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F. R. FILDES, Editor.
VOLUME VIII.
Professional.
DR. E. A..1 ELKS,
Practicing Physician,
QUITMAN GA.
Office : Brick building adjoining store of
Messrs. Briggs. Jelks & Cos., Screven street.
January 31. 1873. 5-ts
JAMES~H. HUNTER,
nnb Counsellor at
QUITMAN. CA.
T-er Ufuck. in thk C*lbt
Mavch 17, 1871.
\e u. Bknxet S. T. Kisusbkkby
Vy N ET & KINGSBERY,
iTOIINEYS AT LAW,
Q i mvn Brooks County, Georgia.
V bruary 7. 1873 6
HOWARD It HARDEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA,
Office, in the Court House, second floor
May 2tf, 1872.' It
DENTISTRY.
i)k and. Wricks,
11 attended’Ttilo/- yAI& A/
it r t/ n Ntfw r Ur““ t i»s
Dental College, has
returned to Qnitmaii, V* TTJ
and leoi ened his of- jy j sf:
fice. * -Ks^f 3^
Thankful to friends
and patrons for past favors, he will be pleased
to serve them in future. Good work and mod
erate charges.
March 14, 1873. 11-fni
Dr J. S. N.SNOW,
D E Hit ST,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA.
Respectfully solicits the iimjaah
, patronage of the Citizens ot MBeSMSK
Brooks county, it ml will endeavor. “-iXLXJ-J
liy faithfully executing all work entrusted to
Inin. to merfTtlieir c utidence.
Charges moderate, and work guaranteed.
Office, nn stairs. overJ. Tillman's store.
March 21, 1373 •*•'■ O'
Miscellaneous.
QUITMAN DRIL STORE.
IcCAtL& GROOVER,
I_lKAi.nr.fi tx
Drills, Medicines,
Paints, Oils,
VA TINTS I / ES, SI >#*, Jkr-;:
Ti/, T.oilt’J Articles, dtc.
Notify the public that they will keep on hand
ccmpleto and fresh stocks, and sell the same at a
reasonable profit.
This is Exclusively a Drug Store, and the en
tire attention of the junior member of the firm
will be given to the business.
We respectfully solicit the patronage of the
public.
Quitman,Feb. 2,1873. ly
!>H. M. C. WILKINSON. !>R. A. l>. SMITH.
LARGE DRUG SIGN.
WILKINSON ft SMITH,
IVv.w^r'
M.£DICINES -
And many of the best r
At-..
Also, White Lead. Varnishes, Paints and Oils,
.Soaps Tobacco, Segars. Toilet Articles, Arc.
All of which will be sold on reasonable terms.
Prescriptions carefully compounded
Kerosene Oil will hereafter he sold at
Forty rents per gallon.
Quitman, Ga., Jan. 111, 187.1. 5 1)
SAW & GRIST MILL,
3$ Miles from Quitman.
BOZEMAN & LEWIS.
\EE ploa.nrr ill notifying the public that
I " they have still in operation a first-class
.Saw and Grist Mill, in a fine lumber section of
Brooks county, and only 3| mi'es from Quitman,
on the TaUckaa public road, and are prepared
to furnish every kind and quality of Lumber, at
short notice, but exclusively for cash.
V,e will grind onlv on WtoxßaniT and Sat
mn.ir of each week, and we guarantee good
11 The following are onr prices for Lumber :
For General quality of Lumber, cash on de
livery. $12.50 per 1000 feet.
When payment is delayed exceeding 30 days,
the bills will be immediately sued without fur
ther notice’tu parties.
For special bills, where all heart is required,
the price nil! be sls-00 per 1000 feet, Cash.
These prices will be strictly adhered to.
We solicit the patronage of the public, and
will endeavor to give satisfaction.
February IF 1873. 1 1,111
MEAL AND HOMINY.
rT3!!E UNDERSIGNED will keep.con=tantly'at
X the store of
MILTON C. WADE,
an extra article of
BOLTED TIE.IL AND HOMINY,
which will be sold very reasonably for Lash.
R C. MclN I OSH.
