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THE JEFFERSON £g£ NEWS & FARMER.
Vol. 1.
THE
Jefferson News & Farmer
BY
HARRISON & ROBERTS:
A LIVE FIRST CLASS
Weekly Newspaper
FOR THE
Fatm, Garden, and Fireside
3?nblish.ed.
EYery Friday Morning
AT .
LOUISVILLE, GA
TERMS $2 50 PER INSUM IN ADVANCE
bates op advertising.
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a 1.75 5.00 12.00 18.00 30.00
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4 3.50 9.00 25.00 85*90 50.00
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1 colj 20.00 60.00 80.00 120.00 160.00
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UtUAL ADVJUITISIXO.
Ordinary's.— Citations for letters
ot ad ninistration, guardianship, &c. $ 3 00
Homestead notice ... --- 200
Applicationtor dism’u from adm’n-. 500
Application for ofguard’n.... 350
Application for leave to sell Land-.... 5 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.... 300
Sales of Land, per square of ten lines 500
Sale of personal per sq., ten days.... 150
Sheriff’s— Each levy of ten lines 2 50
Mortgage sales of ten lines or less.. 500
Tax Collector’s sales, (2 months 5 00
Clerk's —Foreclosure of mortgage and
other monthly’s, per 5quare........ 1 00
fistray notices, thirty days 3 00
Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu
tors or Guardians, are required, by law to
be held on the first Tuesday in the month,
between the hours of ten in the forenoon
and’ Arte in the afternoon, at the Court
house in the- County In which the property
<s situated.
Notice ot these sales must be published 40
days previous to the day of sale;
Notice for the sale of personal property
must be published 10 days previous to sale
day.
Notice to debtors and creditors, 40 day
Notice that application will be made of
the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land,
4 weeks.
Citations for letters of Administration,
Guardianship, &c., must be published 30
lays—for dismission from Administration,
n onthly six months, {or dismission from guar
lUnship, 40 days.
Rales for foreclosure of Mortgages must
be published monthly for four months —for
estabfishing.ipst papers, for the full spate of
Wree months —for cofnpalling titles fromEx
scutors of Administrators, where bond has
teen given by the deceased, the full space
of three months.
Application for Homestead to be published
twice in the space of ten consecutive days.
LOUISVILLE CARDS.
J a. CAIN J. B. rOLHILL
CAIN S POLHILL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LOUISVILLE, GA.
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Special attention’ given to reno
vating and repwring WATCHES, CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, SEWING MACHINES &c., &c.
Also Agent for the heat Sewing Machine
that is made-
May 5,1871. , 1 iyt:
DR. L R. POWELL,
LOUISVILLE, GA.
Thankful for the patronage
enjoyed heretofore, takes this method of con
tinuing the offer of his professional services to
patrons and friends.
Mays, 1871. 1 lyr;
~W. H. FAY,
LOUISVILLE, GA.
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—AND—
Ip Sir ness IMialreF.
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BOOTS Cb SHOBS
ade to order All work warranted and sat
isfaction guaranted both as to worle,n*dpti ee
Give me a call.
May I, JR7T.
mum idioal.
rvß. H. SMITH late of SandersvilloGa.,
JL/ offers bis Professional services to the
efnlfemrS Lbmavtne, and Jefferson county.
An experience of nearly forty years _in the
profession, should entitle him to Pnblic Con
fidence. Special attention paid to Obstetrics
and the diseases of women and children, of
fice at Mrs. Doctor Millers.
Louisville June 20,1871. 8 ts.
Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Friday, September 29, 1871.
New Advertisements.
Dissolution
—OF—
€Q®&mwwE®miPu
The Copartnership heretofore ex
isling between the undersigned, un
der the firm name of
SAMUEL M. LEDERER & CO.
is this day dissolved by mutual con
sent.
Messrs ISAAC- M. FRANK and
FUSTAVE ECKSTEIN are alone
authorized to settle the affairs ol the
late firm, collect all moneys due,
and sign in liquidation.
SAM’L M. LEDERER,
I. M. FRANK,
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN,
Savannah, July lSih, IS7I.
Copartnership Notice.
The undersigned have ibis day
associated themselves together as
Partners for the transaction of a
General
DRY GOODS
business in the City ol Savannah,
under the firm name of
FRANKS ECKSTEIN.
AT 131 BROUGHTON ST.,
where they will continue to carry an
extensive stock ot*
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AND
BHI &©©»§
AND
IQTI Q R S .
