most can be accomplished.” mm ♦♦♦ —— Pot Agreements in Writing.— How many misunderstandings arise from the loose way in which business matters are talked over, and then when each party puts his own con struction on the conversation, the matter is diminished by each with the words “all right,” “all right.”— Frequently it turns out all wrong and becomes a question for lawyers and the courts. More than three-fourths the litiga tion of the country would be saved if the people would put down their names to it. Each word in our language has its own peculiar mean ing, and memory may by the change of a single word, or even by the change of its position in a sentence, convey an entirely different idea from that intended. When once reduced to writing, ideas are fixed, and the expensive law-suits avoided. Two mischievous children, each about eight years old, were recently placed on trial, in England, on the charge of placing pieces of iron on a lailroad. It must have been a curi ous spectacle, the Judge sitting in state, arrayed in a formidable wig and robes trimmed with ermine, and surrounded with all the solemn pomp of an English court, with the jury empannelled, and learned coun sel elaborately arguing points of law, while the heads of the two des perate culprits were hardly visible above the dock. Lawrenceville, Ga., Wednesday, June 5, 1872. A NOTABLE I>UEL. Gratz Brown and Gov. Itey nolds, of Missouri. Since Gratz Brown has been brought prominently before the country as the Liberal candidate for Vice-President, on the ticket with Horace Greeley, the following account of a duel fought between him and Gov. Reynolds, of Mis souri, some fifteen or sixteen years ago will be read with interest. It was the last political duel fought iu Missouri: The duel was fought iu 185 G, on au island in the Mississippi, some forty or fifty miles below fc>t. Louis. The principles were at the time young, earnest and able politicians —men of intelligence, highly edu cated and full of ambition. Brown, a Kentuckian, was editor of the Democrat, which was at that time the organ of the Benton Democrats and controlled by him ; and Frank Blair, then as now, his close and intimate friend, Reynolds, a Vir ginia, bad, after completing his studies in Germany, acted for a while as secretary ot legation and charge d’affairs at Madrid. He had removed to St. Louis some four years before, and was practicing law. In 1856 the quarrel between the Benton Democrats and ihe anti- Benton Democrats, the pro-slavery and the anti-slavery men, had be come extremely bitter, and was made the more violent by the fact that iu that year the Gubernatorial, Presidential and Congressional elections were all to be held. Col. Benton had, after a tremendous struggle, been left out of the Sen ate,in which he had for thirty years represented Missouri with distin guished ability and unswerving fidelity. From this action of the Legislature he appealed to the people by becoming a candidate for Governor. The anti-Benton Democrats nom inated against him theii ablest and most popular leader, Trusten Polk, while the Whigs and Know Nothings nominated Ewing. In St. Louis the Benton men nomina ted Frank P. Blair for Congret s. The Whigs and Know Nothings nominated the then incumbent, Luther K. Kenneth The anti Benton men nominated Thomas C. Reynolds. All of them were ‘fight ing men,’ and gentlemen of the highest character. The nominations were made in May; the election was to be held iu August. The canvass was con ducted by all parties with the ut most spirit and with great bitter ness, the expression of which was, however, generally kept within the bounds of gentlemanly pro priety; for in those days a candi date for these high offices in Mis souri never forgot, not let others forget, that lie was a gentleman. The Congressional District was thoroughly canvassed by Blair and Reynolds, who discussed the issue of the canvass in presence of the people, as was then the good custom. Each was aided by his friends, of whom Blair had a powerful one in the editor of the Democrat. One day an article appeared in that paper containing what Rey nolds conceived to be an offensive allusion to himself. He replied through the Leader in a brief but | bitter note. A challenge was sent' and accepted. Brown’s seconds were two well known gentlemen, since dead— Otd. Mitchell and Mr. Walker,— These