Quitman, April, 24, 1873, l"tf
Quitman.
Dress Goods.
IMIE Ladies are particularly requested to ex
_ amine my stock of beautiful Dress Goods,
Notions, etc., which are offered cheap for cash.
16 It NATHAN GAZAN.
I>. W. PRICE,
MERCHANT TAILOR
QUITMAN, GEORGIA,
QhV"| i)l
TV I LOR INO W 4
ENTABI.ISIIMENT in Quitman, and has on hand
a fine lot of
Cloths ami Cassimeres ,
suitable for making Dress and Business suits,
i He has also on hand a Select stock of
READY MADE CLOTHING.
! Cleaning and Repairing done on
short notice Prices moderate.
April 10. 1873. 15-ly
Groceries!
IVERSON in need of Family Groceries. Bacon.
Flour, Coffee, Sugars, Teas. etc. will do
well to call at my store before purchasing else
where.
NATHAN GAZAN.
Quitman. Ga., April 17. 1873. If*
CARPENTER’S WORK.
John D. Bozeman,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA,
rpAKES this method of informing the public
L that his MTI.L business does not interfere
| with his business as a
HOUSE CARPENTER;
! and he is fully prepared to do all work desired,
j ou as
Favorable Timmiis
| as possible, and to tin* satisfaction of all parties
! inteiested. He will also eontruct to
| FURNISH LUMBER MATERIAL,
! and build Dwelling Houses, Store houses etc.,
I in pursuance with specifications furnished. Give
| him a trial.
j May 15, 1873. 204f
NATHAN GAZAN,
II BE Gill LliS. M.
QUITMAN, GA.
Terms, Cash. 11 you want Uargiiins give mo
' a trial before purchasing elsewhere,
j April 17, 187:1. l'i-lf
Cotton Gin Repairs.
r*T!IE undersigned is prepared to repair ami
1 place in good order Colton Gins. Saws
sharpened and I'.rushes filled, so as to make
! iberu as good as when new. Will visit any por
i (ion of the country, when notified that services
! arc needed .1. It. PALMER.
Quitman, July 2li 1872 20 tl
LOOK HERE!
Good Calico at 121 Cents.
Jacob Baum,
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Hard
ware, Crockery, &c„
Quitman Georgia.
riTAKES pleasure in notifying his friends ami
JL the public generally that he has received
his
SPRING ANO SUMMER STOCK
FOU IH7G,
which will be sold on fair and honorable terms.
These goods were purchased on very favorable
terms, and I am confident can and will be Bold
as cheap as any house in town.
My stock embraces almost everything kept in
a retail store in the interior—
Dry dor*!*,
Dress Goods ,
Domestic Goods ,
Rtruly Made Clothing,
hosiery,
Notions,
Boots,
ShoeJ\
Hals, <£c. <f-e.
The Ladies are specially invited to pay me a
visit, as I have many things that will meet favor
in their eyes. ...
*@~Cash Purchasers arc also specially invit
ed to give me a call, as 1 am determined to sell
as low as any one.
Thankful for past favors, a continuance or cus
tom is solicited. JACOft BAUM.
March 21, 1873. O
Boot and Shoe Shop !
e.lreed,
A Practical and experienced Boot and Shoe
maker, has opened a shop in the town of
i Quitman, an.t is prepared to put up work with
neatness and dispatch. Repairing done to the
j satisfaction ol customers. Charges very raoder
i ate. but cash required on completion ot work.
I My shop is in the building adjoining the store
[ of Lovett & Bryan.
I I respectfully solicit and will endeavor to de
| serve the patronage of the public.
| May 6, 1873. 3m E. REED.
CIIAPPELL’S
Champion’ SUPERPHOSPHATE.
A FIRST CLAoS FERTILIZER. Over Four
: A- Thousand Tons sold in Georgia, and not a
single ton repudiated : giving universal satis
i faction, and aualvzing. according to State Cbem-
I ist. higher than any brand in the market. Try
I it. For sale by PAINE & HALL.
' Feb, 7,1872. 6-U Quitman, Ga.