Possessing facilities to purchase
Goods
in the
Northern
Markets
on the very best terms, will contin
ue to offer such
IMIHJOBniEiNTS
as will make it the interest of
/•
BUYERS
to deal with us.
spectfully solicit your patronage in
future. Also an early examination
t>fot»r stock and prices.
Yout;s respeci fully.
FBAVt * tcftSTEM,
131 Broughton St-
Parties desiring to send orders for
Goods or Samples of Dry Goods will
find them promptly attended to by
addressing
P. O. BOX 33,
Savannah, Ga.
August 18, ly. n
fPkcllattetras.
The Indian Chief-
The following beautiful story is
old, but literally true, and was first
published in a lecture delivered by
William Tracy, Esq., of Utica, N.
Y., on the early history of Oneida
county :
One of the first settlers in Western
New York was Judge W , who
established himself at Whitestown,
about four miles from Utica. He
brought his family with him, among
whom waSa widowed daughter with
only one child—a fine boy about four
years old. You will recollect, the
country around was an unbroken for
est, and this was the domain of the
savage tribes.
Judge W saw the necessity
of keeping on good terms with the
Indians, for, as he was nearly alone,
lie was completely at their mercy.
Accordingly he took every opportu
nity to assure them of his kindly
feelings, and to secure their good
will in return. Several of the chiefs
came to see him, and all appeared
pacific. But there was one thing
that troubled him ; an aged chief of
the Oneida tribe, and one of great
influence, who resided at a distance
of a dozen miles, and had not yet
been to see him, nor could he ascer
tain the views and feelings ofthe sa
chem in respect to his settlement in
that region. At last he sent in a
message, and the answer was that
the chief would visit him on the
morrow.
True to his appointment, the sa
chem came ; Judge W receiv
ed him with marks o f respect, and
introduced his wife, his daughter,
and little boy. The interview that
followed was interesting. Upon its
result the Judge was convinced that
his security might depend, and he
was therefore exceedingly anxious to
make a favorable impression upon
the distinguished chief. He ex
pressed his desire to settle in the
country, to live on terms of amity
and good fellowship with the Indi
ans, and to be useful to them by in
troducing among them the arts ol
civilization.
The chief heard him out, and then
said : ‘‘Brother, you ask much and
you promise much. What pledge
can you give of your faith ? The
white mail’s word may be good to
the white man, yet it is but wind
when spoken to the Indian.”
“I have put my life in your hands,”
said the Judge, “is not that an evi
dence of my good intention ? I have
placed confidence in the Indian, and
will not believe that be will abuse
or betray the trust that is thus re
posed.”
“So much is well,” replied the
chief, “the Indian w’ill repay confi
dence with confidence; if you will
trust him lie will trust you. Let
this boy go to my wigwam—l will
bring him back in three days with
my answer!”
If an arrow had pierced the bo
som ot the mother, she could not
have felt a deeper p?ng than went
to her heart as the Indian made this
proposal. She sprang forward and
running to the boy, who stood at
the side of the Sachem, looking into
his face with pleased wonder and
admiration, she encircled him in her
arms, and pressing hitn to her bo
som, was about to fly from the room.
A gloomy ominous frown came over
the Sachem’s brow, but he did not
speak.
But not so with Judge W . He
knew that the success of their enter
prise, the lives of his family depend
ed on the decision of a moment.
“Stay, slay, my daughter,” lie
said, “bring back the boy, I beseech
; you. He is not more to you than to
me. I would uot risk a hair of his
head. But my child he must go with
the chief. God will watch over him !
He will be a3 safe in the Sachem’s
wigwam as beneath pur own roof.”
The agonized mother hesitated for
a moment and then slowly returned,
placing the boy on the knefc ol the
chief, and kneeliug at his feet burst
into a flood of tears. The gloom
passed from the Sachem’s brow. He
arose and departed.
I shall not attempt to describe the
agony of the mother for the ensuing
days. She was agitated by contend
ing hopes and fears. In the night
she awoke from sleep; seeming to
hear the screams ol her child calling
on its mother lor help. But time
wore slowly away—and the third
day came. How slowly did the
hours pass. The morning waned
away, noon arrived; yet the Sa
chem came not. There was a gloom
over the whole household. The
mother was pale and silent. Judge
W-- walked the floor to and fro,
going every few minutes to the door,
and looking through the opening in
the forest towards the Sachem’s
abode. .
