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VOL. V.
Miscellaneous.
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April loth. 1870. tiin
FURNITURE HOUSE.
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QUITMAN. CA.
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trimmed, and mounted, it desired.
A general assortment of Coffins always kepi ;
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jozm m. W2tt.
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June 1(1, 1870. 23-3 m
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QUITMAN, GA.
Bozeman A Lewis,
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1 \ have purchased the* »;hop, Tools, Material, ;
jkc.. recently owned by Mr. .Samui l A. Graves,
aud propose to carry on the manufacture of Car* j
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section „i eounirv. will hove charge of the tar
'ring* an l Wagon Shop, which is a guafantce of,
good work. . . , , :
We arc also prepared to do all kinds of wood
work, and General Repairing. And in connec
tion with our establishment, is a complete
BLACKSMITH SHOP,
Where planters and other. ne ding work in that
Un can be accommodated on fair te,ms.
Wo a"o hard-workiug men. and de-ire to make
an honorable living Uv strict attention to h oi
n ,.«s. and thereiore respectfully solicit a portion
of the patronage of the public.
litTZ EM AN A LEWIS.
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port. I would eheerfiidv reconcile id if th* ir
patronage. Messrs. Lor. mia A Lewis.
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THE BEGEM
A TRUE STOR , AN
Out* cold windy/raorning the lasrSnn- |
day in December, 1847, a half naked
man knocked timidly at the basement
’ door of a fine substantial mansion in the
| city of Btook'yn. Though the weather j
I was bitter even for the season the young
! matt had tto clothing but a pair of rag j
| ged cloth pants and the remains of a i
j flannel shirt, in many large rente, and !
which < xposi and his muscular chest. But :
j in spite of his tattctc J apparel and evi- j
j dent fatigue as he leaned heavily upon]
j the railing of the basement stairs, a
] ciilical observer could not fail to notice ]
i a conscious air of dignity and tin* mark- ]
j ml traces of cultivation and refinement j
| in his pale and haggard countenance,
j The door was speedily opened, and
! disclosed a comfortably furnished room |
j with its glowing grate of anthracite, bn j
] fore which was placed a luxuriously |
; furnished breakfast table. A fashionu
lily attired young nan, in a brocade
i dressing {-own and velvet slippers, was
I reclining in a Bolt fnulenil busily rcud
i ing the morning papets, '1 lie beculi.ul
young wife had lingered at the table
i giving to the servant in waiting her, or-
I ders for the household matters of the day
j when tin; timid rap at the door attract
(ed her attention. Kite c .mmnnded it to
he opened; lmt the young master ol the
j mansion replied that it was quite use
| kss—being no one hut a thievish beg-
I gar. Hut the door was already opened,
i and the* sympathies of Mrs. Maywood en
j listed at once.
] "C'niiie in to tt.e* lire,cried the* young
! wife* impulsively, before you perish 1’
i The mendicant without exhibiting any
surprise at such unurual treairneut
]of a street beggar slowly entered
' the room and manifesting painful
] weakness at every step* On his en
trance, Mr. Maywood, with a displeased
air, gathered up hi* papers and lc*ft the
apartment The compassionate lady tin
wisely placed the half frozen man near
1 the fire while she prepared a bow! of
I fragrant coffee with abundant food, was
placed before him. But noticing tin; nb
nipt departure of her hushaud, Mrs.
Maywood, with a clouded countenance
left the room, whispering to the servant j
to remain until the stranger should j
leave.
She then ran hastily up the richly j
mounted staircase and paused before the
entrance of a small lubratory and medical j
library occupied solely by her husband, ;
, who was a physician and practical cl.cm !
ist. She opened the door and entered |
Abe room. Mr. Maywood was sitting at j
a small not. hi* head resting on j
bis hands, apparently in deep thought.
"Edward," said the young wife gently j
t aching his arm, ’ 1 fear I have displcas
e l you; lltc man looked so wretched I
could ii ! t bear to drive him away,” and
her sweet voice tremble I as she added
—‘Y'oii know I lake the sacrament to
| day.’