advised with 001. Benton, Frank P. Blair, and other leading men of their party, for it was a public and party matter. Reynolds’ seconds were Colonel Ferdinand Ken nett and Captain Hudson, both of whom have since died. Their advisers were Col. David 11. Armstrong, the present Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, and author of the Pas sive or Missouri Policy, and Col. Linn, then Collector of the Port. The terms were agreed upon, and the parties went with their friends to an island in the Missis sippi, fortj miles below St. Louis. Both were men of unquestioned courage and excellent shots,— Brown was a bachelor. Reynolds had a wife as brave as himself. Kennett and Mitchell, old and de voted friends, though then acting for mortal adversaries, teased a half dollar for choice of position. Kennett won. They then tossed for the word. Again Kennett won, and Reynolds seemed to be in luck. “ COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE!" | We now quote from a recent account of the affair i The choice of position was nA of much advantage, however, as the Btin was too low to affect either. The word remained with Kcnnett, and he was to call out, “Fire—One—Two—Three—Stop.” The principals were not to lower their pistols before the word fire, and not to shoot after the word ' stop. Kennett and Mitchell measured the ground carefully. Each turned after he had finished and threw a keen glance along the tavvney track, and then looked one into the eyes of the other. They did not speak audibly, yet both said iu their heaOs—“lt is close.” And it was. Too close for two such men, who had oply between them the unpleasant memories of a political quarrel. They were placed face to face— Brown looked straight at his ad versary a pleasant half smile on his lip. Not a muscle quivered. He stood as if carved from the sand, immovable and yet full of bountiful life. Reynolds’ attitude was none the leas superb. The Kentuckian and the Virginian were to fight as their ancestors had fought before them for a hun dred years. They recognized the 'code, and it was well. By the code they would be judged fairly, standing or falling. The pistols were brought and loaded carefully. A grain of pow der, more or less, might sacrifice a life. They were ugly looking weapons, to say the least of them, and of English make. On each barrel was the word “London” en graved. The stocks were of ma hogany, and of the saw-handle shape. They had hair-triggers, double sights, were smoothe bores, and carried each an ouiicu ball. The barrels were iTull six inches long, and were dark looking and ominous. It was now between six and sev en o’clock. The negro oarsmen looked on in sober wonderment. The surgeons arranged their instru ments and bandages. The respec live friends of each principal took their positions, and when every thing was ready, Kennett called out iu a clear and distinct voice, “Gentlemen, are you ready V” So nearly together as to sound as one voice, both Brown and Rey nolds answered, “Ready,” Kennett then cried out, "Fire.” Betore the word one was heard Reynolds lowered his pistol and fired. Brown fired almost simul taneously with his adversary.— Indeed the two reports were blend ed so nearly as to be indistinguish able, and the secouds looked from one to the other to see if either was hit. Reynolds stood perfectly still with his smoking pistol in his hand, while Brown shifted his weight from one leg to the other, as if suffering pain. Hudson walked up to Reynolds and said to him, “I fear Brown is wounded in the groiu.” Reynolds replied, “You must be mistaken, for I aimed at his knee.” Hudson then went near to Brown, returning in a short time to his principal, remarking, “You are right, he is shot in the knee.” “I was ceitain of it,” replied Rey nolds, “the wound will not be dan gerous." Brown’ll friends in the mean while had approached lmu and led him to oue side, while the surgeons examined his wound. He was as cool as grenadier. Although suf fering extreme pain aud scarcely able to stand, he Bternly deman ded another fire, insisting on his ability to remain upon the field. The surgeon overruled his wish es and immediately a conference took place betweeu all the friends of each, which was communicated to the principals, and Reynolds instantly advanced to where Brown was lying—the pain of the wound haviug forced him finally