At last, as the rays of the setting
sun were thrown upon the tops of,
the trees around, the eagle feathers
of the chief were seen dancing above
the bushes in the distance. He ad
vanced rapidly—and the little boy
was at his side. He was gaily at
tired as a 3’oung chief—liis feet be
ing dressed in moccasins, a fine bea
ver skin was on his shoulders, and
eagle feathers were stuck in his hair.
'He was in excellent spirits, and so
proud was he of his honors, that he
seemed two inches taller than he
was before. He was soon in his
tnoiher’s arms, and in that brief min
ute she seemed to pass from death to
life. It was a happy meeting—too
happy for me to describe. The
while man has conquered,’ said the
Sachem; ‘hereafter let us be friends.
You have trusted an Indian, he will
repay you with confidence and
friendship.’
Ho was as good as his word; and
Judge W lived for many years
in peace with the Indian tribes, and
succeeded in laying the foundation
of a llourishing and prospeious com
munity.—Providence (11. I.) Herald.
A Wonderful Burning Well.
The Louisville Courier-Journal
gives an account of a wonderful
burning well in Lincoln county, in
that Slate, some six miles east of
Grab Orchard, at tlie base of the
Cumberland mountains,on the banks
of a small stream called Dix river.
The water in this well is in a con
stant slate of ebullition, and regu
larly every day, between four and
five o’clock in ihe afternoon over
flows. A large quantity of gas is
liberated, said to be carbuerelted
hydrogen gas, to which a light be
ing applied, a flame, sometimes ten
or fifteen reel in height, results.
Ihe Journal tells the following
slory in connection with the well:
In the early part of the present
century, when Kentucky, and espe
cially the mountain districts, were
hut sparsely settled, a man by the
name ol Shanks owned this portion
of Lincoln county in which the well
is situated. At that lime all the
salt used in the Slate had to be
brought Irom Louisville or imported
Irom Virginia at a very large ex
pense, in ihooe days of stage coach
es and covered wagons. Mr. Shanks
had evidence of salt on his land,
and determined upon trying wheth
er he might not find that commodity
by boring in the vicinity of his salt
licks.. He sunk two or three shafts,
but unsuccessfully, when his neigh
bors began to laugh at “old Shanks’
folly.” He minded not a whit their
jeers, but swore that he would sink
one more shaft, if he bored clear
through into .
Sure enough, alter boring to quite a
depth, his drill fell through, the drill
shaft was blown some distance into
the air by escaping gas, which ignit
ed from a fire near by, and even the
surface of the river itself formed one
broad sheet of flame. Oil flowed
out with the gas, which accounted
for the “river on fire,” but all this to
the spectators was incomprehensi
ble, and a general stampede from
the country round about resulted.
Old Shanks had been as good as his
word. He had bored clear through
into hell, and his neighbors fled
Irom the vicinity as Irom a pesti
lence, leaving growing crops, houses,
properly of alt sorts behind in the
general terror. After a lapse of
years the vicinity was again settled,
but the well now inspires wonder
instead of the pristine fright.
Keep Stbaight Ahead. —Pay
no attention to slanderers or gossip
mongers. Keep straight on your
course, and let their backbitings die
the death of neglect. What is the
use ol lying awake nights, brooding
over the remarks of some false friend,
that runs through your brain like
forked lightning ? What’s the use of
getting into a worry and fret over a
gossip that has been set afloat to
your disadvantage, by some med
dlesome busybody, who has more
time than character ? These things
can’t possibly injure you, unless, in
deed, you take notice of them, and
in combatting them give them char
acter and standing. If what is said
about you is true, set yourself right
at once; if it is false, let it go for
what it will fetch. If a bee sting
you, would you go to the hive and
destroy it? Would not a thousand
come upon you ? It is wisdom to say
little respecting the injuries you
have received. We are generally
losers in the end, if we stop to re
fute all backbitings and gossipings
we may hear by the way. They
are annoy ing, it is true, bat not dan
gerous, so long as we do not stop to
expostuiate-ana scold. Our charac-
are formed and sustained! by
ouiselves, and by our own actions
and purposes, and not by others.
Let qS' always hear" in mind, that
“calumrilatorVmiiy usually be trust
ed to time and the slow but steady
justice of public opinion"
Light in the Sick Chamber. — fire
quaniily of light admitted imo the
sick chamber is a matter of immense
importance to its suffering occupant.
As light is an element of cheerful
ness, it is on that account desirable
that as much should be admitted as
the patient can bear without incon
venience. The light should soft
and subdued anil not glaring. Care
should be taken dial blight, lustrous
objects, such as crystals and mirrors,
should be kept out of sight.
