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F. R. FILDES, Editor. VOL. VII. ahc (Qtiiimrtu fflannrr. PUCLI.'fI ED EVERY FRIDAV. TEK M S : TWO DOLTAKS .V YEAR I , WHEN" PAID IN' ADVANCE. ADVERTISING. rtnt square. (10 lines or *oss,l fl st iuseriien* $2.00; each followinginsertion SI.OO. When ndre-*. Ucmeo.s ive continued for one month or longer, the charge w<M be as follows : N». of S<]s Jl Month. 2 Months. j 3 Months. | 14 Mon ihs. ;5 Months. [o Monibs. |7 Moi-K |8 Months. |0 Mon.hs. 112 Mon-hs. ■ ? M-: "I s-l-.T 1!j K>! 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Tributes of Kc-oec. and all i At i,teles of a persona l character, charged for us ! | arlrerrisements. i. p StSirKsKS to tv a. rZ. ’ Professional. TTTE SHALL CONTINUE TIIE PRACTICE t V of Medicine. , Our new cilice is at the rear of the new brick store. BIIJGCB & JFLKS. March 31, IS7I. lU-tf Medical Notice. Dll C! BIFFIN 1 tiers bis Professional Ser vices to the Citizens of Quitman and its vicinity. Kesipknck. in the house foruudy occupied by Doctor McCall. Office, wnh Col. E. C. Wa.de. * October 20.1871. 3m W. B. BENNET, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Quitman, Buooks Cot vrv, Georgia. ■TTTIU.i GIVE PROMPT AT TIC N'T ION to all VV (Civil l)ti iiit-ss imrusled to his onto September 8, 1871. 36 !tn JAMES II.'HUNTEK, Attornnr nO Comisdlor atjafo, QUITMAN, CA. F&" Office, in* the Coubt March 17, 1871. 3y El) WA HI) ii II A HI) e iv, ATTORNEY AT LAW,! QUITMAN, GEORGIA, Late an Associate Justice Supreme Court I uU ted Stales for Nebraska and Itali. REIKRFNCf.S : McKillop S: Sprague. (Commercial Agency) S. Y Messrs. Harden & Levy, Savannah j lion. Hc t ry U j;u k - u do. Hon. J. K. Alexander Tluun.t \ ille. Ga. j Messrs. Hood ,V Kiddoo (.'ulhbert, Ga. • Hon. David li. Harrell Dawson, Ga. J Hon. Joseph E. Drown. Atlanta, Ga. j Hon. Dawson A. Walker Dalton Ga ' Capt. John McMahon. Vice President Savings. ! Dank, Navannah, Georgia. May 26, 1871. ly H. F. MABBETT7 Jffontnj nab Counsellor at Jafo, Quitman, Brooks Cos. Ga. January 0. 1871. ly ~ THOAIAH A VEKA, Justice of the Peace, AM) COLLECTING ACENT, QUITMAN GEORGIA \ pSF* Will give particular attention to all claims placed in bis hands for collection, and ! make prompt and proper returns of the same. } March 24,1871. 12-if = l.T.Toliiofr WHOLESALE Or "FL O O EXEV Commission Merchant , 173 Say St Savannah, Ga. Has on hand and daily receiving, Bacon. Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Tea. Soda, I’olasb, Lye, Pickle?, Sauce, Jellies, Preserves, Can Goods, Vinegar, Starch,, Sardines, Mus tard, Pepper, Spice, Matches, Soap, Candles, Paper Twine, Paper Bags, Pipes, Cheese, Butter Lard, Hams, Syrup, Molasses, Shot, Powder, Caps Wooden ware, Brooms. Condensed Milk, Raisins, Almonds, Nnts, Apples. Potatoes, Onions, Mackerel, in kits and bbls., Soda, Lemon aud Sugar Biscuit, Ac., Jfcc., Ac., Ac. RECEIVES AND SELLS (OTTO\ & OTHER PROBIfE, And guarantees to give satisfaction to all who j favor him with.'theT business. November 17, I«7i. 2m , *nd r‘tj,,luting properties give a permanent an* healthful impulse to the vital forces line brought into play. The failing appetite is re awakened, the process of digestion and asnimila tion are quickened, the quality of the blood if improved, the secretions become more natural and every organ that contributes to the nour ishment of the body undergoes salutary change Dy th#»se means the repair of the physical struct ure is etfec ed and its health and \ igor restored In no class of diseases has the beneficent oper ation of the Bitters been more marked and stri king than in those characterized by general d»* j bility and nervous 4 prostration Ladies af fecte.i with these ailments find in this most whoVsome olall tonics and correctives the sates and surest means of relief. It is strong to re st» re and powerless to injure. Such is the uni form testimony of “clouds of witnes e New A(1 vertisem en ts. Cheaper than Ever! !. B. FINCHJ Is now receiving hie stock ol OT M • s®ap , « I ! S S;J 25TPI >' / sAAft ,Sj| S Cam it.sai v i uijia W* wfw atWi Which will be sold :ia I Cheap us any lloiw* in Quitman or elsewhere, and embraces— j Ladies' Dress Goods», Calicoes, Domestics, Trimmings, Notions, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Ac , Ac. j In fact, everything desired for comfort, nocessi j tv and adornment. Also a heavy stock of | HARDWARE\ TINWARE CROCKERY, tf:C. HIS STOCK OP i©QO OBODSQ 8 Consists of General Family Supplies, such af | Flour. Coffee Sugar. IVpper, Spice. Potash, Canned Oysters, Pickles. Ac,; Tobacco, Snuff. Ac., Ac. The continued patronage of the public is re speetfull', solictud, and fair, honorable dealing guarantied. j rff-Counti v Produce of every description re ‘ ceived in exchange for goods. J. B. FINCH. j Quitman, Sept, 8. 