to the ground—and offered his hand in a frank aud friendly man ner. Brown received it in the same spirit, and they had some plyasaut conversation together. Mutual exprcssionxof esteem were exchanged, aud the mutual with drawal of everything offensive that had taken place between them. Just at tliat time the steamer Editor from Memphis, heavily loaded and crowded with passen gers, came in sight down theriver. She was at once halted and stop ped to take the party on hoard. Brown had to be removed in a blanket, <he ball having split the knee on the right log just upon the edge of the joint, causing pro fuse hemorrhage find intense pain. A state room was placed at once at his disposal and he received the m6st generous attention from all. Reynolds went to his native State in the late war and was for two years the Confederate Gov ernor of Missouri. He is now practicing law in St, Louis, and he and his old antagonist ate po litically and socially friends.— Brown was elected to the United States Senate, and last year was made Governor of Missouri by the united votes of the Democrats and Liberal Republicans t From the Meridian Gazette. A Bate for Matrimony, an eixwino corn.* pursued by am IRATE FATHER—A IIAII.HOAD TRAIN TO THE RESCUE —RUNAWAYS TRIUMPHANT. As the northern bound train on the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad moved up to Brandi n sta tion, in Georgia, a few days since, it was observed by the passengers and trainmen that something very unnatial had occurred at that sta tion. Inquiry from persons stand ing in the excited crowd at the depot, soon elicited the informa tion that a youthtul couple, flee ing from the cruel opposition of a stern parent to the accomplish ment of matrimonial union, had a moment before galloped to the sta tion with the intention of taking the cars for some point beyond pursuit; but that the cruel parent of the blushing lass had followed so close upon them that they had put spurs for the next station, closely followed by the vengeful sire. No sooner were these facts taken iu by the conductor of the train than he communicated to the engineer with orders to "pull her wide open” and attend the race. Now the country road, on which the actors in this little drama had suddenly departed, runs the whole distance between Brandon and the next station, right along side of the railroad track; no that a fine opportunity was afforded of observing the race. About a mile out of Brandon the rapidly moving train came in full sight of the ptirsoit, and in a few minutes was neck ami neck with them. By this time all the people of the train had leen apprized of the status of affairs and every soul had freely entered into the contest. Ihe plat forms and windows were crowded with anxious and excited faces and the gaze of all was soon riv eted upon the old man. Mounted upon a large and powerful horse, his coat tail flying in the breeze, stern vengeance setting solemn on his angry countenance, the old man applied whip and spur to his charger and the speed he seemed to be making argued ill for the Seeing youngsters. lie deigned for one instant to turn his head away from the road before him, but was deaf to the shouts hurled at him from the train. The sympathies of the passen gers were universally in favor of the young couple, and the engin eer crowding on all steam, soon swept out of sight of the lather in pursuit of the object of his ven geance. About a half mile further on the elopers were overtaken. Mounted on horseback they too were crowding all sail. The girl’s dishevelled tresses streamed straight in the breeze, and the hatless youth, with a curious mixture of love and apprehen- sion on his countenance, spurred forward his own beast and bela bored that of hid companion with a frazzled limb, ever and anon casting an anxious glance to the rear. It was evident that their horses were blown. With their straightened necks and pauting sides they promised every moment to succumb. At this moment the excitement on the train knew no bounds—handkerchiefs were wav ed, ladies screamed, men shouted and the whistle blew. A few hun dred yards more and the raec seemed about to terminate in die aster to tl>e youthful pair. The jaded horses, »o longer obeying the whip and spar, slack ed their speed. In the distance— scarcely half a mile away, a cloud of dust, rapidly approaching, struck terror