‘Dear Mary,’ replied the rea'ly fond
husband, ‘I appreciate your motives. I
know it is pure goodness of heart which
leads yon to disobey me, but still I must
insist upon my former commands— that
no beggar shall ever be permitted to en
ter the house. It is for your safety
that I insist upon it. llow deeply you
might be imposed upon, in my frequent
absence from home, I shudder to think.
: The man who is btd-.w may be a buigtar
| in disguse, and already in your absence
taking impressions in wax of the d.ffcr
-1 cut key holes in the room to enter some
night at his leisure. Your limited ex
j erience of city life makes it and ftioult for
1 you to credit so much depravity. It is
i no chare y to give to street beggars ; it
| only encourages vice, dearest.’
‘lt may be so/ responded Mrs. May
wood, ‘but it seems wicked not $o n
j |>ve suffering and want even if the per
-on bus behaved badly, and we know il
!: But I primis. y n net to ask anolho
beggar in!" Ibe house.’
At tl.'s m mti.t the eMv.nl rapped
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RI3KTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBEii BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., JULY 22, 1870.
j violently at the doot, crying out that the
! beggar was dying.
'Come Edward, your skill can save
him, I know,’ said his wife, hastening
from the room.
The doc or did not refuse this appeal
to his professional vanity, for he imme
diately followed her flying footsteps as
sho descended to the basement- They
found the mendicant lying pale und un
conscious upon the carpet where ho had
slipped in lis weakness from the chair
where Mrs. Maywood had seated him.
‘He is a handsome fellow,’ muttered
the doctor as he bent over him to ascer
tain the state of his pulse.
And well he might Bay so. The glos
sy locks of raven hair had fallen away i
front a broad white forehead; his closed
eyelids were bordered by long raven
lashes which lay like a silken fringe up*
on his pale bronzed cheeks, while a del*
:c ttc aquiline nose and u square massivo
chin do played a model of manly beauty.
‘ls he dead?’ asked the young wife
anxiously.
‘No it is only a fainting fit induced by
the sudden change of ti.vjiutcrati .«•»).
1 it*
™Jq forgot tcitfor the moment It a cold
maxims of prudence, and added, ‘lie must
be carried to a warm rot nt without a fire
and placed in a comfortable bed.’
The Coachman was called in to assist
in lifting the athletic stranger, who was
soon carried to a room in the chambers,
where the doctor administered with his
own hands port wine sangaree. The
young man soon became partly conscious
but all conversation was forbade him,
and lie sank quietly to sleep,
‘lie is doing well; let him rest as long
as he can; should he awake in our ab
sence give him beef tea and toast adlib
itinn;’ said the doctor professionally as
he left the room.
I In less than as hnr afterwards, Dr.
Maywood and hits love’y wife entered
j the gorgeous church of the most lloly
[ Trinity.
Amid the hundreds of fair damsels
j that entered its broad portals dressed
j with all the taste and magnificence that
I abundant wealth could procure, not one
] rivalled in grace and beauty the orphan
j bride of the rich physician. Her tall
graceful figure was robed iu a velvet
j silk that only heightened by contrast her
azure eyes bright with the lustre of
youthful hapuiness yet there was a touch
I of tender pity in their drooping lids that
! won the confidence of every beholder.—
The showy ermine mantilla which protec
{ ted her fiorn the piercing wind rivalled,
j hut could not smpass the delicate purity
of Iter complexion.
| Many admiring eyes followed the
| faultless figure of Mrs. Maywood, as sho
\ moved witli unconscious grace up the
j central aisle of the church, but none with
] more heartfelt devotion than the young
wayward but generous man, who had
j recently wed her in spite of her poverty
I ami the sneers of I.is aristocratic ac
j quaint a rices.
The stately organ had pealed its last
rich notes which were still faintly echo
ing iu the distant arches when a stran
ger of venerable aspect, wtio bad previ
ously taken part in tho eervice of the al
tar rose, and announced for bis text the
oft-quoted but seldom applied words of
the A poeth:
‘Be not forgetful to entertain strangers
for thereby Borne have entertained an
gels unawares.’