HERE SHALL THE PRESS TUB PEOPLE’S RISHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN
QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1873.
Miscellaneous.
ftlrorrarasE
The only Reliable Gift Distribution in the country
$100,000.00
In Valuable Gifts!
TO WE DISTRIBUTED IN
la D . SINE’S
■list SEMI ANNUAL
GIFT ENTERPRISE,
To be drawn Friday, July 4th, 1873.
One Grand Capital Prize, $10,OOOiuGold!
One Prize, §5,000, in Silver!
Five prizes of SI,OOO, Five prizes of SSOO, and
Ten prizes of SIOO each in Greenbacks.
Two Family Carriages and Matched Horses,
wilh silver mounted Harness, worth $1,500 each.
Two Buggies, Horses, etc., worth SOOO each.
Two fine toned Rosewood Piano, worth SSOO
each; Ten Family Sewing Machines, SIOO each !
1500 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches,
worth from S2O to S3OO each. Gold Chains, Sil
ver ware, Jewelry, elc.
Whole number of G fts, 10,000. Tickets limit
ed to 50,000.
wanted to sell tickets, to whom
Liberal Premiums will be paid.
Single Tickets $2 ; Six tickets. $lO ; Twelve
tickets. S2O; Twenty-live tickets, $lO.
Circulars containing a full list of prizes, ades
crintion ol the manner of drawing, ami other in
formation in reference to the Distribution, will
be sent to any one ordering them. -All letters
must be addressed to
Main Office. L. 1) SINK, Box 80,
10l W. Fifth St. (6-st) Cincinnati, O
Change of Schedule.
(IICNEIIALSIT’KKINI'UNBENT OFFICE, j
Atlantic ami Gi'l.f Raiuuiau, >
Savannah, May 3. 1873. )
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY", MAY 4th, Trains
on this Road will run as follows:
NIGHT EXPRESS PASSENGER.
Leave Savunimli dally at 4 30 p.m
Arrive at Live Oak. daily at 4.06 a.m
“ Quitman daily at .3.57 a.in
“ Thoiiiasville.* 5.30 a.ill
“ ilalnhridgo.it 815 am
“ Albanv at 0-50 a.m
Leave Albany daily at 4-15 P»:
“ Bainhridge daily at <>.oo p.m
Leave Tlmmasville 8.55 p.m
“ Quitman daily at 10.32 p.m
“ Live Oak, daily at 10.30 p.m
Arrive at, Savannah daily at. 10.00 a.m
Conned at Live Oak with trains on J.. P. and
M. It. it., for and from Jacksonville,Tallahassee,
Ac.
No change of cars between Savannah and A1
hany-
Close connection at Albany with trams on
South western Railroad.
Close connection at Lajvton for and from Flo
rida, with Western Division Passenger trains.
A CCOMMODA TION TRA IN
Wkstkun Division :
Leave Lawton. [Sundays excepted] 7.00 a.m
Arrive at Quitman. [Sundays “ 10.42 am
(( Thoiiiasville “ ‘‘ 12 45 p.m
Albany “ “ 0 00 p.m
Leave Albany “ “ 7.20 a.m
Thotn.iaville, “ “ 3.00 p.m
“ Quitman “ “ 5.04 p.m
Arrive at Lawton, “ “ 8.30 p m
Connect at Albany with night trains on South
western Railroad, leaving Albany Monday, Tues
day, Thursday and Friday, ami arriving at Al
bany Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Satur
day.
Mail Steamer leaves Baint ridjge every Wed
nesday at h.OO a. in, for Apalachicola.
11. S. HAINES.
[l9 If] Gen’l Supt.
NE W M l 81 C.
ITJBIJ8HKI) BY
J. L- PETERS, 599 BroadwayN Y,
Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of m irked price.
VOCAL.
