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THE JEFFERSON I®- NEWS & FARMER, Vol. 1. TiHFj Jefferson Hews & Parmer . B Y S. W. ROBERTS & BRO. L 0 VIS FILL E CAHDS. B.W. ckrswellC W. F. Dcimy. Carswell <fc Denny, 4T'(OBKJS S AX LAW. LOUISVILLE, - GEORGIA, practice in all the Counties in the VY Middle Circuit. Also Burke in Au gusta Circuit Ali business entrusted to their care w ill meet with prompt attention. Nov, 3.27 ly ii. w. T ham” ATTORNEY AT £ AW, SWAINS BORO', GA. Will practice in the Middle and Augusta Circuits. All business entrusted to bis care will meet with prompt attemu n. Nov. 17th. 1671. 2 if,- J G. CAIN j J. 11. POLIIILL. CAIN a POLIIILL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW LOUISVILLE, GA. May "s 1871. 1 ly. T. F. HARLOW W atcla AT ct Hal©r —ANU SH. 131 IP Jdk. X UTS. YE LA. , Xiouisvillc, G- a. Special attention given to reno vating and repairing WATCHES, CLOCKS JEWELRY, SEWING MACHINES Ac , Ac. Also Agent to* - the ii une Shuttle Sewing Machine May o, 1871. 1 Iyf; DR. T R. POWELL, LOUISVILLE, GA. Thankful for the patronage enjoyed heretofore, takes this method of eon* tinumg the offer of his professional services to patrons and friends. May 5, 1871. 1 lyr. 33 33 '3l O 30k. Hi. DR. J. R. SMI i'll bite of SnndersvilleGa., offers his Professional services to the citizens of Louisville, and Jefferson county. An experience of nearly forty years in the profession, should entitle him to Public Con fidence. Special attention paid (•« Obstetrics and the diseases of women and children. Qf ficeat. residence, Louisville. Louisville Juup 2l), .1871. 8 ts. MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS Sl’lEi.TlN'Ca- A N D SUMMER.GO OILS. I am now daiiy receiving choice and desir able 3313. V G-00335. The latest novelties in DRESS GOODS. JLA-DIES MARE SUITS, I have nnv on hand a fine assortment of Cusslmcre's Coitonadcs and Linen's for Gentlemen’s wear, which will he offered at the lowest prices. UEOEtGE WEBSIK. Bee Hive Store.. No. 170 Broad Street, apr 18 ts. Opposite, AUGUSTA HOTEL. MtirWc/r m TOIN - C IN THE \ ul Jv/ l Jhm r Jr *J IYb Amt SAVANNAH,- Ga. -Poftsessjrig powerful invigorating These Bitters aro positively invaluable in They purify tho Bystem, and will euro Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, ’ ani are a preventive of Chills and Fever. All yield to their powerful eflicaey. Are ah antidote to change of Water and Diet. < to tho wasted frame, and correct all Will save days of suffering to the sick, and < The grand Panacea for ell the ills of life. 0T /coup DIESAHy In Young or Old, Sot Single, these Bitters aro and have often been S means of saving life. TRY.ONE BOTTLE-, MILLER, BISSELL & BURRUM, Whole sale Agents, Wholesale Grocers and Com mission Merchants, 177 Broad Street, AU GUSTA, GA* PULASKI HOUSE » • SavAnnaii, Ga. W. H. WI.LTUEIIGEII, Proprietor. Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Thursday, April 18, 1872. J. Wat,ni:h Pj£T<r'?tr>r. R If. McUdnat.t, ft Cos., Druggist* mtrt Gen. Aj’ti, SiwPraLjUco Cal., nni3.tun.l3 4 Commerce Bt,X.Y. MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their Wonderful Cuisuive Ell'ccis. They arc not a vilo Fancy Drink, made ot l*oor ltu:n, Whiskes*, Proof Spirits nml Refuse Li on ors doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste, called “Tonics,” “Appetizers.” ‘•Restorers,’’ Ac., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a true Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs o£ Cali fumia, free from nil Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reno vator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all poisonous mutter and restoring the blood to a healthy con dition. No person can take these Ritters according to directions and remain long unwell,provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other moans, and the vital organs wasted beyond tlia point of repair. They arc n Gentle Purgative ns well as a Tonic, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and all Lhe Visceral Organs. FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal. Fur Inflammatory nnd Chronic Rheuma tism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil ious, Remittent and Intermittent IFcvcrs, Diseases* of the Blood, Liver, Ividueys and Bladder, these Bitters have been most sueeessful. Such Diseases arc caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of the Di gestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache, Pain in tho Shoulders. Coughs, Tightness of tho Chest- Dizziness, Sour Eructations of