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QUITMAN. CA.
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HIES, Fli’lii i \ :;iks. TABLES,
U'AULKOBKS,
nn>l everything needed fix the ! urniture lino, mid
in any stylo requita-d.
An ovportunfo of many years, ju.lifics him in
msnriitu' lh»; puhlic that his wo; h will yiv<-
faetton in every r<«!irttK and price.! will <•■ ti
pare lavorabi.Y with tin. e i t' .'■■.'Va;:'; '
where, with tliis itnpm lant ;uL 'Mo toe pur- I
chaser : ever} pie,. .' of l’urtilture It aviii.r hi- • -■ |
tabii-innent will h*- a a: . !.
H <>i>i\li*in"- ■ with m...uo
und dispatch.
KitDERTA Eft’S ! "
lu connection with the • undtim* b • • ’ •
is also corulnc.inir ih,i of F >i ! •••'.•' i
will put lip.’o.! } er% >!iorl < d*- • /- «..!•• ei - j
ti<»n of On!•'!’’! \ r If ,; m ol* i;
trimmed, and .■[ ~ <!■ rl.
A goiieral a of C > ulw: ; ■ fepr S
On hand
psr Friers ;ts mo hw.tr -n i-sibl".
WAITED. •
I am in need of a 1 >v~o ijiiantiiy ol $£A a
SOWED LU ; 1 1
China. < 'iierry, Al tfde. l.i Sv .ilrtiib. «• • ~ »> c..
for which a libetul p'"“ ' 'fill v id.
JOHH X&XW. ;
Qiiitman, Ga., Jan i ‘
Purchasers of nuwi'- m ill c-u- i:: If- •* ow r. i.
I crests by sub- : ';ribinhC t • r n i. ■
l HI,V. It is is.-ar 1 Oi. ;• !i of ruoatl:.
r m?‘ givck alf the tie.! - ■ ! h >* • •
ii nlitorsas kiuhaa Ihtun iv I*.'.nop, Ibdik
I <*cht. Frey, Keller. »\; man, i.\e,y r
Ciißtainsat i-y, C- ? *‘‘ u •• !
1 feces of Pti S iAPtej '"W r.
r tod Music, minted on ti : v. • ]•' ’e-r ;<■
(. om full size miPh: |d.«w-. every \>' - <■}' 'vide
f, afienvardo printed in ; fei. i, Iro.ii
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ra,:; MONTHLY R
we give too much music for the money. It i* -
fiuetl simply to introdu ■■ «mr new music to E 1
musical world, (bn -üb'••rib u •' and
the music we y'■ < u iu. ■ Their mu -1 ti eue!
hear the mu-ic. b ... :;i. ■ ‘ m
foim, where we mal.e «. ;i *
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Dr. E. 15. I uole. Jo) Lexington
York. 11 - • in
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MA KUTEICTCBY.
QUITMAN, GA.
Bozemax & Lewis,
I)EsREtITFL'LLY notify the public that ! «
\ have purchased ti.. 'h-jo 'i -.
&c., recently owned by Mr. S rmiel A. {■<:. ■■•
and propose to-carry on the m uiid'o-t ur;- < 'Y
riages. Buggies, Wagons, etc., in y!e and- ir
ed, and in a substantial, worhinanlih man;, r.
MR. H. T. FRUi ALL,
Conceded to be one the 1 ’;. :. in il
section ot country. w7d bar- l ..• of the Car
riage and Wagon which i.-. v. o nraAi . ..• . :
good work.
We are al.-sp prepared to hi all kind of V
work, and Gener.il Repniriig. And ia coniicc
t;i»n with our est J/Lk: : nt. i. a complete
Where planters and others ne ding work in tu.it
line, can be ed on fair teams.
We are hard-wo riving men. and desire to make
an houorabl * iiv.ng. by strict attention to b si
ness, andthereTore re.-]*ect: udy .sob-.-i: a portio:.
oi the patronage of the public.'
BOZEMAN & LEWIS.
Thankful to my pa nm.? for t? ;r ii : ; -
port, I would cheer.udy recommend for their
patronage, Messrs. 80/- man A Lewis.
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THE PET OF PtBBLEOOOK.
