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To tnc it has oth er cha ms than these. lam called al- | most daily to open doors and to peer in to long neglected apartments; to spring the stubborn locks of safes and gOat tip on the treasure piled within; to quietly enter the apartments of ladies with mote ; beauty than discretion, and pick tin locks of drawers containing peace des- j troying missives that the dangerous ; evidence ol wandering affection may not read) the eye of a husband or father possessing the mystic key; to force the j fastenings of cash boxes and depositin' j ries of records; telling ol men made rich of corporations, p'undered, of orphans robbed, of hopes crushed or families ru ined. Is lln-rc no charm in this—no' food for speculation—no scope for the j range of pleasant fancy? Then who would not be a locksmith, though his . face is begi'immed with the soot of the forge and his hands are stained with rust? Hut I have a story to tell—not exact j ly a story either for that implies the com j pletion as wi 11 as the beginning of u| narrative —and mine is scarcely more than the ii troductb nto one. Let him who deals in fancy wr-te the rest. In tlwSpring of 1856—1 think it was in April— l opened a little shop on Rear ney sheet and soon worked myself into a fair business. Late one evening a closely veiled lady entered my shop, and pulling from beneath her cloak a small j jappanned box, asked to open it. 1 lie lock was curiously constructed and 1 was a whole hour fitting it with a key. i The lady s«emcd nervous at the delay, j and at length requested me to close the door. 1 was a little surprised at the suggestion, but of course complied.— Shutting the door and n turning to my work the lady withdrew her veil, disclos jag as sweet a face as can be well imag ined Ti.crc was a restlessness in the eyes and a pallor in the cheek, however, which plainly told of a heart ill at ease, and in a moment every emotion for her had given place to that of pity. Tcrhaps you arc not well, mada t , and the night air is too chilly?’ said I rather inquisitively. 1 felt a rebuke in her reply. ‘ln requesting yon to close the door, I bad no other object than t-« escape the attention of persons passing.’ 'I did not reply, but thoughtfully con tinued my woik. She resum' and: That little box contains valuable pa pers—private papers —and I have 10.-t the key or it has been stolen.- I should not wish to have yon remember that 1 •ever came here on such an errand,’ she ■continued with some hesitation, and gave me a look which was no difficult matter to understand. ‘Certainly, madam if you desire it ; if i I cannot forget your face, I w ill at least i •attempt to lose the recollection of see ing it here.’ The lady bowed very cold at what 1 considered a fi e compliment, and I pro ceeded with my work satisfied that a suddenly discovered partiality forme had nothing to do with the visit. Having succeeded, after much filing and fitting, in turning tlie lock, I was seized with a curiosity to get a glimpse at the precioos contents of the box, and suddenly raising Jlhc lid, discovered a lot of letters, and a dangnerieolype, os I slowly passed the box to its owner. She seized it hurriedly, and placing the letters and picture in her pocket locked the box and drawing the veil over her face, pointed to the do r. 1 opr nod it, and as she passt*! into the street she merely whispered—‘Remem bei?’ We met again and I have been thus particular in describing her visit to tiie shop to icder probable a subsequent recognition. About two o’clock in the morning in the latter part of May following 1 was awakened by a gentle tap upon the little room back of the shop hi winch 1 lodged Tliinkiug ol burglars, I sprang out oi bed, and in a moment was at the win dow wth a heavy hammer in my band, which 1 usually kept at that time with in convenient reach of my bedside ‘Who’s thoit?’ I inquired, raising the hanimei, and peering out into the dark ' - __ . . ness— lor it was as dark as Egypt when umb r the curse of Israel's fiod. ‘Hist! exclaiming a figure stepping in front of ibe window; ‘open the daor— • I have business for you.’ ‘Rather past business hours, I should say; but who are you?’ ‘No one that would harm you,’ return ■ ec the voice which I imagined was rath er femcn'ne tor a burglar’s. ‘No one that can!' l replied emphati cally, by way of a warning as 1 tight ened my grip on the hammer, and pro ceeding to the door I pushed back the b"lt and slowly opened it, and discover ed the stranger already upon tha steps. ‘What do you want?’ I abruptly in quired. ‘I will tell you, if you dare open the door wide enough for me to cuter,’ an swered the same voice. ‘Come in,' said 1 resolutely, throwing the door ajar, and proceeding to light a candle. Having succeed* and I tu n"d to examine my visit' r. He was a small and neatly dressed gentleman with a heavy Raglan mound his shoulders and a blue navy cap drawn suspiciously over his eyes. As I advi need toward him he seemed to hesitate a moment then raised the cap ! from his forehead and looked me curi ! misty in the face. 1 did not drop the candle but I con fess to a little nervousness as 1 hurriedly placed the light on the table and silent ly proceeded to invest myself with two or three necessary articles of clothing.— As 1 live my visitor was a lady, and the same for whom 1 had opened the little box a month before! Having comple ted my hasty toilet, I attempted an ap ology for my rudeness, but utteily failed The fact was, I was confounded. Srni'- irig at my discomfort she said.’ 'Disguise is useless. 1 presume you recognize me?’ ■1 believe I told you madam, I should not soon forget your lace. In what way cun I serve you?’ ‘By doing an half hour’s work bc» f re daylight and receiving five hundred dollars fur your labor,’ was the reply ‘l! is not ordinary work,’said 1 inquir ingly, ‘that commands so munificent a compensation.’ 'lt is a labor common to your calling,’ replied the lady. ‘The price is not so much for the labor as the condition un der which it is to be pc formed.’ ‘And what iB the condition?’ I inqui red. ‘That you will submit to being con veyed from and return to your own door blindfolded.’ Ideas ol murder, burglary, and almost every otic r crime of villainy, hurriedly presented themselves to my vision, and I hewn] and said: '1 must understand something more ol the character of the employment as well as the conditions to accept your offer.’ 'Will not live hundred dollars answer in lieu el an explanation?’ ‘No nor five thousand.’ She patted her foot nervously on the floor. She had placed t"i> low an esti mate on my honesty, and 1 felt some gratification on being able to convince her of the fact. ‘V’ell, then, if it is absolutely neces sary fur me to explain,’ she replied, ‘1 must tell you that you are required to pick the lock of a vault, and—’ ‘You have gone quite far enough, mad am, with the. explanation,' I interrupted; ‘1 am not at your set vice,’ She continued—‘You are required to pick the lock ot a vault, and rescue from death a man who has been confined for three days there.’ ‘To whom does the vault belong?’ I inquired, •My husband,’ was the somewhat re luctant reply. ‘Then why so much secrecy? or rath er, bow came a man confined in such a place?' ‘I secreted Inin there to escape the ob servation of my husband. lie suspects as much, and closed the door upon him. Presuming that he had left the vault, and quitted the house liy the back door, 1 did not dream until to day that he was confined there. Certain suspicious acts of my husband this afternoon con vinced me that the man is there beyond hearing and will bo starved to death by ; my barbarous husband unless imrnedi | ately rescued. For three days he has ; not left the house. I ‘drugged’ him less j than an hour ago, and he is now so stu | pified that the lock may be picked with i out his interference. 1 have searched his pockets but could not fiod the key ; hence my application to you. Now yon I know all. Will you accompany mi ?’ I ‘To the end o! the world, ou such an ! | errand!’ _ j ‘Then prepare yourself; there is a cab | I in waiting. | 1 was a little surprised, for I had not I beard the sound of wheels. Hastily I i drawing on a coat, and providing my self with the required implements, I was at the door. There sure enough was the cab; witbjlbe driver in bis scat ready for the journey. j I entered the vehicle followed by the i lady. As soon as I was seated, she pro ducod a handkerchief, which by the faint j light of an adjacent street lamp she care fully bound around my eyes. The lady sealed herself lieside me, and the cab j started. In half an hour it stopped in— what part of the city I am entirely igno rant, as it was evidently driven in any | thing tint a direct course lrom the point of s ai ting. Examining the badge, to sec that my vision was completely obscured, the la i dy banded me the bundle of tools, and taking me by the arm led me. through a ! grate into a house which I knew was of brick ; and after taking me through a passage way which could not have been less than fifty feet in length and down a t flight of stairs into what was evidently lan underground basement stopped bc j side a vault and removed the handker chief from my eyes. ‘Here is the vault—open it,’ slid she springing the door of a dark lantern and | throwing a gleam