How to Rest. —The best mode
of resting when fatigued, depends
upon the cause of the fatigue, and
the condition of the person at the
time. There is one thing, however,
which will always rest a tired per
son, and that is a sponge or towel
bath over the entire surface of the
body, followed by a thorough rub
bing and friction of the surface. Os
course the temperature of the water
and the vigor and amount of rub
bing must be graduated to the i
strength ol the person. When the
fatigue is mental, arising from over
exertion ol the brain, the muscles
should be called into action, as by
walking, horseback riding, rowing,
playing ball, pitching quoits, gym
nastics, etc. General muscular fa
tigue is quickly relieved by lying on
the face and having someone rub
and percuss the back vigorously.
Also, but less readily, by lying flat
upon the back upon a hard couch or
bed, or upon the floor, with the
hands back of or under the head,
but the bead not otherwise raised,
and taking full, deep breaths. Lo
cal muscular fatigue may be relieved
by changing position and bringing
other parts ofthe body in action.
Be Contented. —Bulwer says
that poverty is only an idea in nine
cases out of ten. Some men with
SIO,OOO a year suffer more for want
of means than others with SSOO.
The reason is the richer man has his
artificial wants. His income is $lO,-
000 a year, and he suffers enough by
being dunned lor unpaid debts to
kill a sensitive man. A man who
earns a dollar a day and does not go
into debt is the happier of the two.
Very few people who have never
been rich will believe this, but it is
true. There are thousands and
thousands with princely incomes
who never know a minute’s peace,
because they live beyond their
means. There is really more hap
piness among the workingmen in
the world than among those who are
called rich. —Scientific American.
There is hardly another sight in
the world, says Hawthorne in one
of his romances, so pretty as that of
a company of young girls—almost
women grown—at play, and so giv
ing themselves up to their airy im
pulse that their tip-toes barely touch
the ground. Girls are so incompar
ably wilder and more effervescent
than boys, more untamable, and re
gardless of rule and limit, with an
evershifiing variety breaking contin
ually into new modes of fun, but
with a harmonious propriety through
all. Their steps, their voices ap
pear free as the wind, but keep con
sonance with a strain of music inau
dible to us. Young men and boys,
on the other hand, play according
to recognized law old traditionary
games, permitting no caprices of
fancy, but with scope enough for the
outbreak of savage instincts; for,
young or old, in play or in earnest,
man is prone to be a brute.
A Beautiful Funeral.—Re
turning from the cemetery where so
many of the nation’s honored dead
repose, a funeral procession was met.
Slowly, and on foot, it was march
ing toward the East. A little rose
wood coffin mutely but eloquently
told the story o! the death of some
body’s baby—somebody’s blue-eyed
darling—and the story that a moth
er’s tears were falling thick and fast
and that a father’s heart was wrung
with agony. The burial case con
taining the little body once animated
by the soul which has already heard
the soft music of the welcome, “Suf
fer little children to come unto me,”
was guarded by six maidens clothed
in virgin white. They were the
pall-bearers, and three walked on
each side of the bier, which was
garlanded with flowers. The pro
cession followed on—how far? only
up to the portal of the tomb. Mor
tal feet could not follow the shining
steps of the little one on the golden
shore. — Patriot.
Sonne girls will never learn to re
strain the natural impulses of their
nature. A minister was baptizing
a girl at Ripon, Wis., and whan he
had submerged her and came put of
the water, be asked her how she felt
in her mind. Her answer was,
hunky, only a little wet.’
There were manufactured in the
United Slates last year over a half
million sewing machines.
How to Live on Sixpence a Lay.