“Who is he?” “What is he? ’ “Whence
! s h,?-
When Petvv Wapplefi . 1 tit pp- i! a
’ i' wore, from the clouds into l’ubb'o-
I S'.iook, the l-upidity with which such a:ul
i stie’.i like queries l!e\v ah ait pioved how
j [i Ment n prim 'pie, even in rural human
i nature is that form of t e love of know!-
| i dgo disparagingly styled curiosity.
It must have been Irom tho clouds he
| dropped, for such a sum total of perfec
! ti n (a ni l scarcely have I tie a less coles
tiaf origin.
“What tfdoar vonng in an 1” was the
ni •• i .. 1 i oleos the go od old hull, s up
I on vv 1 cm the conspicuous solemnity ol
: t op >t S i,day’s appearance at church
| had ituf '.c a flci p impression.
“W!.,.l a tii 1 r youiej man!” rot less
I um 'nimubsly l.l.ercd the young one.,
i. who l:ad pi eped over their hymn books
1 t i admire bis whiskers.
It was astonishing what runi.l pro
,ii . i I," i mde. Before six works he
jw.tr Huperiutcndout of the Sabbath
.-cii.iil, ami mo! niol c to na v, at tin! Toot s
lay evenings meetings than the minis---
! ter himself.
In all it, he w is p ipul ir with every
body but lint young men. We ail hated
1 ini. To have our lady friends and
sweethearts constantly ringing his prais
es iu or • is, a:: 1 quoting his ex unple,
was a little 'wealing' at our time ol ljfe,
“How sweetly Mr. Wuppelford sang'
t ‘I wifttl to le angel,’ i! is morning!” said
:.l i.- H-.ward, «s we walk.-d home to
pe i cr (Vein clnii eh one Sunday.
| “W.'ii ad toy li-itil 1 vi'mh be wns one
nd dialled Into a.t ii! servic. 1 ’ I
ulunt'y lil'ai li b.outy I c lUldn't hdp it,
you sec; f r tl ere had been a d'b'lii.ct
i n-.'-ge . - nl between Elsie an 1 mo ever
since I lad thrashed 1 ill Doggett, in
our school i;.i\; f r prisfinijng to spell u
Word she had missed; and to hear her
chiming in the gein-ra! elmtit of the sleek
,ta , i’c i ra'.i: rattier t t.!:l and uiy cipia-
U
“I ta v cl' km w befoie,” rej a tied Elsie,
“what an u aidonah'e sin it was for
a iiiio I'ollii ti) be letter and better luok
; ing than other f /Iks.”
“As fi!. ;T I retorted, “that is a
j iu". - qee iiou ol taste, and not to bo
| disputed. As to some folk & being l et
t r than e'.l.ei i.dks otlmr iull.s may 1 o
quite ns good ; ■ some folks though the
■ I egcr be b ; i ; up to the dodge of play
. „
lug p: -us j O- .on..
"J’a. ’on me for not understanding
■ ’ me,’ v,ai E! quiet but none th.
! : ■ s n: 1 v hi; '7 {ins?\Vf r.
“lh T an infer—” I began growing
j still more excited.
I “If you are going to swear,” s lid EU
! si", iiuick'oiing her pace, T pr. Hr to
| Walk i.h'iic.”
I “A, you please,” I absented huOishly
{ hungiiig back*.
j Aad iso we parted Wc wmilj proha
, b|y l.avc ‘made up' the next Sunday, but
| Mr. Wapplofufd singled me out in hi.s
| class that morning for one of his posing
j quest (is. I don’t ti-ii.k it related t
the paternity of Zebedcus children but
lit was something of that set. At
! any rate it stumped me, ai.d the girls
i all gigled Elsie holder than the test—
My lirst impulse was to dare Mr . Wap
pelford out ; 1 ui 1 thong* t of the time
and place and r strained myself. That
settled matters between me and Elsie.
’ XI . Wepp efud walked leone with i or
( after service and next Sabbath my place
: in the class was vacant.