Above and Below. Socred Song, by Juch, $0.30
Back lo the Old Home; song aud chorus,.... 30
Beautiful form of my Dreams Stewart 30
Darling weep no more; song and chorus 35
Do not weep so, sist-r darling; song 30
Don’t, forget to write me; song and chorus,.. 35
Fold wo our hands; song or duet; Boildien. . 30
Gone lo the Heavenly Garden; pong 35
Ifyou were I, would you? song 3»
Kiss me. darling, ere we part 30
Little Blind Nell; song and chorus 30
Little Dan , song and chorus 40
Lord, forever at thy side. J 5
Meet me, Bessie, in the Dell 30
Meet me, dearest, with a kiss. 30
My bov across the sea 35
Oil! Give me a home in the South 40
Ob. Sam! song and chorus jjs
Only for You! Ballad 35
Our Little Pet; song and chorus 40
Papa, stay home: Temperance song 40
Save one bright Crown for me 40
We pray you sing that song; duet 35
Wilt thou weep when I am low ? 25
INSTRUMENTAL.
Poj has /Sunbeam, bv Kinkle, 35 cts; Bello of
Saratogo, by Victor, 35" cts.; May Flowers, by
Simon, 35 cts.
Mazckkas.— Awakening of the Birds, 50 cts;
Happy Thoughts, by Walker, 30 cts.: Laughing
Wave, by Wilson. 50 cts.; Sunbeam, by Pacher,
40 cts.
Galiops.—Charlie's and Freddie's, by Kin
kle. each 35 cts.
SHOTTISCHES—FataI Glance, by Young, 20
c t« May Morning, by Schmidt, 50 cts ; Sun
beam, by Hampel, 35 cts ; and Willie's, by
Kinkel, 35 cts.
Makcuks. —Belle of .Saratoga, by •Baumbacb,
40 cts.; Mollie’s, by Kinkel, 35cts.
Any of the above mailed, post-paid, on receipt
of price- Address
J. L. PETERS,
593 Broadway. New York.
May Ist, 1872. 18-ts
fjgtoUanHms.
Till! CONTICTBB HE
BY WILLIAM COMSTOCK.
The morning was dark, and the snow
lay in piles about the street. A severe
coldness was in the atmostwhere, and as
the bleak wind whistled round the Court
house it seemed to sing of other days, in
melancholly cadence. It seemed to tell
of broken hearts, and of every descrip
tion of human suffering. The wander
ers abroad wrapped their cloaks more
closely about them, and shivered as much
from nervous agitation as with the cold.
I was abroad myself on that day; and al
though I was at that time a mere youth,
yet I have never forgotten the impres
sion which the events of a few hours
made upon me. I had been brought up
in the strictest manner. I had scarcely
been permitted to look upon vice, and to
gross immorality I was an utter strang
er. But on this bleak and melancholy
morning I chanced to pass by the Police
Court. I saw several persons hastening
into the building in which the Court was
held, and in order to escape the severe
cold, I also entered. I had never been
in a court of justice before, and I looked
around with no small curiosity upon the
various arrangements within. I stood
outside of the railing with several others,
mostly persons of low character, who ap
peared to have come in for no other pur
pose but to warm themselves. The judge
was on the bench. He was a grave, dig
nified man, about forty-five years of age.
The other officers of the court were in
the places assigned to them, and univer
sal silence reigned on every side. At
length the judge seemed to start from a
reverie, and cried—“ Bring in the prison
er.”
An officer immediately seized his poll l
and went out of the door. The few spec
tators now started up from the lethargy
into which they had fallen, and began to
look with some interest toward the door
at which it was expected the prisoner
would enter. They did not wait, long
before the door opened, and the officer
returned, followed by a woman of the
most wretched appearance. I shudder
ed and trembled until the railing which
I held vibrated beneath my hand. 1 had
not known that human nature could be
come so utterly cast away and degraded.
Could it be possible that the “human
form divine” could ever present such an
image of squalid misery? She stagger
ed into the Court, room, and I caught a
glimpse of her face. Ilcr face and bo
som were covered with dirt - large
blotches disfigured her v<*ry feature—
and around one of her eyes was a circle
of black, the consequence of a brawl, in
which it appears she had been engaged
at the time of her arrest. On her head
was a straw bonnet, through which the
wind found free access, and front under
its ragged crown a few tangled grey
locks straggled forth. Her dress was in
sufficient, to keep the piercing air from
her person, and her red, swollen feet were
half exposed by the apology for shoes
which she could hardly lie said to wear.
