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I MOLD PROBABILITIES.”
Who warns ns of the coming storm,
And hints Os currents cold or Warm,
Which effect the human form!
Old Probabilities.
Who tells the farmer when to sow,
To plough, to plant, to reap, to mow,
That plenty may her gifts bestow t
Old Probabilities.
When men go on the sea in ships,
Who telleth with prophetic lips
The time to start upon the trips t
Old Probabilities,
If ever human foresight fails,
And malice fills the carper’s sal’s,
Who'feels the chill unwelcome gales?
Old Probabilities.
With charity for others’ fault,
Why should we make unkind assault.
In short of truth sometimes should halt
Old Probabilities ?
If knowledge comes with lapse of years,
Why spare we not our flippant sneers,
And for the future have no fears
Os Probabilities?
Why took our grandsires as it came.
Weather and wind of every name ?
Because then quito unknown to famo
Were Probabilities.
E'en now the people of Japan,
Os Zanguebar and Hindustan,
Must lay their plans as best they can
Without Probabilities
If •tight of good is seen to flow
From knowing how the wind shall blow,
Why let not all the wide world know
Old Probabilities?
E’en yet beyond the range of earth,
Where new-born spirits find their birth,
We hope e’er long there’ll be no death
Ol Probabilities.
REMINISFNCES OF OLD DOD
DER TIMES.
BY HAMILTON RAIEORD.
I
In adddressing myself to the task
of endeavoring to fulfill the promise
made to you some time since, gen
tlemen Editors, of writing a few ar
ticles upon the early times of our
county giving incidents that oc
curred—the characteristics of men
find manners, and some anecdotes
that may be of interest, I have con
cluded in the first place to close up
the notice I have been so often re
quested to make by family friends
and relatives, of the adventures of my
Grand-pareirts, John Raikokd and
Lucy Spell. I do this the more
readily, as I wish to avoid as much
as possible, even the semblance of
egotism, or of wishing to parade be
fore the public the acts of an ances
try for one’s own personal advan
tage. For however common it lias
become in this day and generation
for every man to ‘‘blow his own
trumpet,” and innate delicacy for
bids me to claim anything more than
an honorable descent from an un
blemished old Revolutionary stock—
which 1 may certainly he pardoned
for being prowd of. The descend
ants of great names are not entitled
to any credit when they have taken
no pains to emulate the example of
their illustrious sires. The late N.
P. Willis, one of our country’s fi
nest poets, in his beautiful drama of
“Bianca Visconti has most elegant
ly ami truthfully touched oil’ this
very point:
‘■lf the rose
Were bom a Tilly, ami by force of heart
And eagerness for light, grow t*|l and fair.
’Twert- a t.\pc of the first fiery soul
That makes a low name honorable ” They
Who take it by inheritance al >ne—
A'Mins' no bright nfit* to it —are like stars
Seen in the o. ean, that were never tlie-e
lift fo‘ their bi ight originals in heaven !”
1 have but little doubt that almost
almost every family in the country
whose ancestors date back to the
Revolution, and who bore a part in
that terrible drama “that tried men’s
souls,” and many a woman’s too,
have more or less ot the traditions
concerning 1 their aiieestrv, and in
many instances, likely, ot a very
vgluablq character, sue.ii as .often go
to make up the most interesting and
spirir-stii'ing portions of history.—
For. the common reader is generally
more attracted by tin* minute de
tails of events, and anecdotes, and
characteristics of men than by the
outline of mere history
jfrelf.’ There have existed in Geor
gia and South Carolina more than
one Nancy Ilart, in diameter, if
they were only known ; and- it sim
ply requires some “wlfipper up of
|iHVonsi(Wpd triiles,'’ to bring them
• 'add their actions to light, and give
them a “local habitation and a
name.” It is not often that truth is
mpre beautifully illnatratfed by jme
try tlTan in those never dying lives
in Gray’s “Elegy,” which are ex
ceedingly applicable to the .subject
Ts.fl budefiVorrng to ilhicidate
“Full m»nv< gem of '" r > r o.
The deep rVntliosioiJ e-lvA* of .H-catl ,biar—
yu \\ n,a„y a flower KhbnrtoWoom mfteen,
Aad wane; it* aweetueaa ou the dcseit air."