It scon leaked out that Mr. Wappel
; End Vas rich—a fact that no v. ay di
j nTujbhed the geucral fav >r Ire was i e and
ia. 1 sough t to derive some causolatiou
from it myseif, in view ot tee text which
: p As the and fiicbUyo. a i c i mins a dubs
! si- u to-r.na Use on a par with a camcl'B
passage through the cyo of a uceile.
When Mr. Waippelfoid needed a little
r.miy Money he took a government bond
ovei to Hiram Uhej e's store aud got Hi
ram to cash it.
lliia.i ild a m ’e.l Luslneos i.i die
g -.lc.iugs and groectie», and r.as
HESS SHAEE THE PSBSS THE PEtTXE'S RISHTS M.IIWTAIN, UNAWED ET FEAK AND ONBEtDED BY GAIN *
QUITMAN, GEO. s JULY 1 ? 1870.
! considered by long odds, the keenest ob
server of men and things in Pubblesnook
He saw at a glance that the amiable
stranger \v;ih a man of business, ami
shrewdly guessed, as he counted out
the money for the five twenty, that there
were sc'oral more whole it came from.
A1..! t .at's the way it got out that Mr.
Wa; p> lford was rich.
Mr. Wnppcllord began to be very par
ti alar ia bis attention to Elsie. Ot
c'iirra 1 didn’t cate, and to prove 1 didn't
began to make up to Betsy Tilden, the
must co,.firmed tlirt in l’ul blesnook, be
tween wh in and Klrie there had been
the bitterest sort of feeling cversince
lh ir chil.tln 01.
lletsy was engaged to Hiram Cl cue,
j wli.im sled' Pghtcd to keep in hot water ;
tun whether that was her motive, or
| win lh, r it was to vex Else, she both ac- ;
jeep id and encouraged my attentions, j
win rent Hiram l eeamu furiously jealous
. may ha Vo been olio rcas nos bis
t~king up si, for Wappelfoid, whan he
knew * hated.
1 llow uiucTi longer could ha v c
ip without leading to one
jor more breach?d of the peace, it is im
p.iambic to icii. Hike **»any o.her tang
j led compliealious tin’s was iu* ''-‘“t "nrav.
! eli.-d by “the logic of events.”
Oa ttiC first of May there was to be a
;.picnic 1 engaged io go with Betsy Til
den- a circum t.inces which would prob
j ably have precipitated matters between
i Hiram and me, but business had taken
| lihu to New York and ho was not.
to be back until after the affair was
! over.
It was a great day. Ail Pubblesnook
aas out. Elsie was there escorted, of
1 course by Mr. Wuppelfjtal, who in the i
\ sln i.n and serenity ot anew suit and a
| e.i tented mind infused himself every-I
| win re and excited universal admiration. !
•“A hen aie they to be married.’ ’ asked
j Betsy with a malicious innocent look, j
u . IT -ie and Her companion swept grace j
; fully by.
“Manied!” I growled through my |
| clou elied teeth; “who says they are to be j
l m.in 'i d?”
| “XVi,y everyh dy.”
“Eve. i body lies, then!”
“A veiy complimeutury remark,” re- i
| turned Betsy, “seeing present company J
:is imt i rtcepted.” * x
“.She'll never marry any liypociitical, j
j contemptible, puppyish—”
‘■('. me c .me,” intern.pled n y tormen
t,ir, in a manner nti st iritatingly sooth- j
i , ; “1 wouldn't h t people see it hurt I
me s> i. null. But nat assured il is a j
tired fact. Hint . Ohepu as good r.s told J
me h was to stand up on the occasion.” i
"Hiram <lln pVs ad iivkey,” I was a- j
at in ( ..■ li!; ~ when a cjnvmotion in
the crowd cut mo short.
“Why tlmre’s Hiram got baekl” cried
Betv in surprl; r , "and who’s that, in the
violet colored vest laying his hand on j
Mr. Vi ip lloi d’.-. : houhh •? ’
A gheo'" at the vi ry cmplitic pattern i
of the gi iillemnii’n waistcoat proved that j
Be try hoi not in I,or excTemeiit an 1 at |
V: o mipp M and ; it ten huh) of the wrong j
wad. ii was evident that something [
„ci-i in was on foot. As we neared
Ill'll ive caught the words—it was
Hiram tiial spoke
"I’ll just OUt <f j ail !”