tho Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks. Palpitation of tho Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the oflsprings of Dyspepsia. They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi cacy in cleansing the blood of all impurities, aud impart ing new life and vigor to the whole system. *. FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. Tetter, Sal- Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car buncles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch,Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Di* eases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use ot these Bitters. One bottle in such eases will convince the most incredulous of their curative effects. Cleanse tho Vitiated Blood whenever you find its im purities bursting through tho skin in Pimples, Erup tions or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; Cleans© it when it-is foul, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep tho blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. Pin, Tape, nml oilier Worms, lurking in the" system of so many thousands, aro effectually dostroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, there is scarcely an individual upon tho face of the earth whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It is not upon the healthy elements of the body that worms exist, hut upon tho diseased humors and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No System of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics, will free tho system from worms like these Bitters. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD & CO.. D r ”ggists and Gen. Ageuts, San Francisco, California, and 32 and 31 Commerce Street, New York. &3TSOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. p May 13, 1871, Jy. DARIiY‘B PROPHYLACTIC FLUID r lllJ IS invaluable Family Medicine, lot -t purifying, cleansing, removing bau odors in all binds of sickness; for burns oa»cDiaK»2.'MKiir»je; sores, wounds, stings; for Erysipelas, rheumatism, and all skin diseases; for jatarrb, sore mouth, sore throat, diptheria; for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash to soften and beautify the skin; to remove nk spols, mildew, fruit stains, taken in ternally as well as applied externally; so highly reeoiiimended by all who have used it—is for sale by all Druggists and (Joun ry Merchants, and may bo ordered di rectly ofTHT^ DAUIfyTmfTp'iIYLAOTIO 00.~~ 101 William S'reet, N. Y. p Dec24’7o 1™ rJlnyS uJtineS ly Jg VERY PERSON admits that a COOKING STOVE 11 NEW ST., New York. is iiidesponsabte in a well regulated and eco nomical family. Therefore do not delay in getting one ; but go directly to n Tv FU L L EIITON and bay either the “PHILANTHROPIST,’ “CHIEF COOK,” o r “COTTON PLANT.” F> I- FULLERTON. Stove and Tin Ware Dealer, near Jas. TJ Botli well. Oct. 6, 23 ly. n IST. 13. KNAPP, Wholesale vnd Retail Dealer in Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Rubber and Leather Belling and Packing, French anil American Calf Skins, Sole, Har ness, Bridle, Rand and Patent Leather, Va lises, Trunks, Carpet Bags, Whips aud Sad dlery Ware. At the Sign of the Golden Saddle, west end Gibbons’ Building. MarkeT SquiarE, SAVANNAH, GA, A large assortment on hand and for salo at ! the lowest prices. u eh 99 2m New Advertisements. Dissolution —OF— 'Hie Copartnership heretofore ex isting between the undersigned, un der the firm name of SAMUEL M. LEDERER & CO. is this day dissolved by mutual con -Pill. Messrs ISAAC M. FRANK, and GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN are .done aut bruized In setile the affairs of the late firm, collect all moneys due, aud sign in liquidation. SAM’L M. LEDERER, I. M. FRANK, GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN Savannah, July lSih, IS7I. Copartnership Notice. The undersigned have this dav associated themselves together as Partners for the transaction of a General DRY GOODS business In the City of Savannah under the firm name of FRANK & ECKSTEIN, AT 131 BROUGHTON ST., where they will continue to carry an extensive stock ot s ‘ff a ip il m AND 881 &00B§ AND HOTI 0 H S . Possessing facilities lo purchase Goods in the Northern Markets on the very best terms, will contin ue to offer such INDUCEMENTS as will make itlheinterestof BUYERS to deal with us. Thanking you for the kind favors bestowed on the late firm, we re spectfully solicit your patronage in future. Alsu an early examination ofour slock and prices. Yours respectfully, FRANK & ECKSTEIsY, 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 3S, Savannah, Ga. Auguat 18, ly. n Uliscdlancoits. FVr. m I In* Standard .uni Kxjtnss. # INCIDENTS 0? THE WAR. From an Unpublished Manuscript. BY A LADY OK BARTOW COUNTY, GA. One cool morning in October. 