The annals of the poor, if not
actually derided, are too often over
looked in the chrouicleing of events
and actions in the lives of the
wealthy or more distinguished, who
occupy positions of easy access to
those who write of such things eith
er for amusement or interest. A
noble act in man or wonlnn, wheth
er they be in an exalted or humble
sphere of life, is equally meritorious,
and should receive its due meed of
praise. For it requires the same
high-souled courage, the same in
domitable will, and noble, disinter
ested self-sacrificing devotion to ac
complish a great thing in one as in
the other.
“The poor beetle ihat we'tread upon,
In corporial sufferiug finds a pang as great
As when a giant die .”
No grovelling, soulless spirit ever did a gener
ous action, and never will.
Some of the adventures of Lucy
Spell were of a highly dangerous,
and even romantic character; and
must have required no little nerve
to have carried her safely through
them, That she was kind, brave
and self-sacrificing, will be abundant
ly shown ; and no danger or fatigue
seemed to deter her from a duty, es
pecially when the lives of the neigh
bors were at stake. Having, by her
generosity rescueing the Indian lad
from the massacre at Old Town
Agency, gained the confidence and
high regard of many of the leading
Creeks, personally, and of the nation
at large, their intended raids upon
the settlements were very often con
fided to her, with instructions how
to govern herself to secure her per
sonal safety for the time. With this
information she Was enabled several
times to warn the whole country
for miles, others assisting to do so.
But some were incredulous or too
obstinate to heed her warning until
too late ; and the loss of life was oc
casionally the result. True, there
was some reason for their increduli
ty ; for they could not account for
her knowledge—why she should be
warned by (lie Indians, whose reti
cence was Well known, and no one
else. Nor, in fact does she appear
to have fully comprehended for some
time, why herself and family were
made the recipients of their clemen
cy and none others ; though she had
some vague idea it was owing in
some way to her having saved the
life of the Indian hoy. None of the
Creek Indians ever revealed to her
who it was she had protected, nor
his position or importance among
them. This may have been owing
to a very careful policy. Her
knowledge of the facts connected
with it. was derived from an entire
different source; and it may be as
well to relate it here as elsewhere.
At file period of which I am
writing, and probably some time be
fore, there lived within a mile or so
of where John liaiford settled, after
his marriage with Lucy Spell, and
immediately upon the banks of the
Ogeechee river, an Indian by the
name of Dill Lotky. Ih was of the
lichee Tribe, who seldom ever lived
in villages,—preferring to wander
about and squat upon any place that
suited them. He was well
known, and as often designated by
the cognomen of Uclice Billy, as by
his real name. I have often seen his
wile and family some thirty-live or
thirty-eight years ago. Billy I do
not remember ever to have seen.—
They were a very likely family of
Indians; but 1 do not think they
were full bloods ; and it is probable
that Billy’s wife, wnose name was
Sully, was a half bread of tile
Creeks, which may account for tile
good terms he was always on with
liiat tribe. Many ol our citizens
and mbtless remember them very well;
and some of the family may yet lie
hying in tne lower part of this coun
ty or the upper edge of Burke.
Some time after the Creek Indi
ans had been removed beyond the
Oconee and Oemulgee rivers, ami
peace n igned in this section undis
turbed—and Lucy Spell, that was
rejoiced in being the mother of sev
eral hardy children, boys and girls—
my Grand-father and Billy’ Lotky
were out hunting one day, and per
haps conversing upon some of the
incidents that Had taken place with
the Indians years before ; When my
<GriuidrJather asked .his companion if
he Could tell him why "it was they,
(the Lidians) newer disturbed lhs
wife and children, although their
tracks were often seen in tltc yard,
around about the house on occasion
of afiy of their theiving and mur
dering raids; while they sought
with their utmost vigilence and cun
ning to kill him. Uchee Billy an
swered his question with the usual
Indian stoicism, but in a manner
as nearly characteristic of the Yan
kee as any Indian ever did, I am
pretty sure—that is, by asking an
other—“you no know ?”
My Grand-lather replied—“l do
not know for certain.”
“Well, me tell you. Creek never
spill the blood of Lucy Spell. Why ?