She did not appear to be in the least a
bashod, but, advanced directly to the
stand, drew up her rags about her, and
throwing back her bonnet,, looked stead
fastly at her accuser. He was one of
the town watch; and having been sworn,
he stated that he had found the prison
er fighting and making loud outcries in
the street—that she appeared to be very
much intoxicated, and was very impu
dent.
At this stage of the proceedings the
Judge asked the watchman if he had
everwoen her in that situation before.
“No, sir,” said the witness; “it is easy
to see by her appearance, that she is a
woman of abandoned character; but I
never saw her before in my life, and de
sire never to see her again.”
The Judge then asked if anybody
knew where she belonged. An officer
arose arose and stated that he did not
know wliore she belonged, but he knew
that she came to town only a few days
ago. He also said that the quarrel in
which she had been engaged arose from
the circumstance that her landlady, who
was very little better than herself had
turned her out into the streets at mid
night for stealing.”
“Stealing!” cried the wretched woman,
looking at the last, speaker. “Perhaps
you call it stealing; but, if to take a rag
to cover the blue and shivering limbs of
my poor child is stealing, then —”
“Your child!” cried the Judge, “have
you a child?”
Every eye was fixed in surprise when
the vagrant opened the plaid cloak and
disclosed beneath its shrouds the pale,
starved countenance of a girl, who ap
peared not more than six years of age,
but who in reality had seen ten misera
ble summers and winters. If the appear
ance of the mother had been supremely
disgusting, that of the girl was so pitiful
and wobegone, that I felt the tears gush
into my eyes, and my bosom heaved with
an emotion which I could not restrain.
Even the Judge appeared melted when
\he saw this little frame clinging to the
waist of a miserable mother, its eyes
wildly and timidly cast around her as she
j feared that she should b#separated from
j the disgusting wretch who gave her
birth.
The Judge quietly recovered his firm
! ness, however, as if afraid to exhibit a
weakness unbecoming his station. He
! then asked in a stern voice, “Has not
this woman been here before? Woman,
I have I not seen you before?”
j She turned at the sound of his voice,
and fixed her eyes upon him in one long
and steady gaze. Those who had a fair
view of her countenance saw that she had
not looked long in the face of the Judge
before a sudden paleness overspread her
features; her eyes seemed ready to burst
from her head. Having surveyed the
Judge in silence for some time, she re
plied to this question in a low sepulchral
tone, that made him tremble, “Yes, yes,
we have met before.” The particular
tone and manner in which the prisoner
uttered these simple words tireduced a
death-like silence throughout the court
room. The spectators crowded as near
to the railing as they could, and every
eye was fixed upon the singular wretch
who stood at the bar of justice. The
Judge appeared at first a little struck by
her strange conduct; but a man who had
seen such a variety of prisoners was not
likely to be thrown off his balance by any
peculiarity of their conduct. He there
fore proceeded with the trial, and asked
if she wished to put any questions to
the witness. He he spoke in a steamer
tone than he had before, the little girl
beginning to be apprehensive that evil
threatened her mother, and wept and
sobbed audibly. The prisoner proceed
ed to ask the witness a few questions,
and how much surprise*was evinced by
the officers of the court at the choice lan
guage which proceeded from the swollen
and chapped lips of so unpreposessing a
figure. The questions were answered by
the watchman, but there was bungling
hesitancy in his replies which seemed to
intimate that he had found, in the squal
il wretch before him, ain tire ingenious
questioner than he had anticipated. In
short, so unsatisfactory were his replies,
that the Judge asked if there was not
another witness in the case. No other
witness was at hand, and the Judge turn
ed to hold a short coloquy with the pris
oner.
“Are you not ashamed,” said he, “to
let the little girl starve, while you are
able to dress and maintain her decently?”
“Who would give work to me?” asked
the other, fixing the same earnest gaze
once more on the face of the Judge.
“It is your own fault if you have ar
rived ut such a degraded condition that
nobody will receive you in their house,”
said the Judge. “But, you seem to have
seen better days; you have an alias to
your name, I understand. What is your
other name?”