1804, 1 was silting bv lhe lire read ing, when I heard horse leet rapidly approaching. ] lan quickly to the door, and here I hey came riding in like a hurricane—a troop of Yankees —all over the yard, snatching up things here an I there wherever they could find them. I had some bed clothes out sunning. They carried them all off, and quick as they had come they were off again. 1 vainly hoped that it was ail over, and I hat no more would come, but soon after dinner they began lo pass, and such devastation and destinciion ii was heart sickening lo sec. They had killed all ofour hogs in iho Spring but a few sows and pigs—these had, by our kindly care and go xl man agement, grown astonishingly, aud we had hoped lo have some pork for the approaching winter; hut, ala tor our hopes! they were destined lo disappointment. 'L’liis time they must all go. They had left me hut six liens, hut I had raised from them a nice brood of young (owls. \Ye had gathered in (odder and oats and all the corn tliev Inul left, and had made several barrels ot sorghum, and had saved all the wheat we could, an ! for tear they should hum Barren a id Milnei’s mill, had had our Hour barreled up and slowed away. I fell now an inward deter mination not to sil pii'-ivelv by and see every thing destioye J as they had done in the Spring, bui to make ev cry effort in my power to preserve yvtiat I could. So as soon as they began to pass I yvein out to see it I could intercept Gen. Kilp .trick, aud obtain a guard w hill- his command yvas passing. I made inquiry after inquiry as a squad would pass, until I almost despaired, yvhen suddenly Charlie came running out to ti Ii me that the hous • yvas full of Yankees, that had come up the hack yvay. 1 had la ken the precaution lo fasten up the house o:i the hack side, and thought I would watch on the front; hut I was completely frustrated, i found they had broken in the hack doors and windoyvs and yvere destroying everything as fast as they could. Just at my room door I met one of them with a large knife, which he had brought from the kitchen, in his hand. I stepped up to him hastily, and yvrenched it from his hand. In his astonishment he loosed his grasp, I suppose, before he hardly knew yvhat he yvas doing. “Noyv,” said I, “I will light every one of you if you do not gel out, and that quickly, aud ayvay as fast as you cun.” 1 fell completely exas perated, and determined to drive them out, regardless of consequen ces. Going into the other room I found a right young boy, almost, kneeling over a large trunk that it had been their pleasure to pry into in their raids, aud which contained nothing hut my children’s nicest clothing, none of which they had worn for months. There they yvere all scattered around him, and in one hand he l*dd a number of volumes of Abbott’s Histories that my hus band had given Jimmy as a reyvard of merit at school, several years ago. I drew hack my knife and gave him a heavy bloyv on his left arm, and ordered him lo get up and leave.— Quick as lightning he sprang up, and pointing his gun directly at me syvore he would shc>ot me. I defied him lo do it, and told him, “so every rogue out to he served.” He soon quieted doyvn, and they all began to leave. Just then I looked and saw a ne gro riding by witli my last pair of turkeys, one hanging on each side of his saddle. I yvas almost furious.— They had only left me one hen in the Spring, and she yvas selling at the time yvas the reason why they did not gel her. My sister had only given me a mate for .it, and there they went. I yvent out and made an effort with my knife. 1 failed.— The bloyv only tell on his horse.— Just then a soldier, looking as ordi nary as any of the others, and riding a small black horse, came up and asked me yvhat I yvas doing with that knife. Said 1, “I atn defending my prop erly, sir! nobody else will do it for me, or give me any assistance.” — The next squad that passed or came up I enquired again for Gen. Kil patrick. “Why,” said one of them, “lie has just passed. He was riding a small black horse, and 1 saw him talking with-you just as I came up.” Thus vanished aH my‘hope of hav ing a guard for he had already passed out of sight. So 1 must still endure more. Upon tin exon .-.