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F. R. FILDES, Editor.
VOL. V.
Miscellaneous.
AG EM'S WAITED!
TO SELL OUR CKLKBKATKD
GOLDEN FOUNTAIN
PEN.
Acknowledged by all who bare used them to be
the best Feu made or sold in this country. N >
blotting! No soiled fingers ! Sixty lines writ
ten with one pen of ink ! Will outwear any steel
pen ever made Bankers, merchants. *eachei *
and all classes endorse them in the high »*: term*
of praise. Put up in neat slide boxes. Prices:
two boxes, 50 cents ; five boxes sl.’ >. See l
free of postage, and guaranteed to give ported
Satisfaction.
Liberal Commitl to Agent* !
We are prepared to give any cnerg--:ic i 'r :
taking the agency of these Pens, u . rout
which will pay Two Hundred Dollars p v momlt
Three sample Pens will be mailed for Id cetif s.
Address,
WESTERN PUBLISHING CO.
Indianapolis, Ind..
apl.Vfim Manufacturers’ Agents.
FURNITURE HOUSE.
JOHN M. WITT,
Cabinet Maker sUniertaki r,
QUITMAN, CA.
TAKES pleasure in notify big the .
citizens of Brooks and adj-'dnihg p j&SZ&'j
Counties, that he h. - esiablMir.l ;«l
Quitman, a regular I’liriiUui'O
ufuotory, and is prepared to p i up to
order—
BUREAUX, BEDSTEADS, KKURETA
KIES, SIDEBOARDS. TABLES,
WARDROBES,
and • very thing needed in tie i !
in any style required.
An experience of many years, i ’ :m in
assuring the public that his work will give t-a
faction in every respect; and prices will < m
pare favorably with those of Savanuah or « ! u
where, with this important advantage to the* pur
chaser : every piece of Furniture leaving his es
tablishment will be warranted.
Ifcopuiriug; done with neatness
and dispatch.
UNDERTAKER’S BUSINESS.
In connection with the Furniture busmens, he
is also conducting that of END!ill f\ . M. and
will put up. on very short notice, any descrip
tion of COFFIN -Plain or Ornamented, neasly
trimmed, and mounted, if de-ir«*d.
A general assortment of Coffins always kept
ob hand.
jp&- l’rices as moderate as possible.
WANTED.
1 am in need of a large quantity of SEA"
SONED LUMBER, ! <
China. Clierrv. .M.iplc ilia > - • &*•
for which a liberal wt: ' paid.
JOSStf m. WITT.
Quitman, Ga . J ui --
Purchasers of nm i v. ill •• - •
i drests by subsci i-i \ ' ■ 1 < r •
lITLT. It
r Ti'i "iv*** all the la* -' ari'l f ■
Jiuthorsas Hays. Kin hie. 'I h ' e '
Fecht. Prey, Keller, \\;. m in, u*-. IK v : ,x*r
c jntains at ££■ ®S* 1
1 ieces of Pt t n‘"• and
1 >0(1 Music, orinted on fine whit** r.-.jK*r an-!
from full size nmso- j>! i* every ■ ■ l ■!v. ■ .
U afterwards jointed in sii f..mu I ui i'
• aim* plates, and sold .i; i. "■ >. > c.-n...
V alliable mucscal
it 30 cents a copy, $3 a sear. »L.*»j! • ; • • :
and v\*> gum mt<e to
least 432 pages of choice n • mu-,*-. I>y . ~•■ best
authors. Wo do not e\p<vf P Mns: i
M aga/.ine. MONTHLY !!T■ ',•.
wo give too much mus e for the m >. It - •
■ ned simply to introduer* our new mu «•.* ! th«
musical world. Our sub - riber sing ' pla)
the music we give them. Then im. u.m! M-cid
bear the music, like it, and buy it in sheet u :
lorm, where we make our pro'b.
’ SCO for S:s. f ,
Kemeraber 1 every yearly sub sam » 1 • # °B k ‘
scriber gets, dining the year, , .
at least JSO pieces of our besti faß a
music, all of which wo after
vnurd print in sheet form ami u * man auß, r
sell for over SOO. It i> pub j
lished at the Mammoth M
Store of J. L. Peters. .V.»!) j' nd • iv. .\
where every thing in the nm-- • list- i :
Ko matter how . e .’1 ■ . c. . . . i;
promptly attended to.