Dr. Maywood felt his forehead flush
painfully; it appeared to him for the mo«
! mont that the preacher must have known
i bis want of charity toward strangers and
wished to give him a public lesson ; but
j lie soon saw from the tenor of his re
I marks, that his own guilty conscience
j had alone made th: application in this
| particular taac. I ! are not space nor
! the power to give any synopsis of the
seimon; hut that it combined with the
incident of the moru'ug, effected a hap
py revolution in the mind of at least one
j i,f its bearers —so much so that on the
j return of Dr. May wood from church he
j repaired at once to ihe room of the men
jicant to offer snch attentions as he
might stand in need of. But the young
man seemed to be mi ch refreshed by
rest aud nutriuus food, and commenced
gratefully thanking the host lor the
kind attentions he had received, which,
without donlt had saved his life.
‘I ain not the b ggar that I seem,’
said lie. 'I was ship wrecked on Friday
night in the Ocean Wave on my return 1
from India. My name was doubtless a- I
mot g the list of ti c lost— for I escaped
from the waves by a qii.iclc. I attempt- j
j ed to make my way to New Yo.k, where
I have ample funds iu bank now await
ing my orders; but I must have p risk
ed from e .Id and Ini' ;e ha lit not becu
for you and your w.fe’s i rorident chari
ty I was repuls'd from every door as an
impostor and c uld get neither fold nor
lies!. To be an exile from one's native
laud ten years, un.V t 1 » i after < snipmg
from the perils of the" ocean, to and e of
hunger iu the streets of a O'l tisfian. city
1 felt »• i till y a bill i fit . M inline
!i» Arthoui \Viilct,* ddel ho etiang i
'Why that’s my wife’s family name—
she will bo pleased at her agency in
your recovery. *
‘Of what State is she native?' asked
Arthur Wiltet eagerly.
‘I marrried iter in the town ol B
where she Was bnrn.’
At this moment, Mrs Maywood ente
ed the room, surprised at the long ab
sence of her liueband.
Arthur Willct gnzed at her with a look
of wild surprise, murmuring—
'lt cannot be—it cannot be. lam de
liriotis to think so ’
Mrs. Maywood gazed with little less
astonishment.
‘What painful mystery id this?’ cried
] Dr. Maywood excitedly, addressing his
wife who then became conscious of the
singularity of her conduct.
‘Oh, no mystery,’ she replied, sighing
deeply, ‘only this stranger is the very
image of my long lost brotl or, Arthur.’
And Mrs. Maywood overcome with emo
j tion, turned to leave tiro room,
j ‘Stay one moment,' pleaded the stran
ger, drawing a small mourning ring from
l.hiri finger and holding it up asked if she
rccogn zed that relic?
She shrieked aloud, ‘Merciful Heaven!
It is my father's gray hair! and yen
are—’
‘His son, Arthur Willct, and your long
lost brother!’
Mary Willet Maywood fell upon tho
mendicant's breast shedding tears of
sweetest joy and thanksgiving.
Dr. Maywood joined in cordial con
gratulation and sympathy, and retired
from the sacred hour of reunion, saying
to himself
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers
for thereby some have entertained an
gels unawares ’
A Gent front l)ichens
A CHILD’/* DIIEAM OF A STAR.
There Was once a child, and he stroll
ed about a good deal and thought of a
number of things. Ho had a sister,
who was a child too, and It s constant
companion. These two used to wonder
all day long. They wondered at the
beauty of flowers; they wondered at
the bight and blueness of the sky ; they
wondered at the depth of tho bright wa
ter; they wondered at the goodness and
power of God, who made the lovely
world.
They used to say to ortc another some
times, ‘bnpp 'sing all the children on
the earth wor; to die, would the flowers
and the water and the sky be sorry?”
They believed they would ho sorry.
“For,” said they, “the buds are the chil
dren of the flowers, am) the little play
ful streams thul gambol down the Inll
si/les are the children of the waters; an 1
tl/io smallest bright specks playing at
hide and seek in the sky all night, must
surely he the children ol the stars; ari l
they would all be grieved to see their
] playmates, the children of men, no more.