With a flerCain, Betsy darted forward, j
und tiaig sci - arms louml Iliran.’s neck, 1
for her In u l was loyal at the b T om.
“I’m jest out|)lji.il!'’ Hiram repotr
d ,n an he lV.ffhd Bet y h . lu’t fain
| nd, “and It! tell you how 1 got th re. |
! When I reached Now \u:k I iveiU to a i
! br./ktr’s to dispo.v of a bjnd 1 got from
that man n ccutlv,” pointing to Wuppcl- j
l,od. “The brok l r looked at it, compaf- j
■ and it with a paper be bad, whispered j
something to another man, who went
, .ft, at id then they managed to keep mo
; waiting until a policeman came. The
■ bom!, it seern ;, was one of a batch that
i had been st den, and I was arrested on
■ suspicion > f the robbery and am now
j.ordy la re on bail.”
“And this 'ere gpifleman,” added the
ifv n-r of' llie wai .‘.coat at the same time |
i ttiag Wr.ppi If id's slioul'.'.er *fwe’ve
in l’n good ie .sons to suspect, Is tiie
! chap that made the grab.”
“Fie! bh tine!'' were the exclamations
iieturd on every inn.d.
“Just !o >k here, la lies and gon'lemcn.’
proceeded he of the violet hue's, whisk
ieg iff Mr. Wuppelford’s fil.-c lair and
j w.,i-kers, and i-xpo ing an iii shaped
:In ad and i iilainous looking f.ico in
1 which Couldn't be tia-ed the slightest
r semblance to the y .nth who “wanted
to be an ang t ”
Pi or Elsie was overivbt Imed with con j
fusion aud more than on A jeering glance
j fell up ru her.
At ui a I approach and and off red iv.y
um. Sia; t> ik it. an I as I led her aw. y
I cast a 1 »ok up m t ie crowd liiat said
pretty plainly, “Just let mu see any ol
1 you chaps e.i'.'Ck a K : .Ie!”
The lest ol• the ii.is-ing Lon 's weie
fund safe ill snug, i.i M • XX appei
tord's truu a.id wii ti 'J ey .to. kl)m a
way that < v uing l.a. dcutici nifd stiong
ly guaided his prospects of Ct'lesii il pi -
motion didn't acc'.ii to be ul ail immedi
ate.
Religious lluiiieauc Pioiii Ne
groes uu a Sun day Ueuder.
THE BLACK MIETIIKKN RKVEAUXU A REt.tGI C
BITE —V.U'HIXQ ONE AXOTHEIt's FEET —
HOW THE 11 LACK LOVERS I'AUUCn OFF T ,
I’ERFJHH THE KITE —A WHITE MAX SQUELCH
ED BY A-BLACK PERSON—A BARBARIC DANCK
Tumbling Shoals, I,aureus c uiity, S.
U, May 27. IS7o.—Within a short dis
tance (if this place there is a congrega
tion of the faithful known as New Pros
pcct. It is made up if Colored Chris
tians of the vicinity, who have organi
z'd, as their preacher (an educated no
;;ro) says, “as a spiritual force mi itant
I to re; ist ti.e devil and all his ivoil.s iu
:hi.; p,aai,,u i t Smith Curoliu v where sin
! has ul ways abounded.’ They mi an busi
j ness, and are determined as they eousl
| autly sing,
’’Ta die in the fierviea cl) Je Lord, Lord, Lord;"
To die in do service oil cleLord,”
The New Pro.-poets are a downright
honest and go .and people, and so upright
iu their conduct that they exert great
tlucnce f r miles around, not only upon
the negro population, but among the
whites also.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXCITEMENT
A few weeks ago this community
was greatly excited upon the scrptnral
ric or cominandmoht of feet-washing.