COMFORT AND Cl HR FOR THE W.TTCR
ED.-Sent post-j ai ton receipt of 10 c ts.
Address Dr. E. B. Foote, (Author of Medi al
Common Sense,) No. 120 Lexington A-Trme,
New York. U-<im
AWAY WITH SFEUTAGLKS. On! eye- made
new, easily, without doctor or m ii-im-.-.
Sent post paid on ree.-ipt <■.{' Jo cent j . A idre---
Dr. E. B. Foote, 120 Lexincton Avenue. New
York. 1! u
URRi Alii
MA NtTFACTOBY.
QUITMAN, GA.
Bozeman & Lewis,
Respectfully notify the public that they
have purchased the Shop, Tools, Material,
&c.. recently owned by Mr. Samuel A. Graves,
and propose to carry on the manufacture of Car
riages, Buggies, Wagons, etc., in any style desir
ed, and in a substantial, workmanlike manner.
MR. H. T. FRETWELL,
Conceded to be one of the best workmen in this
section ot country, will have charge of the Car
riage and Wagon tshop, which is a guarantee of
good work.
We are also prepared to do all Linds of Wood
work, and General Repairing. Arid in connec
tion with our establishment, is a complete
BLACKSMITH SHOP,
Where planters and others ne ding work in that
line, can be accommodated on fair terms.
We are bard-working men, and desire to make
an honorable iiving. by strict at?ention to b <~i
ness, and therefore res? -< - billy solicit a portion
of the patroDageof the pub P.
BOZEMAN & LEWIS.
Thankful to my patron- for their liberal sup
port, I would cheerfully recommend for their
patronage, Messrs. Bozeman A Lewis.
SAMUEL J. GRAVE?.
January 7, 15*70* 1-tt
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HJiscellaneottS,
THE PAPERLESS MAN
BY SYLVANUS C BB JR.
No, sir II don’t want nothing o’the kind.
In tho first place, I hunt gut the money;
and in the next place, if I had the money
I wouldn't have none o’ your papers.
Si spoke Titus Closely, in answer to
a man who had called to see if he would
like to subscribe for a newspaper. Said
mail k< pt a store in ihe neighboring vil
lage, and was also tho postmaster; and
he had made arrangements to add to bis
fjusiucss by establishing a newspaper
agency.
‘I can furnish you with any paper you
may like,’ he explained to Mr. Closely,
‘and I can famish it cheaper than you
can got it in any other way; because by
haying of nie, you will save the postage
I shall Lave papers devoted to tho inter
ests of the Family; papers for the Farm
ers; papers for the Mechanic; and papers
fur both young and old; and in short, I
may assure you that any one of them
would he worth far mote to you 'than 1
propo .a to ask. .Ask your wile what
she thinks. You have no idea what ai
vast amount of valuable information you
will find.
‘Nancy Cl >so!y wa ted a paper; but
her husband said:
'O, 1 ill.ei! 1 don’t want if. 1 toll ye.
I've got as much as I can and to look af
ter my farm, and if Nancy aud the chil
dren want l i read, tiny can get tracts
ot the minister.’
‘Y iur neighbor, Deepwater, has snb
scribed for two p ipers’ said the agent,
‘lie will take a pleasant high tuned liter
ary | .per f r his family und a caper di -
voted to Art Science, and Agricnltur
tor himself.’
‘Tiie more fool lie!' cried Titus Cfoaolv
cuntemptiously. ‘John Deepwater cun’i
afford it no more’n I can My farm’s
trigger an' better’n li & is; and I tel! ye
flat an’ square, ’at I lia’ut got no three
dollars to throw away for a newspaper.’
‘l'llt—Titu!—’
‘S uit up, Nancy! I tell ye, I don’t
want it.’
And Nancy closed her lips; and the
agent went his way, and Titus Closely
we. t firth to plow ills ground with the
ivat old woodi n plow which bis father
nd bis guiidlather, had used before
iii m.