There was one clear star that ured to
come out before the rest, near the church
spire, above the graves. It was larger
and more beautiful, they thought, than
all the others, and every night they
watched for it, standing hand in hand at j
the window. Whoever saw it first j
cried out, "I see the star!" And often J
they both cried out together, knowing I
so well when it would rise and where. J
So they grew to be such friends with it, j
that be fore lying down in tlier bods, I
they looked out once again, to bid it
good night; and when they were turn
ing round to sleep they wou and say, “God
bless the star!”
But while she was still very young, i
oh very, very young, the sister drooped, j
and came to be so weak that she coaid j
no longer stand in the window at night; j
and then tho child looked sadly out by j
himself, and when be saw toe otui, turn- ;
ed ronnd to the patient’s palo face on ;
the bed: ‘I sec the star I” and then aj
smile would #jum upon his face, and a ;
little weak voice used to say: “God
bless my brother and the stur!"
And so the time came on* too soon,
when the child looked out alone, and
I when there was no face on the bed; and
when there was a little grave among
the graves, not there before; and when
Vie star made long rays down towards
him, as he saw it through his tears. i
Now, these rays were so bright, and j
they seemed to mike such a beautiful, |
shining way from earth to Heaven, that i
when the child wont to his solitary bed,
lie dreamed about the star; and dreamed
that lying where he was, he saw a train
! i,f people taken up tha, shining rua 1 by
! ante's. And the star opening, s owed
j him a great world of light, where many
! more such angels waited to receive
! them.
All these angcl3, who were waiting,
turned their beaming eyes upon the peo
ple who wore carried up into the star,
aud some came out from the h ng rows
'in which they stool, and fell upo i tlre
)io..pie's nrcks and kissed them tenderly,
j and went away with them dawn avenues
..f light, aud were so happy iu their
; company, that lying in the bed iO
- pt for j y
Bill 111 .« were many aug Is Mli I did
i •,(. - "itii oi,.a ,and .ini mg them On
ho knew. The patient face that had
once lain Upon the bed was glorified,
but his heart found out his sister among
all the liost.
Ilis sister’s afigol lingered near the
entrance of the stilt, and said to the
leader among those who had brought
tho people thither—
"ls my brother come?’’
And ho said “No.”
She was turning hopefully away
when the child stretched out his arms,
and said, “Oh, Sister, 1 nm hero! Take
me!” and then she turned her beaming
eyes upon him, and it was night; and
the star was shining into Ida room, ma
king long rays duxvn towards him as
he saw it through his tears.
From that hour forth, the child looked I
out upon the star as on tho home he j
was to go to, when his time should come, !
and he thought he did not belong to the
earth alone, hut lo the star, too, because I
of liis sister’s angel goi e before.
There was a baby born to be a broth
er to the child; and while lie wa% so little
that he had never yet spoken a word,
lie stretched his tV - form out on the
bed and died.
Again the child dreamed of the open
ed star and the company of angels, and
the train of p *op'e, and all the rows of j
angels with their bean ing eyes all turn
id upon those people’s faces.
Said his sister's angel to tho leader—
"ls my brother come?”
And he Btiid, "Not that one, hut anolh
er.” As .ho child beheld liis brother’s
angel in her arms, he cried, “On, sister,
1 tun here! Take me!” And she turned
and smiled upon him, and the star was
shining.
Ho grew (o he a yuttng man, and was
busy at his book when an old servant
canto to him and said—
" Thy mother is no more. I bring lies
blessing upon her darling son.”
Again at night he saw the star, and
all that former company. Said his sis
ter’s angel to the leader
“Is my brother come? ’
And lie said, “Thy mother*”
A mighty cry of joy went forth
through all the star, because the moth
er was reunited to her two children.
And lie si let died out liis arms and crio I,
“Oh, mother, sister and brother, 1 am
here! Take me!” And they answered,
“Not yet,” and the star was shining.
lie grew to he a man whose hair was
turning gray, and he was sitting in his
chair by the lire-side, heavy with grief
and with liis 'face bedewed with
tears, when the star opened once again.