Their below* l r :lslt ' ,! ' “ :,s iss " od an f ' dit
that the members f 1 1110 eoCi; ly should
all he ready on the seU' ,c, • 1 following
Sunday to carry out the receipt ‘d tllclr
ILviu e Master, ami wash one gnoHier
feet. An energetic minority of the con
gregation vehemently opposed such a
proceeding; but a majority went with
the pastor. The minority’ pushed their
views with such face and pertinacity
| that the whole community seen became
divided into foot-washers and anti-foot*
washers. The foot -washers were led
iby the pastoi; the anti-foot ■■ washers
j were headed by a white brother with
1 large lect and long heels. The discus
; siun finally became so fi too that it was
j agreed the livo parties should meet last
Saturday, and Inwve it out in public, and
! M itlc whether tiie foot-washing should
; or should not come off the next day.
CUI. 11l XU THE ANTI FOOT-WASHERS
At the app linterl time a largo con
course assembled at the meeting house.
The white anti foot-washers Id off by
saying that there was no authority in
tl.o hihle for any uneli rite as foot wash
ing;. In reply to this the pastor turned
to the thii’tcdhtlqcliapter of John and read
the first seventeen verses, wherein is
described the memorable scone if the
Savior washing the disciples’ feet, and
in which the I.' id says: "If I thou,
your Enid and Master, have washed
your f el, ye ought also to wash one
anotliei’.s feet; for 1 have given you an
example Unit yc should do as 1 have
done to yui.”
This was a crusher on the white broth
rr. It stunned him, and caused all bis
followers at once- to dome over at once
to tiie side of the foot-washers. But
the while brother finally rallied and
said it was well known that the script
iiics had Ii . ii manipulated, and changed
and altered by unscrupulous persons,
until it was difficult to toll what was
scripture aud what was not.
AN .TOER CRUSHER
“Why,” said li.. “don’t yen know, my
_ friend,s, that the Hihle Society, and all!
the Christians all ov.r the woild. are
calling for anew and i.orm/iY? transla
tion of the I’ible? That sliows it is-
That ."bows the Lil.do has been tampered
with, and that about fail-washing has
been (itnek in by some designing per
son. When we gel anew and cor
rected version that will all have to
come out!”
This statement rather staggered the
foot washers, but tho black pastor’s
common senso was equal to the occa
sion. Holding up the bible, ho- said to
his white opponent:
“.•i"0 here, my brother, do you believe
ill this book?” *
A dead siience fell upon the excited
multitude, and ail eagerly awaited the
white brother’s reply. Tiie while broth
er evidently didn’t see his way clear,
and hesitated and looked uneasy The
pastor perceived his advantage, and
still holding the bible aloft, asked iu re
sounding tones:
“My brother, do you believe in this
blessed book?
Ti.e while brother being thus hard
pr ; a 1, coughed, blew his noso .and
! li .ally sMd:
“1 believe in all that is correct iu
tint book—in all tl at lias nut been al
ien and or t mpeied with.”
“Can ymi tell t.’.c which parts have
L-'- n altered or tampered will? asked
llie coin; cd past -r.
“Well, no, I don't hr. was I can?' was
the n p'y.
“I),, you read Latin, or Greek, or f'yr
iae, or Hebrew?’ asked the p.isAr win w,
at the CO rod people great and ; mall
op u and their <•} s wide with admiration.
1 Jo i't :a nd any Mich l'ngo, ' pot
• !.. *! a w i'<l tbs uh'te b other.
“Then how dtirb you to come hero t
alk about this blessed book having tun
ed Into.
a ur?”
Exclaimed the black preacher. “Tin
Se.ipturos he continued, “were given b;
inspiration from God, and Providenc
bus watched over them and brough
them down through the ages—througl
bloodshed and revolution, and anarchy
and destruction, in which tho prondcs
monuments of human glory have perish
ed. “The grass withercth, and flower:
fadeth, hut the word of the Lord shul
stand forever. This thirteenth chapte:
and Jidin is a part if that holy word ant
it shall stand forever, It stauds to day
and is binding on us, and to wash om
mothers feet was one of the last com
inandments the Lord left to us and they
who keep the commandments shall wait
through the dark valley in safety am!
enter into tho pearly gates into glory
but those who don’t keep ’em will bi
shut out where there is weeping anc
wailing and gnashing of teeth.’
This was decisive. Tho edtire com
munity went in for footvvasliing and c
ven the white brother himself t put in a
request for
A BASIN AX'D TOWEI..