And lime passed on. The newspaper
ig'ni v was established at the village
post office; bat Tit ns did no paronize it.
lie fedt that lie had a principal at stake,
lie find said he wouldn’t, —and he would
not! But in one tiling lie was consistent
lie would not allow liis wife or children
to borrow papers of bis neighbor Deep
water if he know it
One evening Titus Closely and bis
wife took tea, by invitation with neigh
bor Deepwater.
‘I declare, Nancy’said Titus, on their
way borne, ‘Prudence D cpwater beats
al! creation for cook ing, don’t biie? I’d
uo idea she was sncli a hand at it. 1
wonder where she got tiiem fresh straw
berries.’
‘She preserved them herself,’answcied
Nancy.
‘0, —git eoui! Them wasn't preserved
—they was Iresb as new picked.’
‘lt is the way they are fixed, Titus.’
‘E'i! Can you do it?’
‘I could if I had her paper.’
‘Her papei?’
'Yes. She found the rcceipe in the
newsj aper, and thats where she learned
now to do most of her nice cooking.’
Titus changed the subject of conver
sation.
Autumn came, and the Agricultural"
Fair was held iu an adjoiuing town Ti
tus went over with-a yoke of what he
considered very fine oxen; but he found
when the exhibition came off that he was
very far behind the trues. New breeds,
of which be had known nothing had been
introduced, and Lis own animals were
not worthy of notice.
‘Whew i'whistled Titus, as he sat iu
lis kitchen, with a crumpled report of
the Awarding Committees in his hand.
A friend had given him tiie printed doc~
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RI4HTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY TEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., JUNE 17, 1870.
uraent. ‘John Deepwater has got the
premium for sheep. Byhokey! I’ll bet
I’ll clip more wool n he does next season.’
‘Because you’re got more sheep,’ sug
gested Nancy. ‘But wait and see. The
new breed which he has procured is a
very valuable one.'
‘Bali? Think what it cost him: Fifty
dollars for a pair of ’em?’
‘And,’ {added Nancy, ‘he sold two ot
his spring lambs to Mr. Thompson for
eighty dollars. ’
‘Git eoul!’
‘Prudence told me so. John Deepwa
ter saw so many flattering accounts o'
those sheep in his paper that lie knew’ it
would ho info to invest.
Titus referred again to the report.
‘Dae! I’m blessed if Polly Downer
hasn’t got the fiist premium for cheese
—five dollars.
‘Yes,’ said Nancy she was telling me
ab mt her cheese. She found out how
to make them in her paper. I tell ye, Ti
tus, it’s a good thing to have a good
newspaper. I wish you’d— ’
‘Bali 1 Don’t talk to me!’ and Titus
throw down the Report, and retired from
the kitchen in disgust.
The winter passed; and the spring’s
work was done; and tho time for sheep
shearing came. Titus Closely sheared
one hundred and fifty sheep, and obtain
ed therefrom not quite six hundred
pounds of Wool, being less than an aver
ege of four pounds to the sheep.
John Deepwater sheared seventy sheep
and obtained from them very near fivo
hundred pounds of wool, thus giving
him a yield of a trifle over eight pounds
from each sheep.
’Titus, didn't I tell you that neighbor
Deepwater’s sheep would prove by far
the most profitable? It cost no mure to
keep one of his spendid animals than it
does to keep oue of ours. And then his
lambs aro heavier and his mutton is— ’
'Stop yer gab Nance I 1 know what
ye’re pitchin at: Ti’s one of them ’tarnal
papers! Let John Deepwater go it, if he
wants to. I’ve got more wool’u he has ’
‘And you wintered more than twice as
many as he did.’
‘Shut up will ye?’
Nancy was silent. But the end was
riol yet.
After the haying had been done Mr,
Deepwater and his wif” called over and
took tea, and spoilt the evening with
Titus and Nancy.
In the course of con versa t ion I’ruden ,*c
So’d t * Nancy many new tilings which
she had learned of household my .■-.tones,
while Mr. Deepwater talked to his lms t
of the great improvements which Were
being made iti agriculture. And Titus
was interested in spite of himself, though
lie tried to appear otherwise.