1871. ts To the Ladies. [From All the Year Bound.] TERRIBLE SCENE. A Wresile TvitSi IS'ingnru. I wan gtiudin" alumt twenty or forty yards in adviuice of Clifton, that is, thirty or lofty yards nearer to the Horse shoe along ti e brink of the rock, and opposite the American fall. The (.round most have been about the same lieifrlit |as the opposite fall, but mi irig to tie I immense bill down wlbeb the rapids j rush, it was possible to distinguish any object the size of a boat a considerable | distance above the fall, so that, now it | was pointed out to me, I saw in the i middle of (lie rapids ft huge lo;.? of wood, i the tin nit of a tree which had lodged there someyeais before, and upon it j a black speck. Tin's, alter some oli- I servation, I perceived to move. It was j a man. Yes; be and bis two eompan | ions had on a previous night, been rovv ii j. about S' me distance above the fall, i 15y some means or other they had von* ! lured too near the rapids, and lost all ! control of their boat, and had been hurl ed away to destruction It was sup ! posed that aboui half a mile above the I tail the boat was upset, and with two wretched men still clinging to it went down the fall about nine or ten o’clock at night, while the third man was driv en against this log of wood, climbed up on it and sat astride of it through the darkness of the night, amid the roar, the turmoil, and the dashing spray of the rapids. I crossed the river, ascended the rock jby l ail way, and hurried to the spot, where I found him so near that I could almost distinguish his countenance, i He was then lying along the log, grasp* : ing it with b .tii arms and appeared ex hausted lo the last degree. He was evi dently as wet from the sprays as though |be bad been standing under the wafer. : liy ibis time people w< re assembling, : and different plans for bis rescue were ■ proposed and discussed on all sides; al - i ready ii,d< id, had one effort been made. ! A small boat had b en firmly lashed to | a strong cable, and dropped to him from the bridge which crossed the rapid be tween the mainland and Goat Island, about sixty yards above the log. This boat had proceeded a few yards in safety, was upset, spun round like a piece of cork at the end of a thread by the force of water, which finally snapped the cable in two, and the boat disap peared over the fall.* But now a dispatch had been sent to Buffalo (a distance of a little more than twenty miles) by telegraphy desiring that a life boat should be sent by the first tram, 9;30 a. M., and this in time arrived, borne on the shoulders of about twenty men, and a splendid boat she | was, large, built entirely of sheet iron, I with air tight chambers: a boat that ! could not sink. She was grit round ; with strong ropes, and two new two | inch cables brought with her. Ail this arrangement naturally took up much time, and the poor wietch’s impatience seemed extreme, so that it was thought 1 advisable to lei idiii know what was go -1 jug on. TLis was done bv moans o! a HERE SHALL THE TRESS THE PEOPLE'S RISHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY TEAR AND UNERIEED BY GAIN. QUITMAN, GEO. s FEBRUARY 2. 1872. sheet, upon which was written in large letters in Dutch (his native language) “the lifeboat is coming.” lie stood up, looked intently for a moment and nodded bis bead. When the boat was launched the excitement was intense. Two ca bles, each held by ninny men, were let down from either end of the bridge, so that they.miglit have some command in directing the boat down thu river. Slip seemed literally to dance upon the sur face of tho water like a cork. The rapid consists of a number of small fa(ls distributed over all parts of the river, so that there arc thousands of cross currents, eddies and whirlpools which it would be utterly impossible to avoid, in which lies tlie danger of tran sit for any boat between the bridge and the log. The life boat’s course was steady at first; she arrived at the first l fall, she tripped up and swung round I with a rush, but continued her course safely, only half filled with water. Again she descended with safely, but at length, approaching Ihe log she be came unmanageable, swinging either way with immense force, spinning com pletely over, dashing against the leg | with such violence that 1 fully expected I the whole thing, man and all, to have been dislodged and hurried down the i rapid. But no, it stood firm—tho boat : had reached its destination. Yet, alas] how use’ess was his position. It lay compli n ly on its side above tho log, and with its hollow inside, directed toward