of light upon the mas sive look. 1 ueiz and a bunch of skeleton keys and iltci a lew trials-—wflicu the lady watch HESE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAVVED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN. QUITMAN, GEO., SEPTEMBER 2, 1870. ed with the most painful anxiety sprung the holt. Thp door swung npon its hin ges and my companion telling mo not to close it, as it. was self locking sprang into the vault. I did not follow. I heard the murmur of voices within, and the next moment tho lady re-appeared, and leaning upon her arm, a man, with a face bo pale and haggard that 1 started at the sight. How lie must have suffer ed during the long three days of his con finemont 1” ‘Remain hero,’ she said handing me the lantern, ‘I will be back in a minute.’ The two slowly seconded the stairs, and 1 beard them enter a room immedi ately above where 1 was standing. In less than a minute the lady returned. ‘Shall 1 close it madam?’ I asked, placeing my hand upon the door of the VilU't. 'No! no!’ she exclaimed hastily seiz ing my arm; ‘it awaits auother occu pant !' 'Madam, you certainly do not intend to— 1} 'Arc you ready?’ she interrupted, im patiently holding the handkerchief to my eyes. The thought flashed across my mind that she intended to push me into the vault and bury me and my secret to gether. She seemed to read the suspi cion and continued. ‘Do not he alarmed. You are not the man!’ I could not mistake the truth of the fearful meaning of the teniark and I shuddered as 1 bent my head to the handkerchief. My eyes were carefully bandaged as before and I was led to the cah, and thence driven home by a more circuitous route, if possible, than the one by which we cumc. Arriving in front of the house, the handkerchief was removed and 1 step ped from the vehicle. A purse of five hundred dollars was placed in my hand, and in a moment the cab and its myste rious occupant bad turned the corner, and wore out of sight. 1 entered the shop, and the purse was the oidy evi lenco 1 could summon in my bewilderment, that all 1 had just done and witnessed was not all a dream. A month after that I saw the lady, and the gentlemen taken from tha vault, walking leisurely along Montgomery street. Ido not know but I believe the sic ping husband awoke within the vault and that his hones are there to this day! The wife is still a resident of Sun Fran cisco. Jenkins goes ton Picnic. Maria Ann recently determined to go to a picnic Maria Ann is my wile—unfortunately She had planned it to go it alone, so far as 1 was concerned, on that picnic excursion; but when 1 determined to assist, she pretended she was very glad, but I don’t believe she was. “It will do you good to get away from your work a day, poor fellow,” she said; "and wo shall so much on j <y a cool morning ride on the cars, and din ner in the woods.” On the morning of that memorable day Maria Ann got up at five o’clock. About three minutes later she disturbed my slumbers, and told mo to come out to breakfast. 1 wasn’t hungry, but it didn’t make a bit of difference, I had to get up. The sen was up; 1 had no idea the sun began business so early in the morning, but there he was “Now,” said Maria Ann, “we must fly around, for the cars start at half past six. Eat all the breakfast you can, for you won’t get a ything more before noon ” 1 could not eat any tiling at that time in the morning, and it was well that I could not, for I bail all I could do. There was ice to be pounded to go around the pail o( ici cream, and the sandwiches to be cut, and 1 thought I never should get the legs of the chick ens fixed so that 1 could get the c >ver on the big basket. Maria Arm flew around ana piled up groceries for me to pack, and gave directions to the girl about taking care of the house, and was putting on bei dress all at once. There is a great deal of energy in that woman —perhaps a trifle too much. At twenty minutes past six I stood on the front steps with a basket on one 'arm and Maria Ami’s waterproof on the other, and a pail in each hand, and a hi ttle of vinegar in my coat-skirt pock et. There was a camp chair hung on me somewhere, too, but I forget just now. “Now,” said Maria Ann, “we must run, or we shall not catch the car.” “Maria,” said I, ‘that is a reasonable idea. How do you suppose 1 can run with all this freight?” “ You must, you brute. You always try to tease me. If you don’t want a scene ou the street you will start, too.” So I ran. I bad one comfort at least, Maria Ann fell down and broke her parasol. She called me a brute again because I laughed. Maria drove rnc all the way to the depot on a brisk trot, and we got on the ears; lint neither of us could get a seat, and I could not find a place where 1 could set the things down, so I stood there and held them. “Maria,” I said, in winning accents, “how is this for a cool morning ride?’’ Said she, “You arc a brute, Jenking.” Said I, “My love, you have made that remark before.” I kept my courage up, yet I knew there would tie an hour ot wrath when we g t home. While we were getting out of the cars the bottle in my pocket got broke, and consequently 1 had one boot half full of vinegar all day. That kept me pretty quiet, and Maria Aj«ii i j ran off with a big whiskered music j i teacher, and lost her fan, and got tier 1 feet wet and tore her dress, and enjoyed i herself much after the fashion of picnic | goers. 1 thought it never would come i dinner time, and Maria called rnc a pig, I because I wanted to open our basket ! before the rest of the baskets were jopened. ' At last dinner time came—the “nice | dinner in the woods,” you know Over | three thousand little red ants had got j imu our dinner, and they were ■ orse to | pick out than fish bones. The ice creaui j nad melted, and there was uo vinegar for the cold meat except what was in iny boot, and of course that was of no immediate use. The music teacher spilled a cup of hot coffe on Maria’s head, and pulled the frizzles out trying to wipe off the coffee with his handker chief. Then 1 sat on a piece of rasp berry pie, and spoiled my white pants, and I concluded I didn’t want any thing more. 1 had to stand up against a tree the rest of the afternoon. The day afforded considerable variety, com pared to every-day life, but there were so tnaiii’ little drawbacks that 1 did not enjoy it so much as T might have done. A Wedding Nlglit Incident- It wasn’t hardly a fair thing that the Ik>3’s did to Joe Thompson the night he was married, but the temptation was irresistible. They could not have helped it to have saved their lives. I’ll tell 3’ou how it was: Joe was about tho most fancy dressed chap in town—over nice and particular —a perfect Miss Nancy in manner, al ways putting on airs, and more dainty and modest than a girl. Well, when his wedding night came lie was dressed, trunk empty, and his pants especially, fitted him as if they had been molds, and his legs candles, and run into them. Tight was no name for them. Their set was immense, and he was prouder than a half dozen peacocks. “Aren’ they nice Inys?” ho asked of the two who were to bo groomsmen,and see that he threw himself away in the most approved fashion. “Stuninl Gorgeous!” replied Tom Bennett. “Never saw anything equal to them. Hut 1 say, Joe, urn't they just the least bit tight? It strikes me that yon will find some dificulty in beti ding, won’t yon?” T’sliaw, no! They are as easy as an old glove. Seel’ To prove the matter he bent so as to touch his patent leathers, when crack! crack 1 fullowed like the twin report of a revolver. ‘Thunder!’ exclaimed Joe, as he clasped his hands behind and found a rout in the cassimere from stem to stem. ‘Thunder! ilie pants have burst, and what shall I do?’ 1 should think they had,’ answered Tom, getting purple in the faoo as he endeavored to control his laughter. ‘Hut there is no time to get another pair. L only wants half an hour to the stand up time, and wo have a mile to go. Carriage waiting too.’ ‘What shall 1 do! what shall I do! ‘l’ll tell you what, Joe, if mine would lit, you should have them and welcome, but they are a mile too big. I see no way but to have them mended.’ ‘Who can 1 get to do it, Tom?’ ‘Well, 1 am something of a tailor, and Can fix them so they won’t show. Hold on a minute, and i’ll get a needle and thread.’ ‘Can y hi? May Heaven bless you!’ ‘Off with your coat,’ commanded Tom, as ho came back. ‘Now lay your self over on the bed, and I will fix you in short order,’ The command was obeyed—the pants mended—the coat carefully pinned over, so as to conceal the ‘distress for rent,’ and all went merry as a marriage bell, until Joe followed his blushing brido to the nuptial conch. There was only a dim light in the room, but it enabled Joe, as lie glanced bashfully around, to sec the sweetest face in the world, the rosy cheeks and ripe lips, the lovely and loving blue eyes, and the golden curls just peeping out from the snowy sheets, and he ex tinguished it all together, and hastened to disrobe himself. Off came coat, vest, fancy neotio and collar, boots aud socks in a burry; but somehow the pants stuck. The more he tried, the more they wouldn’t coine, and he tugged vainly for half an hour. ‘Thunder!’ muttered Joe. ‘What is the matter, dear?’ come in the Boltost of accents from the bed, whore somebody was wondering what it was that annoyed him. It was a moment of desperation. ; Joe was entirely overcome by the situation, and fagotting his bashfulnoss blurted out: ‘Molly, that cursed Tom Bennett has sowed my pants, drawers, shirt aud un dershirt all together!’ •It is too had. Wait a moment, dear.’ A little stockingless foot first peeped out, then a ruffled night dress, the lamp was lighted, a pair of scissors found, and Joe released, mentally vowing that if he ever got the opportunity he would pay his friend Tom back with interest for the joke he bad played on him. King William of Prussia addressed a card to the people of France, assuring them that although his armies have in vaded France, no act ot vandalism shall bo committed ou private individuals and property. He says: “We war against soldiers, not citi zens. Therefore, the latter may continue secure in person and property, so long as they abstain from hostile acts, aid we grant them protection as a matter of right.” What a contrast the acts of this con fessed despot are to the career of such fellows as Sherman, Sheridan, and near ly all the “niggerfreeing” Generals! These wretches made war on women, children, and private property, with the fury of the devil himself. They deserve more to he called assassins and house burners than Generals. Spot,eon’s View of the War. —Mr. Spurgeou the great London preacher, in alluding to the Franco Prussian war lately said: ‘I wish these kings of the earth would ; so netimes do their own fighting instead of getting their soldiers to fight for them It would not be a bad idea if Napoleon | and the King of Prussia would come ' over to England and fight it out. I am quite sore the police would wink at the ! matter and for my own part, I would be willing to hold their coats, and 1 would cheer each one ou and say: ’Hit ! hiui hard; I think he deserves it.' A GAME OF POKER ON TIIE OAKS, A traveling correspondent of the Cou rier Journal tolls the following story of a game of railroad poker he saw played recently. Wo were soon enlivened by the ap pearance of a Cincinnati sport cn rente for the springs, and a Louisville clothier going to New Orleans who began to play a lively game, twenty-five cents ante, and no limit at all. Our sympa thies were soon arryed on the side of Louisville, who played a square game and against Cincinnati, who rung iu all the foul tricks he knew. Louisville was a little dark haired bright eyed man, a German and a Jew, but as honest as day. Cincinnati was a big red faoed mustachio, pretty sharp ami thoroughly unscrupulous. When Cincinnati had won about throe hundred dollars one of us took Louis ville aside ano told him what wag going on, while another stuck an ace up one s'oeve and a king up the other. ‘Now,’ said the3’, ‘lie’s been cheating you from tbe first, aud if you want to get even you must do as we tell you.’ L uiisvillc said ho would. They told him to wait until ho got two aces or two kings ; then to fetch down one of the odd cards from his sleeve and to‘go in.’ The ver3» next hand he got four kings. They began to l>ct. Cincinnati saw his ten and went five better. Louisville weut fifty better. Cincinnati raised a hundred. Louisville came to time aud added tifty* to it. Cincinnati responded and put on a hundred more. Louisville said, ‘l’m in,’ and called him, There were nearly seven hundred dollars on the table and Cincinnati laid down four aces. Louisville raked the money in his lap and laid down the five kings! ‘Why,’ says Cincinnati, ‘that’s bare faced swindling.’ ‘Swindling pe damn,’ s i3's Louisville, ‘lt’s pen swindlin’ all do time,' bringing his fist down flat. ‘Go in, Israel,' says a voice. ‘Well,’ says Cincinnati, rising, ‘I think I’ll just fight on that.’ ‘Oh, 1113' Aboduego,’ says another voice. But little Louisville rose up, and pok ing out his neck and his hand as far as they would reach 1 e says: ‘Fight, is it? Fight 1 Py Godj I fight you mit de bow ic knife, mit do pistol, mit dc derringer, mit de Cult’s navy, mit do gun, mit do sword mit do cannon, or mit do damn’d old musket mit do bayonetl I fights 3'ou mit anything, an’ 1 fight you right now. Vicli you choose?’ Cincinnati concluded ho wouldn’t fight. Ho said the crowd was against him de clared he couldn’t get fiair play, and got off at the next station. Gunmens and Dutchmen.