‘By the way, Titus,’ said John Deep
water, late in the evening, ‘when yet get
ready to sell your wool, I ttiiuk I cau
recommend you to a good market.’
‘Much oblocged, John; but I’ve sold.’
‘Sold? To worn?’
To Saddler & Ryder, of Brinklon,’
‘Did they c me for it.?’
‘Yes Old Saddler came himself.’
‘What did lie pay you?’
‘Thirty cents.’
‘Thirty cents?—Thirty cents a pound?’
‘Tea.’
‘Goodness mercy, John! You didn’t
sell your whole clip at that price?’
‘Y-es. Why?’
‘Why!—Why,—wool, like yours is
worth forty live cents; aud 1 was author
ized by Mr. Fairman to offer you tla--
price for your clip. You must ha\e had
over five hundred pounds?’
‘Yes’said Tiins, gaspingly; T sold
five hundred and seventy.’
‘But didn’t you know that wool had
risen in value?’
‘No Mr Saddler said thirty cents v as
all ’twas worth.’
‘Mr. Saddler Uceivcl you. But you
should have watched the Market reports
Didn't yon notice them in the paper?'
‘I—I don’t take no paper.’
T declare Titus, I am sorry for you.—
But it can’t he helped now.’
Mr. Deepwater saw how badly his
frirnd was feeling and lie said no more.
When the company had gone Titus
Closely took down the old slate from its
peg by the side of the looking glass and
began to cipher. The difference between
thirty and forty-five was fifteen; and
fifteen multiplied by five hundred ana
seventy gave a product of eighty-five
doliai and fifty cents!
On the following morning Titus Close
ly went to the village and subscribed
for two papers—one for himself, aud one
for his wi f e; and in time he came to re
gard the Newspaper as one of the great
est institutions of the ago.
One Reason’ why the Yoln’g Mem Don’t
Marry.— Said u young lav/ve:— 1 1 have
! been looking for a w ife fur full three
years, ever siuce I got established in
practice, aud I have not found a girl or
: (inappropriate! woman whom I found
I fit to marry. They arc fashionable, false
foolish, cold or silly, sometimes ail com
bined. Whereas, I want a woman who
is sensible, independent, earnest, sincere
and loving. Do I ask too much?
THE FATE OF A FIGHTING DOG.
A man who owned a terrier dorg—
A bobtailed, orrery cuss—
And that there purp got that there man
In many an uSly muss;
For the man he was on his muscle,
And the dorg was on his bite,
Add to hick that dorg-goned animlle
Was sure to raise a fight.
A woman who owned a Thomas cat,
That fit at fifteen pound;
And other cats got up and slid
When that thero cat was round.
Tho man and his dorg came along one day,
Win re the woman she did dwell,
And the purp he growled ferociously,
Then went for the cat like .
He tried to chaw the neck of the cat,
But the cat he wouldn’t be.chawed;
So he lit on the back of that t here dorg,
And bit! and clawedl and clawed!
Ob, tho hair it flow ! and the purp he youledl
As the claws went into his hide,
And chunks offlcsh were peeled from,his back;
Then he flummuied, and kicked and died!
| The man ho ripped, and cussed and swore,
As he gathered a big brickbat,
That he would he denied essentially
If he didn’t kill that cat!
But the woman allowed she'd be blessed if bo
did!
And suatched up an old shot gun.
Which she fired, and peppered his diaphragm
With bird shot number oue.
They tented him homo on a window blind,
And the doctor cured him up;
But he never was known to tight again,
Or to own another purp.
Folks may turn up their Bnoots at t his- here
rhyme,
I don’t care a cues for that!
All I wanted to shew is that fighting dorga
May tackle ihe Wrong Tom cat.
A PICTURE BY NAST.
Thero is a picture by Thomas Nast,
in the last number of Every Saturday,
which wo should bo untrue to onrselvoß
to permit to pass unnoticed. The sub
ject is “Decoration day.” The Goddess
of Liberty, kneeling before two monu
ments in a churchyard, which hear re
spectively the significant inscriptions
“11. S. A.” ami “0. S. A.,” is represen
ted in the act of placing the cypress
wreath upon each stone, while, in the
back ground, the speclrul figures of two
soldiers Btand sadly and solemnly with
hand'- c/asped. Upon tile belt plate of
one is to he seen the initials “TJ. B.”and
upon the eartoiieh box of the other 1 V.