the bridge, played upon by the whole force of the current, which fixed its keel firmly against the log It soimed im- Imovahle. Tho man himself climbed to ward it, and in vain ltd- and to pull, lift, or shake the boat, nor was it moved till both cables being brought to one side ol the river by the united force of fifty or sixty men, site was dislodged, and swung down the rapid up-side down, finally pitching headlong beneath an eddy, entangling one of her cables on j the rocks; and there lying beneath the I heavy fall of water, until in the course |of the day, one cable being broken by the off i t of the men to dislodge Imr, and j the other by the sheer force of tho cur r> n', she went over the falls—tho sec ond sacrifice to tho poor follow, who -Till clung to the lug, swayed between | hope ami fear. The loss of this boat I seemed a great blow to him; and he ap -1 peat ed, as far ns we could judge at a dishinee, at times to give way to the utmost despair. A third boat was now brought—wooden, very long, and flat bottomed, i’s oa.'saao was moat fir-! lunate, and she (l.iated down, even along side the log, without accident; hope beamed in every countenance, and we all felt that the man might he saved. | Hope had also revived him. 11 1 stood for some time upon the Ing, making hig- | mils to thos- *v!:o direct'd the boat. lie now eagerly se'zeil her, drew her | towaida him, jumped into her, and made I signs to them to draw him up. Thu was commenced, but. some ol the tackml had caught and it was deemed nec.es- ! sary to let it loose for an instant. | This was done; *t ! e boat floated a h w i (let down Ike rapid, swung round the i lower end of log, entangling the cable | beneath it, and theie remained immova bly fixed. Once more the poor fellow’s ! work began. Ho drew off one of his j boots and bailed tho boat; lie pushed at | the log, ch'mbrd upon it,-and used every possible exertion t > move <he boat; but j in vain. An hour was spout in these I fruitless efforts—an boor of terrible huh- j pense to ali v. ho beheld him. lie work ed well, for he worked for his life, j Three months after, this boat retained! its position, nor will it move till the j rocks g;ind Iht-ir cables in two, or the' waters tear it piecemeal into shieds. Another plan must be devised, and ; this, with American promptitude, was j soon done. A raft twenty feet long and . five feet broad was knocked togothci with amazing rapidity, .'t cote-listed nfj two stout poles, made fast, five lent nsumh. r, by nailing four or five pieces ; ofiwo inch In.anis al. each extremity;; thus ibe machine consisted of a skeleton • laf'; with a small stage at either end. On one of llie-e stages— that to which , the cables ("f u tiieh there were two)! were lashed—was tightly fixed a large j empty cask, for the sake ol its buoyan- ; cy; on the otln i a complete network of cords, to which the mail was to lash , himself; also, a tiu can of refreshments, j he having taken nothing since the even ing before; three or four similar cans, by the way, had been let down to him already, attached to strong pieces ol new linen, but they had in every in stance been snapp' and, and the food lost. The raft was finished, launched and safely let down to the log. The poor I fellow committed himself to its care, h<- lashed his legs firmly then signaled to draw him up; thus for tho second time! the ropes had begun to be drawn up and the raft advanced under tho first pull, but its head, owing to great light cask, dipped beneath it, and as the raft stiil advanced the water broke over it to such a depth that the man was obliged to raise himself upon all fours, keeping his chin .well elevated to avoid being drowned. We expected at every pull to see bis head go under, but alas! tb'-y polled in vain, for the front of tho raft pressed down by tbc weight of the failing watof, had come in contact with a rock, and would not advance. The ropes were slackened, she fell back but again hitched in her return. It was then determined t" let her swing to another part ol tho tapif, where tho stream did not ap| ear s > impassable. This was done, and a second attempt to draw it tip was made, half way between the log and the opposite shore (a small island.) This also .failed from the same cause; therefore it was proposed to endeavor to let the raft float down and swing around upon tho island. This was commenced but with the old result; the cable was caught on tho rocks, and the raft remained stationary. However she was floating easily, and tho poor follow could rest. Earl}* in the day, for the forenoon was far aduatioed, one of tho ferry-boats (built, expressly for crossing beneath the falls) had been brought up, but had lain idle. This