--i ig my regret at mission It m. one of tin men said to me, “Oil, you need not grieve about it. Kilpann k woul l not have given you agu nd. He i just as mean as any of his mm. lie winks at thei- meanness and encour ages th>*m in n ” 1 found that they hud stripped in\ beds almost entirely. I hanliv thought they had left me covering enough for inv little one- during ill winter months that were fist ap preaching. A neighbor came in just as we thought they were all n 1 n •• — While wo were talking, an ollicei returned with several men. He or dered some of them to procure lin - age and lhe others to kill some hogs. Unfortunately Ibr us, it was jus! about the time that Ben lid them in the evening and they had all come up, and there they yvere shoot ino and killing. I tried lo remonstrate yvhth them. I said to the officer : “'(>u have taken nearly every thing yve have ; your army destroyed all they thought we had in the spring, and now please let our hogs alone, lor it you take them yve will lie ob liged to suffer.” “Well,” said Ire, “you ought not to have encouraged the yvnr spirit.— Where is your husband,-Madam j” “It: the rebel army, sir," I replied. “Well,” said he, “you must lake the consequences. Hy the yvay, madam,” said Ire, “you had better go in while these men are shooting at the hogs; you might get shot.” I turned indignantly towards him and said, “if I should', sir, I am at home, yvhich is more than you or your men are; hut yvhich you had better he,” and turned off’. As I came in, my neighbor said to me, “Horeps a gourd I found just noyv.” Only said I, “Where I put it.” — 'l'tien I told him how, alter L had struck the Yankee with the knife, a soldier stepped up to me and said, “It is a shame, madam, (hr a set ol men to serve a yvoman 113 tln-y are serving you.” Said 1, “Weil, sir, yvliose'bucket is that von have on your arm ?” “I bought it hack here from a la dy, tna’arn,” he replied. “1 hardly think so, sir,” I replied ; “let me see.” I drew it from him, and on the top ot it yvas a towel yvith my name on it. “Whose towel is this?” I asked.. “Why,” said he “I did not know that was in there.” “But,” said I, “here is my gourd ; how came this in here !’ He stammered out something as I drew it, but still persisted the buck et yvas iiis. The next day 1 askerl one of the servants about the buck et. She said it yvas tiers, and the Yankee had gone yvith it before she missed it. Just then a soldier came rushing in the back yvay with a small tub in his hand. Said lie, “Take this, madam, and go up sta’irs and get me a feed of corn for m y horse.” 1 really do not think I ever fell so indignant in rny life. 1 dreyv back scornfully, giving him a withering look. ‘lndeed, sir,’ said 1, do the women feed horses in your country ?’ I never sayv any one so badly cut down. He soon recovered himself, and said, “My father has negroes, and I have been used to them feed ing my horse when at home.’ ‘Well then,’ said 1, ‘you ought to have staid there, for your father’s niggers to have kept on feeding it ; but I doubt very much whether you ever sayv one before you came south or not.” Ben was standing near, and as he walked off’he said, “The impudent dogs ! I love to hear you take them down.’ As one rode off*yvith a patch-yvork quilt, I lurned to another good look ing, youthful soldier and said, ‘Please ride on after, and over-lake that man, and bring me back my quilt.’ He rode off hurriedly, and, greatly to my surprise returned soon yvith it. The servants then began to come in one by one, and tell me yvhat they had taken and carried off. My tea set of china that yvas a bridal gilt from a friend years ago, and that heretofore had escaped them, served lor Kilpatrick’s table, and was car ried off yvith them. And ourrflilk cows yvere all driven off before I kneyv anything of it. Several limes be fore they had attempted to drive them off, but they yvould get ayvay from them. Once before when they camped near us, they had killed up the young calves ; anti now 1 feared the cmvs yvere really gone, and 1 kneyv my sick baby would suffer.— They till lelt about dark, and I fell relieved that they had gone, and hoped lo spend a quiqt night, bnt yvhich I did not. Hare hope though clouds environ notv, And gladness hides her face with scorn. Put thou the shadow from thy brow, No night but hath its morn. Night came on, and we had had supper, and my little ones "their evening prayers had said; 1 ’ and were now sleeping sweetly in their “little beds,” all but my 9ick baby. I had two of the serwmi wo nen i» tuinr I in, anil fearing lest the Y uikr e- might 1 return, knowing thalihey werecamp ing not far oil, we had caicthllv fas tened ail of lie- doors and whidrnvs, aud were sitting around tin fire will) only a dim light ; yvlirn su hfenly yve heard a noise, then the rattling of rails, and I knew they had iv- I turned and yvere thton ing up a pick let fori. ()ii! lio.v 1 dreaded ii ; lor noyv I knew that they would remain lor many days, or it might ho yvt-eks, near us, and 1 would he exposed l - their taunts and in -nits. It was not. long hf’lore 1 heard voi ces directly under tnv window, and a subdued yn.c • in gg. and to in: Id in. I motioned to the .