S.” which tells the whole sad story.
Toe picture is peculiarly impressive and
touching, and in one of the happiest a
ehievemenfs of th genius of the great
American artist, and far more worthy of
that genius than spitefully conceived pie
lilical cai toons calculated to stimulate
only sectional bitterness and resent
ment. We recall to mind the fact—hon
orable as it was to the truest chivalry
of the South—that in 1861 tho women of
Columbus, Mississippi, s’revved fl oveis
alike on the graves of the Federal and
Confederate soldiers—an incident touch
ingly recorded in a poein entitled "The
Bluo and tho Gray,” published in the
Atlantic Monthly for September, 18(17:
“Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
Tbe generous deed -as done;
1 1 the storm of the years that are fading
No braver battle was won;
Under tiie sod mid the dew,
Waiting tbejudgment day:
Under the blossoms, the Blue,
Under the garlands, the Gray.
“No more Bhr.lt Iho war cry sorer,
Or the winding rivers be red:
They banish our anger forever
When l hey laurel the graves of our dead!
Under the sod aud tiio dew,
Waiting the judgment day:
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray-
The artist in his design b**t given
shape to the sumo sentiment —a senti
ment which could not fail to find a re-
Bponsive chore in every manly In art.
In this age, u- exemplified iu the illus
trated joum lum pf our time, t i<; pojvot
of the auiat’u pencil is, pul,up:-, is in. n
more universal than that of the pen, aud
wo may yet have to amend the trite max
irn to acknowledge tiie pencil rather
thau the p- n to be “mightier than the
sword.” The men wiio met upon the
crimsoned and perilous edge of battle
respected’ the heroism of cacli other us
as foemen worthy of eacli other’s steel,
and none arc readier to honor tiie meum
ry of the fallen brave than the soldiers
who survived them on either line ot bat
tie, nor prompter to respond to the af
flictions of those, widowed and orphan
ed by tiie war, for—
The bravest were the teuderest—
The loving are the daring.
A servant girl who was sent a few
days ago to a druggist in New York,
with a request that lie would give her
somo castor oil, ‘disguised as much as
possible.’ was asked by the druggist i
she liked soda water, and leplied in the
affirmative. Tiie druggist thereupon
gave her a glass strongly flavored with
lemon with mueii oil cast upon tue troub
led water. Noticing that she lingered
after rcceiviug this tiie druggist inqui- i
red the cause and was told that she |
was waiting foi the oil, ‘Oh,’ replied the
j man of drugs complacently, ‘you have:
taken that.’ ’1 lie startled woman gazed
at him in dismay a moment and then ex-
I claimed, ‘Oh, murder I wanted it for a
■ min who is vT-iy pick’’
Neoro Jurors in* Macon.— The follow
ing is taken from the Macon Telegraph
i «Sc Messenger of yesterday:
Revision of tiie Jury Box —We are
informed through itu authentic channel
that the jury list for this county has been
revised within the past day or two, and
that among the number of jurors selec
ted to serve during tho remainder ot the
present session ot Bibb Superior Court,
arc to be found the names of forty one
negroes. Messrs. T. C. Nisbet, L. N.
Whittle, TI. L. Jewett, C. T. Ward and
Albert Ross were the five Commissioners
appointed by the Court to revise the
jury list. That these gentlemen acted in
i rict accordance with the latter of the
law we have no doubt, and also enter
tain not a doubt, but that in the discharge
of this unpleasant duty they were ns
much pained to have been compelled to
select forty one ignorant negroes as we
arc to chronicle the fact. What result
this sfate of affairs w ill bring about we
cannot predict, but Will et’ll hope for
ti e good time coming, he it ever so dis
taut.