was now put into re quisition, and nobly slio rode down to ward the raft, while in breathless si lence we all watched her as she dipped at the various falls, and each time re covered herself, I shuddered as she was launching, for 1 began to sou that the man could not be saved by o boat; a boat never could return against a rapid, however well able, to float down it.. No sooner would her bow come in contact with 11io fall than it. would dip, fill ami ; spin round, as did tho first skiff which was lost. The poor fellow himself was getting impatient—visibly so. He untied his la hings, and stood upright upon the raft, eajreily waiting to sieze the boat and jump into her. She had but one more fall to pass, and that lull was sit uated just above where ho stood; she paused at the brink of it, swung down it. j like lightning, and as ho leaped forward , to her, she rose on tho turning wave, struck him in timeliest, and he strug gled hopelessly ih tho overwhelming torrents. The exclamation of horror—for it was net a cry—which burst, from tho thou sands who by this lime were assembled, I shall never forget, nor the breathless silence with which wo watched him, fighting with the waters ns they hurried him along upright, waving both arms above bis head, VVo lost sight of him at intervals, yet again and again ho re appeared, and I thought hours must have passed in lieu ol one brief half minute.But the end camo at last; once more 1 saw his arms wildly waved above his head, and in an instant, the crowd turned from the spot in dead si lence. The man was lost.. M APPALLIi DISCOFERY. A Strange anil Thrilling Story. The night shadows were beginning to settle down upon tho earth. All day the lain find been falling, sometimes lightly, sometimes in heavy showers, j The roses aud pinks in the pardon had a sickly look, for their p< tals bung b w ! aud were heavy with water, and mad that had splashed upon them. The clouds were still dark and threatening, bespeaking a stormy night. Tho little town of Ashton was unusually quiet. The streets were too muddy and the weather too inclement to entice people from their homes. Only now and then a solitary traveler was to beseem Those hoaioes.s had driven forth, and they walked with rapid steps, anxious to a gain gel and; r shelter. In a vine-wreathed cottage, on a flow-! it .sprinkl' and lawn,the simper had been I waiting over an hour for the master ol tlie house, whoso business had aeecsila ted iiin lining absent from homo all dav. Mr. Jae As was tho tax collector ol the township, and consequently could not wait tin return of pleas mt weather before pursuing Ids journey. Therefore he had cqu'pped himself in India-rubber over-garment in the morn ing, and had gone about his business, leaving his wife the promise of an early return in the evening. But the supper hour had come and gone without his making an appearance, Mrs. Jacobs, however, was not anxious as yet. Such do ays were too frequent I o cause this! one to give her any uneasiness of mind. | She flitted about tho house, busy with | her evening duties, singing a guy song j as she went. She was a bright little woman, with a world of courage written in her dark, sparkling eyes, and on the firm red lips. Anon she (Unrobed her little ones, and put them lo bed, and when the night shadows turned into an inky blackness, she seated herself by the lamp and be gan lo sew, still leaving the Slipper ta ble spread and the food on the stove, keeping warm for the return of her hus band. But, the little clock on the man tin shelf had told the hour of ten, before his step was heard at the door. lie came in hurriedly, and strode to a seat without removing his dripping out er g.ii incuts or his muddy boots. “Was detained. Am in an awful hur ry. Going to Winchester to night,” diving his hand into a pocket of his in ner coat, and glancing anxiously around the room. ! “To Winchester!” repeated his wife in I dismay. “Twenty miles in the storm I” “Can’t be helped,” he returned. ‘Bus iness is business, yon know.’ He removed his hand from his pocket, took off his hat and brushed back bis hair I revealing the ratlin handsome face a of light cornptexioned, middle-aged man. lie had large gray eyes, andtheir [glance ! wandered restlessly about the apart ! meet. I “Jane,” be said, suddenly, ag.ria div- i ing his hand into the troublcnomo pnck |et, “Doyou suppose that you could take | care of a large amount of money till to ; morrow?” j “Why, yes,” she answered, looking up in surprise. j “1 have collected flvo thousand dol i lars," ho continued, “and it is too late to j got into the bank, and I do not dare to j carry so much with me.” “'Veil, you can leave it here as well las not. No one would think of my hav ing such a sum of money.” lie drew a large wallet from his pock et and placed in her hands. J “It belongs to the governm'ent, and i! j you let it pass from your hands, lam ruined,” he commented. And he arose as if to depart. “You are going to eat some supper? she queried. “No. 1 have no time to lose. I must tnako Winchester by midnight. Good bye. Take good care of tho money, and fastened ail tho doors.” Ho gave her a hurried kiss, and the next moment he was gone. l»nt the sound of his fool steps had ! scarcely died away, before Mrs. Jacobs began to feel a strange fear creeping over her. Why it was she knew not She had lived there seven years, and slept in the house many a night with out doors ever being closed Now they were locked and bolted. She was too nervous for that. She put the money in her dress pocket, and clasping both tightly in her tom,hi, alio sat, very still, gazing anxiously' into nothingness, and listening so intently that silence became | a fearful mingling of discordant sounds in her ears. An hour passed. It had been an age to tier. “1 am glad that 1 am not rich,” she whispered, as the clock struck eleven. “What a task it must bo to watch one’s gold!” Presently she heard a sound. It was not the rain, for there was a perfect lull in the storm. It could not ho a neigh bor, for she livedin the outskirts of the village several blocks from anyone, and she was not likely to be called in cases of sickness. Again she lieaid. It seemed as if a window sash was being slowly rniseo. Strange that she could have forgotten to fasten them down! “Why didn’t John leave me his re volver?” she mused. “1 have nothing wilh which to protect myself incase 1 I should bo molested to-night. It was really an oversight in him. - Again she heard the sound. It seemed to come from the bed-room, ft was surely the raising of a sash. Then there was the sound of a move ment as though someone was entering ! that way. Fear nearly paralyzed her for a mo ment. But she quickly rallied, and, tak- j ing up the lamp, she proceeded to inves tigate the matter. She had scarcely opened the bed room j door, when she staggered backward with 1 a half-suppressed scream. Two men in hideous disguises were already in the room, and a third ruffian [ was in the act of crawling through the window. Involuntarily she clutched tho pocket which contained the money, thinking meanwhile how she had nothing but her one weak hand with which to fight the j battle, and she well knew how powerless ! they were compared with the strength of ] the enemy. ‘What do you want here?’ she asked, in a faltering voice. ‘We want the five thousand dollars ! which you have in keeping for your lun- j hand,’ said one of Ilu rn. They knew then that she had it in her j possession. ‘You can get no money from mo,’ she I said, decisively. ‘I have no money.’ | ‘A pretty little fib,’ he responded, with j a rough laugh. ‘Wo will just look into j your pocket and see.’ In her i agernesH to preserve her trea sure, she clutched the pocket of her dress j in both hands, thus unconsciously be- | traying its whereabouts. She turned pale when the knowledge ] of her thoughtlessness was revealed to ! her. ‘You can’t have it! yon shan't have it,’ she cried, knowing well all the while that they would have it in spite ot her. ‘We’ll seel’ exclaimed one of the men, grabbing her in his arms. She struggled desperately, but was soon overpowered, and the money taken from her. Then, womanlike, she began to cry. I ’Lei us go now,’ said one of the rob- j hers. ‘You take the sporidulix and git, I and I will fix her tongue in a way that j it will remain quiet for one hour all least.’ ‘Don’t hurry,’ put in another; ‘I am darnation hungry, and wo can just as weU take a bile here as not.’ The others demurred, hut he contin ued : ‘Set to work, old gal, and got ns some supper. You’ve got a fire and some boil ing water, and we want a onp of tea. | To work, I say!’ Mrs. -Jacobs knew that a refusal would only subject her to more indignities, and j she arose to do their bidding. Sbe put some more plates on the ta i bio, along with such food as she had cooked, and then proceeded to make the tea, wondering all the while if there wu any way to regain possession of tie money, ami 'heading tier husband's an gor and dismay ou his return, should | $2.00 nor Annum NO. 5 she fail to do so. As she took the tea eannistor, from the pantry shell, her ey >s caught sight of a bottle labeled Arsenic. Her hus band lad purchased it on tho previous day, in order to destroy tho rats which were becoming troublesome, hut as vet had used no portion of it. Hero was a chance of relief, and slio seized it eagerly. Opening the bottle, she put a few grains into the tea-pot along with the tea, of which she gave good measure, in order to destroy tho taste of the arsenic. A few moments later tlie robbers wore sitting at the table, unconsciously sip ping their death. ‘They may kill me,’ mused the faithful woman, ‘but the money' will ho found and my husband's honor saved.' Alter a lew minutes, one by one, tho robbers complained of being sick. ‘I verily believe the, jade lms poisoned ns,’ said one, and the next moment ho fell with a deep groan to the floor. ‘I know that she has poisoned ns,' cried another, ‘and her own life shall pay the forfeit.’ j lie sprung from his seat and started ! towards her, revolver in hand, but fell ere lie had reached her. Mane,’exclaimed the third, ‘yon have saved the money, but you have murder ed me!’ How strangely familiar sounded tho voice! Forgetting all bar old fear in the new, Mrs. Jacobs sprang forward aud knelt by the side of the dying man. None tried to harm her in>w, for all were powerless to do so. She pulled the disguise, a hideous ne gro face, with large grinning month, from the face of the last speaker. One look -then came a scream which echoed through the house like a shriek of dos- I'"'* - - The dying man was her own husband. But little more remains to bo told of the and story. The nation’s money was preserved, hut the heroic woman is a maniac, raving in a Southern asylum over the murdorjof her husband, imagin i ig that her hands are dyed red with his blood. A QUEER CASE. A (lirl “I’lowssvit 1 ' liy the Spirit Os it liusliwliaciier. A correspondent ol the Alia California, writing from San Jose, September' 20, said: “A short time ago a family of wealth and respectihility, who lived near this city, went on a visit to their former home in a Western Slate, and on their return brought hack with tliem a niece, who was iu iil health. Shortly after I they had arrived at their hi me in this country, the girl began to exhibit a veiy j strange condition of mental agitation, which would la-t for a tew ininuti sand ! t hen leave the girl iu her proper mind, j W.ien questioned as to her strange Con i duct, she would disclaim any knowledge of her unusual manifestations, and ex press the greatest surprise at the in. quiriisof her relatives. These strange spells continued to grew mere fiequei.it and more violent, until finally the girt would make use of the most strong and extravagant speeches, talking in a pro fane and threatening manner, aid pro fessing to be the returned spirit of sumo ; bushwhacker who had been hanged by 1 his own relatives iii Missouri during tho 1 war. ller relatives then began Indirect j tlirer questions to the spirit who claimed to l.i.ve p -.session of the girl, and gain ed fri in it an acknowledgment like tho i following: “I was what you call a bnsli ; whacker, and was killed by ties gift’s father, and, as I still f el a spirit ofto veu e against him, 1 have taken control 10l her to further my designs; I have ! nothing against the girl, and intend to jdo her no harm.’ Apparently to con | vince those present of Ids identity tho I evil spirit went on to tell many things | wiiiah had happened between himself | and the girl's relatives (all of which was I true), nrnl finally told them that there i was a letter on tho way to them, giving information of the severe sickness of a j little sister of the girl whom lie was | using for his evil purpose. Tho letter ! alluded to arrived in a few days, con tinuing the truth of what had been fore told. The relatives of the gill with whom she was living - , thinking that the child might he insane, sent her to a private a ylnm in Alameda county, a lew days ago, and have learned that she is not disturb' <] any longer by the revengeful m sisters. The spil'ifc had told them before t at lie Would leave i the girl when she should he removed from am eg her relatives, but ho would oliter into some other member of the larnily. A day or two ago the people | here received a letter from Missouri | slating that the father of the girl was a filleted in a manner which exactly Cor responds w ith the former disorders of the child. The truth of the above nar j i stive may he relied upon, as it comes ' fprii the pa-ties directly cannected with the strange affair, and who are upright, ! honorable people. Mark Twain produces one of tho most si rising cases of tm unless on record, lie says I o know s a society which hired a mail to blast rocks, ai.d as he was pounding the powder with a crowbar an ! cxplosi 'll t i'k place, sendyig the man , and crowd ar out <1 sight. Both Came down all light, and the man went to wouk promptly. But though he was 1 g'me only til I •-•*» minutes, the Company 1 , “docked Ijiin lor lost time,”