to the fleeing daugh ter, who, clinging to the pummel of her saddle, seemed paralyzed with terror. The young man seemed uncertaiu what to do. He looked about him as one about to abandon the unequal contest iu [*2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. despair. At this point the excite ment on the train reached its height. Men shouted, “Go ahead, iho old man is close behind.” “Never give it up so.” “Hurrah!” while the mail agents, waiving a mail bag in his hand halloed, “Stick to it—never say die.” But this encouragement was lost on the jaded steeds; slower and slower and slower became their | ace and nearer came the now visible parent. At this moment the suc cess of the pursuit seemed certain. •Suddenly a voice yelled, “St"p the train, for God’s sake, and take them aboard." Immediately the breaks were put down and the train brought to a halt. Out rushed trainmen and pas sengers, some seized the fainting damsel and tumbled her in the train, others assisted the youth aboard, and others slung iu their carpetsack and saddlebags, Scarcely was this accomplished when the old man, furious with passion, dashed up to the scene and cr etf, "SHop, stop, or I'll kill you,” But he Was too late. Toot, toot, Went the engine, quicjtly answered the driving wheels, and the train moved off just a second too soon for the old man to get aboard. In the long whistle pro longed for many seconds the en raged parent heard his defeat, and the last that was seen ot him lie was running madly alter the train, with fist clenched and brandished, at the passengers, whoso jeers came borne on the wiud from the rear platform. The age of the boy was fifteen and that of the girl thirteen.— They disembarked at the next sta tion, were quickly made one, and, the next day, returned in peace to tire husband’s home. From the San Francisco Chronicle. How to Put on si Corset. At this juncture the Coroner de sired to show to the jury the course taken bj' the ball, and for this purpose produced the corset worn by Mrs. Burkhart at the time of the tragedy "You sec,’’ said lie—and here lie drew the cor set around his waist with thy laces in front—"the ball must gave gone in here from behind. N 6, that can’t be, either, for the Doctor says the bull went in in front.— Confound it, I’ve got it all wrong. Ah! this way.” (Here the coro ner put the Corset on upside down.) “Now, you see,” pointing to the hole in the garment, which rested directly over his hip —“the ball must have gone inhere. N»>, that can’t be either, for ” Here Mr. MatheV, the handsom est man on the jury, broke in.— ‘Dr, Stillman,” said he, “you’ve got that corset ou wrong/* IJeie Dr. Stillman blushed like a puppy. “Well," said he, “I’ve been married twieej and 1 ought to know how to rig a corset.” "Yes,” said Mr. Mather, “but you don’t. You had it right in the first place. The strings go in front and the ladies clasp them together in the back. Don’t 1 know ? I think 1 ought to, I’ve been married. If yotf doubt it, look here (pointing to the full ness in tlie top). How do you suppose that’s going to be filled up unless yoo put it on as I sug gest 7” “That,” said Dr. Stillman, "why that goes over the hips.— “No, It don’t,” said Mr. Mather; “that fullness goes somewhere else —this way,” and here Mr. Ma ther indicated where he tlmugi.t the business ought to go. At this a paht-facod yiutig m>an ( with a voice like a robin, and a iiule book under his arm, said lie thonglrt the ladies always clasped their corsets on tire side. The pale faced young nran said this very innocently, as if he wished to convey the impression that he knew notning of (lie matter. The jury laughed the pale-faced young man to scorn, and one of them in timated that he thought tire young may was not so green about wo men’s dresses as he tried to ap pear. The young man was a re porter, and it is therefore exceed ingly probable that his knowledge was fully as limited as was appa rent from his suggestion, the jury men to the contrary notwithsund- I Here another juryman discov er’d that l>r. Stillman had the corset on bottom side up, “Doc tor,” said lie, “pot it on tb* other way." Then the Doetor pot on in rc versecmler, with the laces in front. This brought the bullet holes di rectly over the tails of his coat. “I don’t think," said Mr. Ma- ftATES OI'AnVF.UTISIN-G/ space 3 mo’s. G mo’s, jVI ino'e. 1 equine s> A 00 (j ti tKI $ Jit 00 2 sq’rs 0 00 lb 00 l .'