-orvanls to be per fectly quiet. They begged and pleaded and llin aieut and, but all in vain, no one sin red or nti-w en and. Alter bulling that yve did not or would not hear them, they p tire.l as noiselessly a . they had enme, greatly to om pdii !. Pretty son a alurward- others catuc to the door aid oidored il opened. I did no! say anything tor a long while, Inn liunliy uiiabfr !o ig er to resist llmir impnitnnitier, I asked ihem wii i they yvanled. They replied, “Meal and bread, and they would have il " 1 kneyv l>v their manner that they were afraid to commit an outbreak, so ! let them curse and threaten until they were tired down; them they lelt of Unit own accord, as I said no more to them. 1 scarcely cLs and mv eves ii sleep all through that long, dreary nicht. My baby had been sick all through the long snmiii. i mondis, and many a time I had expected him to die and have no one to bury him but serv ants. L never saw the Y mines daunted, or seem m have any spark of humanity, but om e. On ■ day 1 yvas sitting bv the little bed watch ing Harry, yvhn yvas just five years old. He lay tossing in and hrium with a burning fever, and on my lap lay my baby, more dead than alive. I heairl a noise in die hack yard, and 1 kneyv the Yankees yvere coming up through the hack way. 1 heard Ben’s voice in expostula tion. “1 tell you to keep out of there; her children are dying now, and you have m> business in there.” On they came. I s;e perfectly ,-tdl, not caring for them then. There were three of them. They stalked right up lo me before they halted, and then stopped, motionless with sur prise. They gazed lust at me, then at the sick children; neither one of us spoke. They turned abruptly, and left the house without a yvortl. They were ayved once. Morning came at last, and yvith it the trials and troubles that awaited us. I had determined the evening before lo go to Kilpatrick’s head quarters, and intercede lor our milk cows, but the excitement 1 had al ready passed through left me entire ly unfitted for the task. 1 had failed in every effort, the day before, to lake care 01, or lo preserve anyihihg from them, so 1 determined to keep my room and let them do their worst, which certainly could not be more than yvhat they had already done. 1 ordered the servants to leave my room and the whale house in confu sion, and not to arrange anything at all, and had breakfast brought into my room. Just as the servant came in yvith a plate of nice hot rolls, a Yankee made his way in with her, an I look ing wistlully at them said “he yvant ed some bread.” I kneyv I could have no more cooked that day, and indeed I yvas surprised to see the cook had served this up so nicely, so I told him that “l had none to give him, that that was cooked for my little children, and I yvould not deprive them of it so long as I could help it.” He turned off quietly and left, greatly to my surprise. I noyv noticed that no more of the in came in, although I could hearlhem passing continually. Alter break fast Charlie came in and said all of our milk cows had come back home. They had not guarded them suffi ciently, and the faithful creatures had broken ayvay from them, and now were at home, and Mary, the milkyvoman, yvas milking them. I fell so thankful for this, tbr it seemed that a kind Providence yvas watching over us still. 1 knew it yve could but retain our milk coyvs yve would not suffer. We had sent off several milk coyvs lo loyver Georgia, yvith our other stock and servants, but then an army rolled between, and it might lie months, or years ev en, In fore we could, if ever, get them again. We bad only koptrli" oldest and gentlest ones, and now they had fully proved their fidelity. About nine o’clock my neighbor came in to see hoyv yve had been gelling alow*. “You have not been out all tins morning, have you ?” asked he. 1 told him, “no, I had concluded to remain in my room all day, hoping by this means not to see any more Yankees.” “Well,” said he, “1 have just been No. 60 to the picket fort, and had a conver sation with the officer, and he has