How an Old Darkly Calculated ma
Age.— The Petersburg (Ya.) papers re
late the following registration incident
in that city:
An aged colored man came up to the
voting place upon crutches seemingly
with great difficulty. The prescribed
formula. “How old aie you ?’ was asked
when the old man was tbiown into much
perpelexUy. Recovering himself how
ever ho muttered in an undertone, which
was overheard:
‘Well how ole is my ole in,ossa?’
It su happened that a gentleman was
standing by well acquainted with him
who promptly answered:
‘Your master is about fifty five years
of age.’
‘Well bow ole is missus?’
'She is about forty five years old.’
‘An miss Sally?’
‘Twenty five perhaps next fall.’
‘An young missus?’
‘Nineteen this coming August.’
‘Well, I’so older deri all put togedder;
for / knows when dey all was boru.'
It is needless to say that the ole man
was passed amid the good feelings of all
present.
STATE RIGHTS IN ALABAMA.
UubamA, or ruUiei the Radical inubor
iti< s thereof have gut up a lively conflict
with ti e Federal Court under Judge Bun
teed. Reynolds Auditor of the State, as
we pn sume in pursuance of law levied a
tux upon the gross receipts of the South
urn express Company as common carri
er;. The company thereupon filled a
bill in tlie United States District Court
to restrain the Auditor and his agents
from collecting the t .x. An injunction
issued, which Reynolds, after consulta
tion with tiie Governor, refused to res
pect arid directed Ids subordinates to
proceed and collect the money. Tiie Ex
press Company thereupon filed their pe
tition for an attachment for contempt
which Judge Bustecd directed to bo is
sued, and the Auditor was fined and sent
to jail for five clays, where he now lies-
A meeting of the citizens of Montgomery
in favor of resisting tyranny and vincli
oaling the dignity of the .State, was hold
at tiie Capitol last Morn! ly. —Macon
Telegraph.
THE MANAGING WOMEN.
The managing women is pearl among
women; she U one of tli“ prizes in tin
great lottery of lif and (lie man who i
draws her may rejoice for the rest of his
days. Better tlmti riches she is an for
tune iu herself—a good mine never fail
in;.:; in its yield—a spring of pleasant j
wafer, v.’’ Kurd', i ••••«•• v ej •
moss and fl'jvrcr" v 1 : all -irotirid is j
bleached white with sterile hard. Tic 1
managing woman eau do anything, and
she does everything w-11. lh reeptlv
and executive, of quick sight mid steady
hum], she always knows exactly what
is wanting and supplies the deficiency
with a lad and cleverness peculiar to
herself. She knows the capabilities of
pi- reojis us well as things, fir she lias art
intuitive knowledge of character. The
managing woman if not always patient,
is always energetic ami can never be
disappointed into inaction. Though she
bus to teach the same tiling over and
over again, she is never weary of her
vocation of arranging and ordering, aud
never less than hopeful of favorable re
sults.
A Mean Radical dLdge n Catch thr :
Negbo Vote. — At a recent election for
the Taw n Commissioners in Chcstci: . vn, |
Maryland, the negroes carried the day 1
by one of the meanest species of fraud i
that the Fifteenth Amend omit has vet
produced. According to the charter of
die town all voters at a b wn election
are required to be freeholders. Out of
the one hundred and fifty darkies who
I desired to march to the polls, not more
1 than two ar thr 'e could pi iut to a foot
:of land they possessed. But this being
the first election at which the negroev.