The people then dispersed lull of zeal
fir the rite which was to bo solemnized
the next day.
Sii il day morning broke with gorgeous
beauty. The sun shown brilliantly. The
Woods green almost to darkness were
j tilled With myriads of singing birds. The
IffiMa and roadsides Were' gay aud beau
g’lul'iu ti’iP.h' vernal attire of many lined
flowers.' coo? and peiiumo laden
breczj exhilaiaioa all senses and
tempered tho rays of tiio’ sun.' The
people, old and young and m’d lio-aged,
were out in raiment which vied with the
flowers in colors, an 1 exchanged gree
tings iu tones as jocund as the songs of
the birds. They were early on the spot
where the ceremonies we.io to come off.
First there was a baptism; then a ser
mon and attending exercises, tiien a
bountiful lunch, accompanied with cou
j siderablo orthodox flirtation and love
making, after which the communion, or
I. id's Supper, was administered, and
and then came
TIIE FOOT WASHING
The pastor, worthy pioneer as ho is,
led the van, in this onslaught on satan.
Throwing off his coat ho girded himself j
with a towel, took a pan of water and
washed a brothers feet iu a style so dra
malic and impressive as to excite a feel
ing of awe in the belnil firs. The breth
r. u and sisters then paired with a towel ■
and a basin of water to each pair, and j
went at tho podiiuvian rite with vehe- |
malice and animation. Ludicrous as the ;
scene appeared to me, I was impressed
with th-' evident religiousfervor that per !
V'l'L and it. 1 was also impressed with i
the fact that tiie negroes.had feet of un»
e> am pled magnitude. Even those of the
women were expand .1 in breadth length
and thickness to a large degree. If is
doubtful il anything ill the shape ol
shors.lesk Ilian tens would answer for
their .Sunday wear. The exercises were
enlivened by the sing nguf
BrllUT STRIKING HYMNS,
which were rolled out with the influence
ul nu dolic richness. As soon as the foot
j washing was completed every pair a
rose, seized hold of each other’s hands j
and began a violent da..co keeping time j
with barbaric melody. Almost instantly 1
llie scene became indescribable wild and
exciting, the dancers whirled and shout
ed like robust saints on a j illy bonder.
They then suddenly changed their motion
and went into a series of perpindiqplar
i salutations*very much resembling the
goings up and c tilings down of a Sash i
saw driven by a full head of steam.'
The enthusiasm grew wilder and more
intense. Suddenly the perspiring pas
tor shouted “Halluluj ih!” The brethren |
at once broke out into a thundering
Course of amens and hallalujabs; sisters
screamed demoniacally ; tho dancers,
whiiled in mad careers among the bench- j
is aud through the cleared spaces and
aisles; one of the wom en fell and nvu iu
ecstacy of glory was borne into the open
air by a stalwart brother, shouting aud j
smacking her hands The uproar grew
deafening and could be
HEARD FUR MILES.
Shouts, shrieks, amens, hallelujahs,
and strains us songs were all biunded iu |
lo one hurricane of soon 1. The scene at
: its culmination was utterly ind.scriba
i b'.e. Ni one who saw can ever forget
, it or shake off the impression it made.
; Its sulsidancc was as sudden as its rise
A 1 at once the shouting and singing and
'anting or wl.iriiug stopped and siience
leign and. Th mta : people began to die
;i rse, and I dispers and with the, balance
feeling that I had witnessed a- big tiling
! have described it fir you a- well us 1
cm il i hear of its going to come off a
gaiu I will send you word iu time so you
can send one of your intern ivvers dawn
• eic and in ten i w the lei gitnis
e ;ie, for that's t..e Only correct Lai»c 1
j uuw foi it. butril UaßjUsa
|52.00 per A:ni:i.a
NO. 2(1
Myra Clark Gaines. —Newspaper read
i ors have been for,a long time familiar
with the numerbtis lawsuits of- .Mrs,
Gaines It is gratifying to loam that
, they are ended fur the present. They
have lasted probably thirty years, an.!
, at Inst she has obtained the long look
ed for decree, patting her in possession
, of her property in New Orleans. This,
property, although it docs not embrace
l all that was sued for, is worth, several
millions of dollars, aud she may well bo
. satisfied with (hat.