noticed that you have not been out m day, and he requested me to cotne in and say to you, that he has sta tioned a guard in your yard, and that a; long as he is here on duty y»u shall be protected, and to fear not 1 i it>.” "1 was amused,” continued he, “while I was conversing with him. A soldier came up from their head-, quartets, and said to him that Ger.. Kilpatrick had seal him over for soa.e milk cows ; that all they had taken the evening before had broken I a way from them, and they had none, and they knew not where to find any.” 11c said the officer cursed him, land told him with an oath to go back to G< n. Kilpatrick and tell him he | could not get any here, and turning ! to him, said he, "1 went, sir, into the army to light it out, and no* to steal ; it out, as these men are doing, and as long as 1 remaiu in this place, j they shall not drive off a cow nor do I any more stealing; that as for forage land sueli things, I cannot prevent i their taking that, but that otherwise they shall have nothing.” I regretted that 1 never learned his name; he was a Kentuckian. His kindness came when it was most needed, and it was the most gratu itous piece of kindness I ever re ceived from a Yankee soldier. He shielded me for a time from the taunts and insults of a low bred set ot men, and I shall always feel grateful to him for it. 1 vv. nt out after a while, and found a soldier standing at the hack door with a musket on his shoulder. I drew hack involuntarily. Hesawit, and hast dy said : “I am only a guard, madam; the captain has ordered, me to keep the men away. Do not. he alarmed or uneasy, you will not he troubled any.more by them while I am here to protect you, and I will keep them all straight.” So they did not trouble anything in the house and yard that day. If they wanted anything thgy would come and ask politely (or it. We had a little one-horse wagon fixed up before they had ever come in, thinking to have something to haul our wood and do our milling in. The first day they ever passed through, they maliciously chopped one wheel to pieces. We had man aged to find an old buggy wheel that filled it, and I felt secure of having some way to get wood for the win ter. But Charlie came in to tell me they were fixing up now to carry it off', and again I summoned courage to go out and prevent them. I told them they could not have it, but they said it was just the idea, that they needed it very much, and that if I would let them take it they would leave in its place a good, strong bug gy, that I could have. I told them that “I did not care a straw for their buggy, that it was not theirs to give.” “Oft, yes,” said one of them, “they had bought and brought it from Ten nessee, and that if I would only send someone along with them, they would send me a good, gentle mule in the bargain." I did not send though, and sure enough, in about two weeks, the owner of the buggy, not living more than fifteen mites dislant, came for it. One of them came in to borrow an oven. I asked him if he would be sure to return it. “Oh, yes, ma'am,” said he, “I will be sure to bring it back as soon as I get through my cooking.” I sent him to the cook for it. She followed him out with it, very unwilling that he should take it off’. “I know them,” said she, “they have been in and cartiod off nearly every thing. He came to me first, and 1 would not let him have it, and now you have loaned it to him, and I never will see it again.” 1 told her he had promised rae faithfully he would bring it back. “You will see,” she said ; but sure enough he did not bring it back. The evening before, I looked out and saw them leadingoff“old Crock et,” our faithful old buggy horse. At many as six times before, they had started off* with him, and as many as six times I had been at my post, and saved him. I started out to the gate, and Ben met me. Says be, “Let them have him this time; only this morning I found he had the glanders, and he will be sure to die; and if we keep him he will give it to ‘Cripple,’ and we will lose him tor)?” Ciocket and Cripple had serv ed us faithfully all the summer; bad finished up the work on tbe farm; and now, though “my heart strings round him clung,” yet 1 let him go this time. They were expecting, momentarily, a fight with the scouts. They could see them half a mile apt the road, continually crossing or standing in it. My little boys wapid run in, and out to the picket fort, and once or twice the captain seat me word that 1 had better napdhMto in, as they knew not i hey might have a skirmish. That ( Continued an fourth fag*)