Said his sister's angel to the loader,
“Is my brother conn*?”
And he said, “Nay, but his maiden
da lighter.”
And the man who had been the child
saw his daughter, newly lost to him,
a celestial creature among those three, j
and he said, “My daughter's head is on
my mother’s bosom, and her arm is j
around my sister’s neck, and at her feet j
there is the baby of old time, aud I can j
not bear the parting from her, God be
praised.”
Ami the star was shining.
Thus the child came to be an old man,
and his once smooth face was wiirikled, j
and his steps were slow and feeble, an 1 ]
his back was bent. And one night as 1
! he lay upon his bed, his children stan
ding around him, he cried as ho had ]
cried so long ago:
“I see the starl”
They whispered to one another, "He
is dying.”
And ho said, I ant. My ago is falling
from me like a garment, and I move to
ward tiio star as a child. And O, my
! Father, now 1 thank Thee that it has so
j often opened to receive those dear ones
i who await rr.e!”
| And the star was shining; and it
j shines upon his grave.
0.,00 .ipon a time, Lyman Beecher |
and Ilosea Ballou met to compare Cal- I
viuism and Univoi salUm. Both were I
Bible mou, aud canto armed with text-j
ual missiles'. After several apostolic!
blows from each, shrewdly parried by i
the other, Dr. Beecher opened to the!
liiuth Psalm and read, “The wicked shall
be turned into hell, and all the nations i
that forget God.’ ‘There, sir, the wick
ed are in hell; gat them out if you can!’!
Ilosea Ballou, calm as a summer morn j
ing, pointed to the twentieth chapter)
of John’s Revelation and read: 'Death;
; ai.d hell delivered up the dead whic
i were in them.’ ‘Tuere.’gaid Father Bah!
' lon, ‘they are out; get t.iem iu again if I
j you can.’
; The New York Sin (Kid cl) figures!
| out a Democratic majority in tfie next
Congress. This is equivalent to"a con- ;
fessiou that (he Democrats arc going to
I elect the next I’r'sident. For it is an !
al nost invariable rule in pnlitics (hat !
| the political cump'exion of the Congress)
proceeding the Presidential election rtf- ;
ways determines the character of the
exiling struggle.
1 A German woman living in Chicago,
l as had four heist.ands within the pe
rod of eighteen u|.,nibs. The lirsl ran
a v iv, the s. coii'l hanged Li s. if, pi.
ill i I b.i t I,in.s if aud the four,a was
/row e.d.
($2.00 per Annum
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THE LOST CAUSE.
imODKs’ BBtOADIi AT SKVEX PINES, MIV 3(l’, 1862. I
Down by tho valley ’mid tlnmJer uml_ light
ning;,
Down by the valley*, 'mid joltings of light,
Down by the deep crimson valley of Richmond,
The twenty five hundred moved to tho fight;
Onward, stiff onward, to the' portals of glory.
To the sepnlchercd Chambers, yet never dis
mayed,
Down by the deep crimson valley of Richmond
Marched the bold warriors of Rhodes’ Brig
ade.
Sec ye the fires and flashes still leaping,
Hear ye the beating anil pelting of storm?
See ye the banners of proud Alabama
111 front ot her columns move steadily on'
Hoar ye the music that gladdens each commie.
] As it comes through the air ’mid torrents of
i sounds?
' Hear ye the "ye adowtr the Red Valley?
Carter urtfrin. his swarthy old hounds.
Twelfth Mtssissippifl saw your brave column
Push through the channels of living and I '.l ii
Twelfth Alabama! why weens your war-horse?
He died as he wished in the gear at your head;
Seven Pines! you xvill tell on the pages of glow,
How the blood of tho South ebbed ’n*ath your
sfftlde.-
Itow the lads of Virginia fought in the Red Val
ley,
And fell in the columns of Rhodes’ Brigade!