I The history of this remark able woman
. reads like a lomance. It is equal ti
i anything in fiction, ahe was burn in
New Gi leans and was the only child of
. Daniel Clcark a wcaltlip aristocrat.—
Soon after his death interested persms
kidnapped her and sent her to tho far
West, where she was brought up in to
tal ignorance of her parentage. After
she married Xfr. Whitney, her first hus
band, an accident revealed to her the
! secret of her birth, and from that hour
j sho has never relaxed in ! or efforts to ex
j pose tho conspirators who had defrauded
j her, and to recover the possession of her
rightful heritage. The case was drag
ged through Court after Court aud at
length sho obtained a favorable decis
ion in the Supreme Court of the United
States Just at tins time tho wa • broke
out; Federal authority could do nothing
in New Orleans and she lias been com -
pelled to fight the case over again. Ami
she has succeeded! Audit is a great
triumph for a woman. Fraud, chicanery
stratagem, nothing appalled her.. G >n.
Gaines, her last husband, was as much
interested iu she case as she was, am!
he did good service in tho cause, fl'iiu
recent decree of Judge Bradley, putting ’
Xfrs. Gaines in possession of a portion
. f her property, is entirely satisfactory
lu her and thus ends tin's famous case.
No Mother!—'She has no' mother.’
What a volume: of s trrowfuT truth is
comprised iu that single utterance, no
mother! We must go dowu the hard,
rough path of fife and become inured'!)
euro aud sorrow in their sternest firms,
before we can take homo to our own ex
perience the dread reality, no mother,
without a struggle and a tear. Bit
when it is said of a frail young girl,
just passing from childhood toward the
life of a woman, how sad the story sum
med up in that short sentence. Who
shall check the wayward fancies— wi o
shall now bear with tho errors and fail
iugs of the mofheilc-s daughter? I. t
not the cup of Borrow he overflowed by
the harshness of your hearings, or your
unsympathising coolness. Is she liijpd
loss of your doings? Is sho forgetful of
In r duty? Is she careless of her move
menU? Remember, oh, remember, she
has no mother.
And the poor boy, too, with none to
caro for him or to administer to his
comfort. You see him sportive with his
companions, perhaps rude, may Be at
times wicked —he has no mother to warn
aid chide him — no mother to shed her
soitoning influence over him.
Child Murdered.— On Wednesday night
last a colored girl was 1 brought to the
city under arrest fir drowning Ik r child.
Her statements were as follows:
“That she was ah at twenty yems old
—that the child was about two mouths
old—that the father deserted her jn Ali ■
fore tho child was bum—that after its
birth she was almost in a starving c m
dition that slie had no relatives or m jii
t.y_that she j ist lived from place to
place—that she could do n > work be
cause sho was encumbered with the bi
by—that she frequently thought of
drowning ii, but refrained—that finally,
when b itli the baby aud herself werc.on
the point of starvation, and she c ;ul 1
g t no help, she to ik it to a braue i and
laid it down in the water—that tdip
watched it, and before it drowm and look
it up three or four times, bat finally let
it drown.”
That sho was not in her right min !
was evident to all who saw her an.
heard her talk. Wo are sincerely sor
ry for her, and oar pity for her is only
equaled by tho hato we have fir tho
wretch who deserted her in her helpless
condition. The child was drowned
Thomas’ Mill, about 12 miles from Fh-tiie,
in a very public place. The w .;i.:.'n is
n j ail awaiting trial. —Roms VcHrirr.
The Devil's Hour— According to Vol
taire there is an hour in every human
beings life which might tie bulled tho
devi.’s. If it is possible that there is a
historic moment upon which our future
for good or evil turns when wo are mere
easily led alitty ur iL*'o temptation than
at any other time, there must also lie
an hour when the must susceptible of a
good influence, which if taken advantage
of leads us out of the thorny paths
transgression. It rests entirely witti
each one of us as whether that peiiod
; becomes the Devil’s or God's hoar.
The poorest use a man tan put his
t mo and tal nls lu is tu waste then; m
j run tig a lit to see WLiu told it