> f,O 3 sqr e 800 14 00 J 20(0 t , col. i 2 00 20 00 30 0O ■„ col. 20 00 35 00 GO 00 one col. 40 OO 75 00 10U 00 The money tot advertisements is due on the first insertion. A square is lire space of one inch iu depth of the column, irrespective of the number of lines. Marriages nnd deaths, not exceeding six lines, published free. For a n.an ad vertising Ids wile, nnd nff other personal matter, double rates will he charged. No. 12. thcr, “that the tullet went in there, Doctor,’’ ‘ No, I dwu’t think it did,” wan the reply. “Confound it is mighty funny—six married men in this room, and no one that knows how to put on a woman’s corset.” Here the. chronicle reporter, wlmt had several sisters and always keeps his eves open, advanced and convinced Dr. Stillman and Mr. Mat fief, alter mneli argument, that the laces of a corset go be hind, and that the garment is clasped in front. After this ex plan at ton the course of the bullet was readily traced and found to bear out the explanation afforded by two physicians. II i/m* cTr ou s. A sea captain explained to nn in quisitive Indy that tlioy Used shrouds aboard s ips to bury dead calms at sea. Mrs. Annie Buckley, a Cairo wo man, has achieved an infant which starts with twenty-one pounds of substance. A bashful printer refused a aitua lion in a priming office where females were employed, saying that lie never “set up” with a gal in his life. An 1 rialiman describing the growth ot potatoes in Ids native land, said, as a clincher, “An’ sure, a bushel of them will fill a barrel,” An irresponsible fellow says of a designing spinster that she is liko an army quartermaster, because it is a part of her occupation to advertise tor “proposals." Suhbs wonders where all the pil low cases gu to. lie says ho never asked a giil what she was making, while sewing, without being told it was a pillow case. A New Albany bride waked up in the night,dorgeitmg she was mar ried, and aroused the neighborhood with a rapid succession of shrieks. She mistook John for a burglar. A Western editor speaking of his rival as “mean enough to steel the swill Iroin a blind hug!” The rival re tor i s hy saving, “He knows he lies; l never stole his swill! ” A man having an non need that 1m wanted to marry a girl that had plenty of snap in her, a paper advi ses him to “go for the Wisconsin girl who swallowed foity perciis ion caps the other week ” A man name 1 Well* having step ped upon a quicksand in the liver near Browiisvil'a, he instantly sank out of ‘light, wheictipon one of hi* companions remarked, “that’s a new wav of sinking wells,” There is a‘i r.vsfer can owned by some f'oVs of a sportive character, in Cleveland, that has never vet been outrun by any dog in a fair street race. They can always give the dog the start, but cornu in neck and neck, or lightly ahead on the home stretch. An orator, who had raised his au dience to a great height by bis lofty soaring*, exclaimed i “1 will dose in the beautiful and expressive language *>f the poet—T forget fiis name—and —l forget what he said too.” "What kind of pens do you sell here, mister?” asked a bov of a sta tioner “We keep aM kinds, yon voting vagabond/’ was tbe rude re l ply. “Oh, you do. do you? Well, | then. I’ll take ten ecu's wor.lt of j pigpens ’’ Little Robbie went to a show, and saw an elephant for the first time in his life. When he came home, bis mother ashed hint, what he had seen. Robbie replied : “Art efephan*. mam ma. that gobbled hav with Ids front' l aril* j A corpulent old lady asked for a ticket at the window of one of the Ilarlein Railroad depots the other day. when the clerk thought be would perpetrate a joke, and said, “Yes’m; will you go in the cattle train or the passenger train ?” The old lady looked at him a moment, and then sai I, “If yon are a speci men of what I shall find in die pas senger train, give me a ticket for the cattle train, by all mentis.” A Detroit woman named Joyce had cause for rejoicing a few weeks ago when her husband—who, *!- thongo not a thing of beauty, gave prospects of being a Joyce forever— consented to sign the following 1 agreement to leave her bed and board; "Detroith, Februry 21—thin \ iz too Agre that if mi wife paze me ; 10 dolrs i won’t Never bother Her 1 annv mor as tren as i liv if i doo she kan sind tlm plyese after me. llknky Jotc):.”