Lucy Spell save life of young chief,
Mclntosh. Him big indian now—
much great with his people—by and
bye him big chief over all his na
tion”
This revelation solved the whole
mystery, and accounted for the sin
gular marks of favor shown her by
some of tlieir Ifoad men, —and which
I shall probably narrate in my next
article. I will therefore, close this
by observing that the habit of boast
ing is peculiar to most, if not quite
all the different tribes of Indians.—
“The big Indian /” is a common
boast among their chiefs and great
warriors ; and seems to imply their
high standing in the nation. They
evidently wish to convey that idea
to those whom they address—and
not their bravery or prowess. Be
ing “great with his people,” as Uchee
Billy remarked, seems to mean or
imply, being very popular, which
Mclntosh certainly was in the earli
er years of his chieftainship.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GRANT
AND GREELEY.
John Forsyth, editor of the Mo
bile Register, has been invited to
make a speech. Being too unwell
to do so, he writes a leiter. Be
low we give an extact from his let
ter, in which he most admirably
presents the difference between
Greeley and Grant. It shows that
the aetionofihe Liberal Republicans
in returning to constitutionalism af
ter a trial of the opposite, is the
most cheering sign of the times in
its unexpected and gratifying vindi
cation of Democratic principles.
“But the difference between Gree
ley and Grant, as chiefs of contend
ing parties, is that between good and
evil, political virtue and political
crime—the one striving to save, the
other to destroy. No .sign, or prom
ise, or hope is held out ot reform if
Grant is re-elected. Indeed, his re
election would bt claimed as the
popular endorsement of the “sum of
all (his) iniquiiies,” and il there is
any proufonder depth of false, wick
ed government to be sounded he
would feel that he had the people’s
license to fathom it. If the people
elect to keep Grant’s parly in power
they will have elected to part with
free self-government. I have said
the question is not where and what
Hoi ace Greeley was, but wltere and
what he is now. And let me give
you a test of what he is now, as it
gushed like a suddenly unimprison
ed lountain from the hearts of the
Southern people, for it was this peo
pie who first took turn upon their
shoulders and bore him to his pres
cut eminence as leader and cham
pion of the American Constitution.
Why did the South tush to him
a8 their deliverer? Because from
the dark cloud that overhung our
hopes, behind Cincinnati there leap
ed and vivid flash ot lightning that
foreshadowed and prononuced its
de!iverence» Behold the new reve.
lotion that broke from a Republican
Convention, in the following— fourth
resolution of its plai lorm :
“Local self-government, with im
partial suffrage, will guanl l he right of
a‘J citizens more securely than anv
cenii-ilized power. The public
welfare reqU’.res the supremacy of
the civil over tne military authority,
and freedom ■ f feiSl , n " Ull( | ( , r ,| ie
protectm of ihe ha.„ as Cor{lus . \Ve
demand f>r the imlivu t | le p, ro .
est liberty consistent wq, p„| Ji < j’ o
order ; for the State, self go. , rnltMll .
and lor the Nation, return tv q,,.’
methods of peace and the const, u _
itona 1 limitations of power.”
What more than this, in the ful
ness and emphasis of the enuncia
tion of the cardinal principles of
the Southern Democratic faith, had
we ever asked for, or could Thomas
Jefferson himself have formulated ?
And then came Mr. Grreeley’sletter
still further illustrating and empha
sizing these long contemned doc
trines. And what did all this teach f
This and this only, that the finest in
tellects and the most upright men of
the Republican party found them
selves drifting with the Grant party
over a precipice that would engulf
the freedom of the country. Start
ing hack in affright, they sought for
some iron ring bolt in the granite of
enduring piiucibh s to which to moor’
the drifting constitution and arrest
its progress to ruin They found it
in the Democratic doctrines of ft-di
vided Federal and local sovereignty,
in the “largest liberty for the peo
ple” in “civil over military authori
ty,” iu the sacred heritage <*f the
protecting tegis of the “habeas, cor
pus,” In the “State, self-govern
ment,” in “the return to coftstituf
tional limitations of power.” Out
from that Convention, too, long with
the glorious light from an unexpec
ted quarter, came Horace Greeley,
himself transformed. Once our
Saul of Tarsus, he beamed forth
from that vast assemblage a Paul,
the apostle of a fresh inspiration of
Liberty. Is it any wonder that the
South was aroused from her long
sleep of despair to hail the new de
liverance from so unexpected a quar
ter? And who shall say that the
Democratic party lias abandoned
its principles when it takes to its
arms the allies who have paid it the
highest compliment and crowned it
with the most illustrious victory of
its life—the peaceful victory of
homage from its former antagonists
to the immortal truths and virtues of
its constitutional creed ?”