Fathers and mothers, ye weop for your jewels;
Sisters, ye weep fur your brothers in vain;
1 Maidens ye weop for your sunny eyed lovers;
Weep, for they never can come back ugrsln;•
Weep yo, hut know that the signet of freedo n
Is stamped on the hillocks ot earth newly made
And know ye that victory, the shrine of tho
mighty,
Stands forth on tho colors of Rhodes' Brigade
Maidens of Southland! come bring ye bright
flowers.
Weave ye a chaplet for the brow ortho brave;
Bring ye the emblems of Freedom and Victory, ’
Bring ye the emblems of Death and the Grave;
Bring yo some motto befitting a liero,
Bring-yc exotics that never will fade—
Come to the deep crimsoned vail *y of Richmond.
And crown tho young Chieftain who lu J his
Brigade.
THE FAMILY SUITOR.
Avery pretty Oakland girl, not over
eighteen years of age, brought a suit
for breach of promise against a young
merchant who had changed his inimk
and taken a richer bride.
The trial came on, and the girl's moth
er, a fat rjd faced old dame, was present
in the bar (o give moral effect to the re-'
cilftl of her daughter’s wrongs.
The courts!', for the plaintiff, in a fil
ming up, descanted at length and with
moving patims upon “the enormity of
the defendant's guilt at creeping into tlm
bosom of litis family’ ( here tho old lady?
pinned her shawl closer,) and deceiving
an l disappointing this l\ir giril’
Hero the venerable mother c ul 1 con
tain herself uo longer, hut with gushing
tears exclaimed:
‘lie deceived us all gentlemen! Mo
and all the test—me and all tie test!’
Tho effect was magical, but not just
what the lady expected.
There is a worn in in tiic town of Har
mony, Chautauqne county, who has not
[ spoken to her husband in twonty-t no
years. In the year 1849 her husbadd
contradicted her harshly iu the present a
of company, and sho threatened if ho
didn’t behave better toward her she nev
er would speak to him again. Ho rc»
j toted that he wished she wouldn’t ; and
i she has not since then spoken to him.
] They have continued to live together
j peacefully, arid during the long silence
! have had several children. Kvcrthing
j goes on at their house as usual with
( farmers. The husband is atte ilivo aiitk
j dresbis conversing with his wife through
i one of the children. For instance, lie
will ask a child at the table, "will your
] mother have some more meat?” Ov, at
another time, "is your mother going to
town with me to and ly?’ The family i +
j wealthy and belongs to the better cl tss
] of 0 atitanquo farmers and respectable
| citizens. —-Jamestown Journal.
DisComvitted Lawyer —People who eri
j y the discomfiture of lawyers—aivl
>■’!'" does not?—will laugh over this in
cident:
'I call upon yon, said a lawyer to a
wiliu s.i, ‘to stale distinctly upi n whivt;
authority yotr are pr.pared to swear to
the mare's age?' ‘Upon w hat att'.h irity?’
said ti e hostler, interrogatively. ‘Yon
are to reply, and not to repeat the ques
tion put to you.’ ‘I doesn’t consider a
man’s bound to answer a question afore
: lie’s time to turn it in bin mind.’ 'Noth--
| ing can be more simple sir than the ques
! tioii I put. I again repeat it: Upon
wliat authority do you swear to the uni-'
inal’s age?’ ‘Tfie best authority respon
ded lie, griiflly. ‘Then why such evasion l
Why not state it at once?’ ‘Weil,thou if
you must have it’ —‘Musi! I will have it’
vociferated-tlie c iniAelor, interrupting
the witness- ‘Wi ll thru if you iuu.it :
and will have it,’ nj lined the hostler,
with imperturbable gravity,’why., theu I
! had itmysclffroni the m ire’s own mouth!
A simultaneous burst of laughter rang. •
j A youngster, after deep meditation,
broke, out to Ins lathe : “Pa! I know
! why colored pe .pic have white palms to
; their hands and white sales to their I 'ot.
When tile liist col *»•*-.! n.an iv is made,
lie stood on at' feurs Wails t.0.l- was*
; paiiilt .g him!