were to vote in Kent county, tiie (iner
: gency required that they should deposit
| $2.00 per Annum
NO. 24
their ballot, right or wrong. Heiiccitho
iraud wo refer to. It happened that
theio was one negro In Chostertown
who owned a small and worthless patch
of land adjacent to the river. Tnis ho
divided into lots of oue foot square, and
made deeds of it to his fellow colored
would-be voters* Asa consequence
one hundred and fifty negroes, represen
ting just one hundred and fifty feet of
land, went to the polls and claimed and
secured votes as free-holders, and elec
ted their ticket. Tho whole thing —•
which throws the repeating frauds its
New York entirely in the shude—was
engineered by Radical politicians. Nat
urally enough, the bona fide freeholders
of Kent county are highly indignant at
the outrage; but there appears to ho no
help for them, und they are ob’iged to
look forward to the day when a "white
man will lie as good as a nigger” iu re
ality New Youh Ucald,
OotcoentA —llcw a Dying I ’/-riot was
Silenced .—A letter from Havana ’to
the Key West Dispatch, in reporting the
execution by the garret ol General Goi
eouria, says;
Ho was denied food during the two
days proceeding tiia execution iu order
that his voii e might be ao weakened as
to prevent his speaking orr ihe scaffold*
in spite of this, however, he. had the pow
er to articulate these words: “I die for
Cuba! because I am assured that alio
can, and will bo (reel free I—yes, at no
distant day I I am rejoiced now in tho
thought that I have labored for Cuba for
thirty long years! God bless aud keep
Cuba! Long may she live,” &c. Hero
the attending Catholic priest cramed his
pocket handkerchief in the mouth of this
brave man, whereupon the drums began
to beat, and the iron necktie was adjus
ted to the throat of tho victim. A few
minutes aud all was over with the noble
man, who freely gave his life blood as a
libatiou for freedom’s ultafa.
Breaking it Gently —When the la
tcenfed Judge Baglcy tripped und fell
down the Court house stairs and broko
his neck, it was a groat question hi vv to
break tlie uews to Mrs. Bagley. But fi
nally tho body was put into HigglVd
wagon and lie was instructed to take it
to Mrs. Bagley, but ft) bo very guarded
and discreet in his language, and not
break tho news to her at oi ce, but do it
gradually and gently’. When Higgins
got there with his sad freight, ho shout
ed till Mrs. Bagley) cane to the door'
Then lie said;
“Does tiio widder Bugley live here?’
‘The widow Bagley? Nn, sir?’
“I’ll bet she docs. But have it yorir
own way. Well, and ,es Judge Bagley
live hero?
“Yes Judge Bagley lives here.
“I’ll bet he dont. But never mind—it
i aint for me to contradict. Is the Judge
in?’
“No, u..t at present ’
'I jist expected us much. Because,
yon know—take hold oViithit), mum for
I’m a goui to make a little communica
tion and I reckon maybe it'll jar you
some. There’s been an accident mum,
I vo got tiie old Judge curled up out
| here in the wagon—aud when you see
him you'll acknowledge yourself that an
inquest is about the only thing that
could lie a comfort to him!’
A Remark able Story.— A few days
since, there was a colored mart in tiio
city with a soar entirely around liis
neck. It is stated tii it during tiro cl»-
sTrg days of the late war he was tried
by a drumhead court martial, found
guiity, seirteireed to death, duly hung,
and pronounced dead by two surgeons
in attendance, one of v. him secured tiio
body. F ■ thin restore' tiio hanged
hi an to iif. • Alluough he was to all
appearance dead, yet the vita! Rp irk
tt'.'iti not cr:‘;e extinct, Tin; banged man
hid him ; If until the war was over, and
then sei'h.U on a f.lor w :a thi-p ::r
mii.'L of the city, w! ■ e he is now at
work Tiie scar ailed ::! t i rs but tiie
mail sos the rope by which tie was sus
pend, and. The execution, it is alleged,
took pbu'o : n Kershaw county. It is
also stated that the surge- n who restor
ed the man t<> 1f ; is now a resident of
this city.— Charl'dcn
FAN ANY ONETELL?
Can one tell bow men that cannot ab
solutely pay small hills can always find
plenty of money to buy liquor and treat
when happening among friend.-.?
Can any ono tell how many young
‘ men who dodgo their washer women,
j arid who are always behind win their
j landlord, can play billiards night and
j day, and are always reaoy for a gome
: of poker or seven up?
I Can any one tell how it-is with some
■ mon who owe their bn fellers, owe for
rent, owe for taiioiing, for shoes, etc.,
can have anything that's nice, eat oys
ters at right, wear fine clothes, aud have
all tiie delicacies of the season?
Can any one toil how men live ard
support their families who have no in
jc, ice ai d d«n’t work, while otin js who
arc* indiioti ions and always employed
almost starve?
An Indiana beiio has broken eighty
, | seven uiatiimouial engagements