HOWTO MAKE HOME HAPPY.
Do not jest with your wife upon a
subject in which there is danger of
wounding her feelings. Remember
that she treasures every word you
utter, though you never, think of it
again. Do not speak of some virtue
in another man’s wife, to remind
your own of a fault. Do not
reproach your wife with personal de
fects, for if she has sensibility, you
inflict a wound difficult to heal. Do
not treat your wife with inattention
in company. Do not upbraid her in
the presence of a third person, nor
entertain her with praising the beau
ty and accomplishments of other
women. If you would have a pleas
ant home and cheerful wife, pass
your evenings under your own roof.
Do not be stern and silent in your
own house, and remarkable for so
ciability elsewhere. Remember that
your wife has as much need ot rec
reation as yourself, and devote a
poriion, at least, ofyour leisure hours
to such society and amusements as
she may join. By so doing, you
will secure her smiles and increase
her affection. Do not, by being too
exact in pecuniary matters, make
your wife feel her dependence upon
your bounty. It tends to lessen her
dignity of character, and does not
increase her esteem for you.
If she is a sensible woman, she
should be acquainted with your
business and know your income,
that she may regulate her household
expenses accordingly. Do not
withold this knowledge, in order to
cover your own extravagence. Wo
man has a keen perception—he sure
she will discover your selfishness—
and though no word is spoken, from
that moment her respect is lessened,
her Confidence diminished, pride
wounded, and a thousand,- perhaps
unjust, suspicious created. From
that moment is your domestic corn
lot ton the wane. There can be no
oneness where there is no full confi
dence —Religious Herald.
POLITICAL NOTES.
The canvass in old New Jersey
shows numerous and constantly in
creasing accessions of Ilupublicans
to the Liberal ranks.
If big meetings means big votes
when the time comes, then tlie Lib.
erd meetings in Ohio must tell in
November.
If the partisans from the oth
er States now in Maine electioneer
ing for tin- Grant ticket were allow
ed to vole tor it, Perman’s majnitv
in 1572 would exceed Grant’s in
1808. They cover the land like
locusts. —Boston Post.
Died —The Louisville Conven
tion, of starvation, resulting from a
persistent retusal to “eatvrow.”
There are 560 Greeley Republi
cans ia Auburn, N. Y., the home of
.Mr. Seward. Not bad fi>r the “iovli
est village on the plain.”
The defection among the Repub
licans in California extends in every
■direction of the Slate. The Gold
Siate is sure for Greeley.
New York, September 9—A
letter received at the Democratic
headquarters from Senator Davis, of
West Vhginia, says: “We consid
er the State certain for Greeley by
from 8,000 to 12.000 majority.
Samuel J. Ramial, chairman of
the Pennsylvania Democratic State
Central Com mi it* e ha, just issued
an addressin which he says :
“Victory in October is certain.
r make this declaration with foil ap
P'L’iatiou of its import, and the
we, o‘* which should attach to such
a Staten. ~t w hf.„ etn mating fiotn
one in who.. Gigli tmifideudce has
been plac' and, r slate convic
t'd), and it is m nv. a f ,t ca. ,r u | re .
view an I :uil knowledge of the c.-,_
dition and tendency of p.ie public
mind tilt aughout the Stale,”
L“t it he borne in iniri J that the
tax pa.eis nfilie L’uited Slates are
contributing to tile Grant dociih-nt
distnb mug campaign turn! S4OO per
day . This is the amount of salaries
paid tlie government clerks al
Washington who are 'employed in
preparing ami mailing documents.
Yr>t the party guilty of this impu
dent robbery is continually bellowing
‘reform.”
■ Judge Lyons, of Virginia, st II
'alxirs under the belief llini Mr.
G.eeley atone lime spoke dispar,
agingly <f Southern women. If
Hoi-fee Greeley ever did say any
thing against Southern women, he
surejy cQpl'tpothave been ■ > deprav
ed as to sneak harshly of a grand old
WumcO like Judge Lyons.
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