This is the title of a pamphlet
just published by an English gentle
man, Dr. Nichols, in which lie un
dertakes to show that “the average
man can not only live on sixpence a
day, but that such living will make
him, like ‘early to bed anti early to
rise,’ healthy, wealthy, witty and
wise.” Perhaps it was not to he
expected that the sixpence a day
should cover the cost of clothes,
house rent, rates taxes, and other
concomitants of civilization; ami so
we acquiesce with a sigh in the pro
priety of leaving such matters out of
consideration. It is enough to be
convinced that, ‘so far as food and
drink are concerned, every one can
live nicely, comfortably, healthfully, |
on sixpence a day.’ We are espe
cially careful to mark the word
drink ; for we remember that a
learned judge being asked on a cer
tain occasion whether a thirsty, lock
eihupjury might have some water
supplied to them, said that, ‘as lie
didn’t think it was meal, and he was
quite sure that it wasn’t drink, they
might be allowed to have it.’ We
move cautiously forward, and the
doctor soon shows of what lie is ca
pable. Whether we oat milk, or
butter- or cheese, or beefstake, or a
mutton-chop,, we eat grass at se
cond-hand’ he says : and ‘all flesh is
grass,’ he quotes, in a sense which
is certainly not iuteded in the Scrip
tural passage and which would jus
tify Canihalism. What conclusion
is he about to draw? Are we, in
order to keep within our sixpence a
day, to follow ihe example of Nebu
chadnezzar ? But things are not
quite so bad as that, lie puis his
veto upon all flesh ol land animals :
but he allow s an occasional penny
worth of fish, and the grains, vege
tables, and fruits he recommends]
are. in number as the sand on the
sea-shore. If you wish to he a real
epicure upon sixpence a day, a ‘pen
nyworth of potatoes and a pennv
worth of dried codfish boiled togeth
er, then both mashed and mixed to
geiiier with a bit of butter, make an
excellent dish. Add a pennyworth
of greens, and no one need dine
better.” Os course, if you had to
entertain some genteel personage,
yon would add some “cracked
wheat mush, milk, sugar and stew
ed prunes.” But the chief question
in all these affairs is with what
choice liquors you are to wash down
all these dainties; and the reply is,
rain-water. Filtered, if you like ;
but in any case rain-water. The
doctor declares it were far better to
drink even light wines than tea and
coffee, which, under certain citcum
slances, entail all sorts ol diseases,
and especially paralysis and apo
plexy. The fare he appears to par
licularly recommend is oatmeal, as
sisted by rain-water; and he desires
that this combination should lie ta
ken “in pleasant company, gayly
and mirthfully, and with thanksgiv
ing.” But has the doctor any ex
amples to advance of persons who
have really lived on sixpence or less
a day ? He has many ; but it can
not be that they are satisfactory or
encouraging. The cases lie al
ludes to of persons who are believed
to have lived on very little food, ‘or
none whatever’ belong, as he justly
observes,, ‘to the supcrnaturalorder.’
The mqny abstemious saints, too,
whom he mentions by name, cannot
be considered to strengthen his
cause ; for lie undertakes to gratify
the senses as well as satisfy the
mere bodily wants of men, whereas
the abstemiousness ofthe saints was
confessedly penitential. Nor is the
doctor more fortunate in the ‘mil
lions’ who according to his account,
‘live on less’ than sixpence a day.
He finds them in ‘some poor-law
unions,’ in ‘the Irish prisons,’ and in
other places ; but he makes no at
tempt to show that they find their
condition at all desirable or ‘delight
ful to the senses,’ or that, however
healthy they may be, they are
wealthy, or witty, or wise.’
We Must Work. —Every man
builds his own house ; builds it ma
ny chambered, fresh-ventilated, pic
ture-bung, vine-wreathed, guest
lull ; or, low-pent, bare-walU, llow
erless, inhospitable—just in accor
dance with his inner nature. Pre
cisely as the internal force of affiui
tyinthe Mol I u sic lays hold of and
aggregates round itself the flue lime
paricles in the sea water, so does the
internal force in the human soul lay
hold of and aggregate around itself
what it wants. The surrounding
ocean holds in solution knowledge,
pleasure, meat, drink, wit, wisdom,
friends, flowers, Uod ; and out of
this wealth we secrete our shells—
clam-shells or nautilus-shells, as we
are clams or nautili. We find what
wecrave—fun if we have a zest for
the funny ; friends, if we long for
friends ; beauty, if we love beauty ;
thought, ifwe tend to thought—
Slowly we build up our bouse, small
or large ; if we are refined, it is
No. 22*
refined; if we are roomy, it is
roomy.
Hon. Jack Hamiltou, ex Governor of
Texas, says the Macon Tetegtar.h, is a
l.out as well qualified to pronounce an
opinion upon the character of the Texas
trcwly loyl as any man we know. Ho
used to be ‘-in” with them. Well, here
is what he says about the creatures who
make up the majority cf the so-called
Legislature of that State :
“I never saw a man give one cf them
a dollar for his vote, nor did I ever see
them steal anything. But when we see
n poor, miserable cuss, who never had
61u0 in his life, come to Austin, borrow
money *o pay his expenses, and pies
cntly find him losing a thousand dollars
in n night at faro, driving around in a
fancy team, making liquor bills, wine
hills, and all sorts of bills, and buying a
buggy aud fine horses to go home iu, we
know ho is a thief as well as if wo hud
seen him steal."