—The Dif ference Between the Two —ln tin; United States, and particularly hero in the South, tho mistake is very frequent in applying the term 'Dutch’ to the peo pie of German nationality. There is a wide difl’eronoe in the nationality and language of tho two nations—almost as great as that between English and French. Since the inauguration of the present war in Europe, wo have fre quently heard it called the ‘Dutch war,’ when, in reality, the natives of the Netherlands have no more to do with it than wo have. We find in a letter in tho New York Times tho following in relation to tho difference between the two nations: Dutchmen are Holandcrs, natives o! that industrious and illustrious little nation from whence came the first set tlers in this city and Slate. Holland, or the Netherlands, is a Kingdom, inde pendent from any other Power governed now by William 111, of Orange. Never lias Holland been a part of Germany, though in the sixteenth century the Earl of H illand was also King ofSpain and Emperor of Germany, so that Dutch men could just as well be called Span iards as Germans. As for the language, though there are ver3' few words in the German language that are the same or sound like the same in Dutch, a Ger • man cannot understand the Holland lan guage, neither can a Dutchman the Ger man, unless he has had the necessary instruction. The nntagonism generated among Irishmen by ages of proscription and in justice to their native land nearly pro duced a riot in New York last week.— 15y the same means, remarks the Phila delphia Ago, the Radicals are doing their best to engender the same feeling at the South. The brutal and ferocious policy of Radicalism is perpetuating tho discord that may convulse our country, when the rogues who now profit by it have rutted in their graves, and {the Blench of their ill lame may havo pass ed from the uostrils of mankind. A DCixboy being asked by tbe teacher who is tho Dey of Algiers? replied, "Thunder aud Mars! Pve heard of the day of pentecost, Thanksgiving day and the day of Judgment, but I’m biowed if I ever heard of the day ol Algiers afore!’ A Buffalo Bcrenader sang, ‘l’m think ing, love, ol thee,’ when about four gal lons of water from a third-story window proved that her papa was thinking ol him. They had to appoint anew cencus lak er in Buffalo district, because the old one | spit tobacco juice on a red-headed wo i inae’s carpet. He was carried homo on a dray. ‘Why don’t you ask me bow I am?’ said a visitor to a little four year old boy. ‘Because 1 don’t want to know,’ honestly replied the child. I( you have corns on your feet put them near the fire until the corns pop Tnis is said to cure every pop. The man who sat down on a paper ol tacks said they reminded him of the in j come tax, [52.00 per Annum NO. 35 FURNITURE HOUSE. JOHN M. WITT, Cabinet Maker % Underkißw, QUITMAN, CA. TAKES pleasure In notifying the citizens of Brooks atilt adjoining 2 Counties, that ho has established at> I aJJ Quitman, a regular Furniture Mnn utuetory, mid is prepared to put up to 1 ordor— BUREAUX, BEDSTEADS, SECRETA RIES, S ll> EBO A R DS, TAB LES, WARDROBES, anil everything needed in the Furniture lino, and in any style required. An experience of many years, justifies hf|tt fn assuring thopublie that his work will give satis faction in every respect; and prices will com pare favorably with those of Suvnnimh or elsoj where, with this important advantage totbe pur chaser : every piece of Furniture leaving his es tablishment will be warranted. is*. Hepniriug duno with neatness and dispatch. IKDERTAREirS BUSINESS. In connection with the Furniture business, ho is also conducting that of UNDER TAKER, and will put up, on very short notice, uny descrip tion of COFFIN—PIain or Ornamented, neatly trimmed, and mounted, If desired. 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FINCH, DKAI.KII IN -fallen anb Staple sry soobs, GHOCERIEW, .See., HAS received a Complete Stock of every des cription of Spring & Summer Goods, EMBRACING, Ladies 7 Dress Goods, Calicoes, Domestics, Trimmings, Notions, Huts, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Ac., &c. ms STOCK OF OBOOBBDB9, Consists of General Family Supplies, such as Flour, Coffee, Sugar, Pepper, Spice, Potash* Canned Oysters, Pickles, Ac.; Tobacco, Snuff, &c. A good supply of IIA III) WA R E t TINWARE,: CROCKERY , &C. The continued patronago of the public is spectfully solicted, aud fair, honorable dealing guaranted. 09? Country Produce of every description re ceived in exchange for goods. J., U. FINCH,. Quitman, March 25, 1870.> if For Sale. rpOWN LOTS No’s 39 and 44, containing one JL acre each, and situated in the dbutbucsi section of the Town of Quitman, are offered foe sale, at a reasonable price. The Lot* adjoin, and will be Fold together. Apply to June 10, 1870. [23-tf] V. R. FILDES. Pianos and Organs.. UTYj are the Agent at Quitman for tbe sale, of the best and cheapest Pianos add Or j gans m mufactured jn America, and will be pleas ed to fill orders carefully and promptly. Piano* ! from"s3oo and upward. 11. FILDES.