The Bainbridge Sun, ot the 16th,
says: “From all sections of our county
come gloomy reports about the condition
of the crops since the late storm and
rain. All the low lands have bperi sub
merged, aud the crops thereon almost
totally destroyed. It is very unfortu
nate lor the piospcrity of our section that
such is the case, but there is no gettin"
around it—the damages to a great cx>
tent are irreparable.
T he Talbotton American says the corn
crop of that 6eetiou will be short, and not
a half crop of cotton can be made, now.
Clark, the American bond forger, has
been sentenced to eighteen months im
prisonment at hard labor, lor pretending
to be a Mr. Cole, banker of Lyons and
New York. Clark is supposed* to have
also assumed the name of Roberts, for
nefarious purposes, but owing to tlie want
of evidence, it was impossible to tuuish
him for this crime. —Savannah Ada.
Tho Atlanta Sun says that Gov. Bul
lock told a gentleman of that city, w hom
he met in New York previous to his de
parture for California, that ho would re
turn to Georgia by the 4th of October,
and whon ho reached there a very differ
ent phase would be put upon the pro
ceedings iu relation to the State road
prosecutions.
A farmer planting near Tallahassee
reports that the recent severe winds blew
a great deal of his cotton down, and tho
heavy rains beat it into the giouud, and
it has sprouted, and the little stalks aro
growing finely, some of them having
three or four leaves.
At a meeting ot a “Ladies’ Society
held recently in Baraboo, Wis., there
wero present seventeen babies, and to
wards the close of tho evening’s enter
tainment some fool of a man set all tho
women by the ears by offering a premi
um to tho hansomest child. After a
lively fist fight of ten minutes’ duration
tho society dispersed, never to meet
again in this world.
Anew thieving dodge is practiced by
females who enter cars, and, finding a
gentleman sitting alone, ask if the other
seat is occupied. The gentleman at once
motions her to be seated, when she po
litely asks him if he won’t allow her to
sit by the window. Os courso this re
quest is also granted, and she becomes
seated. Presently she finds that there
is not air enough in the car, and requests
the gentleman to raise the window. He
at once rises to do so, and as he leans
over her she picks his pocket or removes
his watch, which she passes to a male
confederate in the next seat behind her
Crops in Alabama,— The caterpillar is
completing the destruction which the
rust bad begun in the cotton fiolds of
Pike connty. In Shunter dry weather
and rust will reduce the crop one-half.
Iu the neighborhood of Tuscumbia the
crops aro very nearly burned up. De
vastation is the rule in Henry county.'
In tho neighborhood of Eufaula fields
are now baTC which a few weeks ago
promised a luxuriant yield. In North
Alabama the corn crop will be short,
and cotton is droopiug. The Wilcox
Vindicator reckons upon but ono-third
of a crop of all kinds. This report is
similar to the one coming up from all the
cotton growing sections of the South.—
Montgomery Ado., 17th.
Starved to Death.— Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., Sept. 16.—A dispatch from Fish
kill Lauding saysthat a little boy aged
seven years, belonging to the strong wo
man of O'Brien's menagerie, died of
starvation at StonimWo Thursday night.
The die patch odds that while at Stonu
ville, he was shut up, in a room alone with
his hands tied behind his back. Look
ing from tho window, he begged tho
cook to get kiln a piece of bread. She
got a ladder and ascended to the win
dow, aud threw the bread on the floor.
She sah! he looked as if lie lmd not a
drop of blood in hhn. : It is stated that
lie was purchased in Paris for one hun
dred dollars to perform with her iti tho
menagerie. The poor littlo fellow wga
buried yesterday. Step3 have been ta
ken to arrest the woman.
——
The sureities Upon the bonds of tho
collectors qf internal revenue against
whom suite have beon commenced for
balances due (he government, are very
generally asking for a continuance of the
suits until the- term of tho eonrt.
Commissioner Dregless uniformly de
cline* to, rfjjueals vs thia
character, beiߣ determined to press
suits in &n these eases.
! i riaAwJ 1m: - l »ki It ..' .~1 * ”is.-t
The Lewfcu Lab«rTl»MgtfH lecde
nounced the introduction of foreigners”
into English workshops aa a dangerous
political precedent,