“It is not to be pronounced in such a
place as this,” she said, still fixiug her
unflinching eyes on the magistrate. “You
might recollect it ifyou heard it.”
“Enough,” said the judge; “you ac
knowledge that you have been in this
court, before. I thought, I had a faint
recollection of your features.”
“Ah I” said she, elevating her hand to
her head, “we have met before.”
“You confess that you arebrought be
fore me for the second time,” said the
judge. “What have you to say for your
self why you should not be sentenced
six months in prison ?”
The prisoner looked down and remain
ed silent a moment. But it, was only for
a minute; when she again looked upon
the Judge and said :
“I will tell you where I came from and
all about it. You shall also know my
true name.
“Proceed then,” said the magistrate,
placing himself in an attitude for listen
ing, “and see that you tell me the truth.”
“Oh, yes, I will tell you the truth,”
cried she, with a low laugh. “You may
not always be so fond of hearing the
truth.”
waste time,” said the Judge.—
The prisoner stilled the child and pro
ceeded.
“The present condition to which you
see ine reduced, is the consequence of
treachery in one whom I supposed my
lover.”
“Avery common pica,” interrupted
the judge. “Your lover must have been
greatly enamored of such a beautiful ob
ject as you. I admire his taste.”
“He was considered respectable,” said
the prisoner, “and I thought him resjiec
table. Nay, he is to this day regarded
as a very respectable gentleman.”
“Where does he live?” inquired the
Judge.
“You shall know all in good time,” re
turned she. “My father was a wealthy
husbandry in the Middle States. T was
his only child, and his heart was bound
up in me. When a cloud crossed my
brow he was miserable until I appeared
cheerful again.”
“Is the old man alive now ?” asked the
Judge. “Truly, he must lie proud of
such a daughter.”
“He is not alive,” cried she. “No, no.
His grey hairs have gone down in sorrow
to the grave. The seducer came. I be
lieved the tales he told me. He swore
eternal constancy. He promised to take
me to the city, and introduce me to his
friends, who were some of the first in the
land. I thought there was no guile in
his mouth. My innocence—”
“This is a tale which you have picked
out from some novel,” said the Judge.
“I’ll be bound that you have told it be
fore to half the courts in the country. It
is very improbable that you were ever
,educed. You have willingly taken up
this course of life. For shame! Take
her away, constable.”
“No, no—not yet,” cried the prisoner.
“I can prove what I say. I can bring
such evidence that the seducer of my in
nocence and the murderer of my father
shall himself own his crimes, and stand
before you in all the horror of guilt.”
Observing that every one in the court
was impressed by her earnest manner,
and being himself strangely interested
in the fate of this wretched being, the
Judge motioned for her to proceed with
the story.
“The crafty man who wrought my
ruin, belonged td . He was a
lawyer who was said to be rising in his
profession, and whhrfe personal and men
ial qualities were calculated to captivate
the heart of a young, simple maiden such
as T was then.”
“How long ago was that ?” inquired
the Judge.
“When I first saw this bad man,” said
she, “it is eleven years ago.”
“But you are fifty, I should say,”
“No, sir. Sorrow and sin have made
dreadful inroads upon my constitution
since my father died. lam about thir
to-oile years of age. It was eleven years
ago last October since I first—
“ Stop! stop!” criedtlieJiidge. “This
cannot be true, you cannot have sunk so
low in so short a time. You are older,
much older than that.”
It was observed that the Judge pro
nounced these words with a great deal of
emphasis, and that his countenance was
suffused with blood. He Was supposed
to be in a great passion with the prison
er, on account, of her attempting to de
ceive him, with respect to her age. She
quietly answered him, but fixed her eyes
on his face as she did so :
“I do not decieve you. There are those
who understand deception better than I.
I have been a cheerless and homeless
wanderer, with this poor child, over the
world. I have sometimes subsisted on
the wages of sin. At first I was obliged
to take up such business, in order to
support, myself and perishing little one.
At length poverty deprived me of what
little pride I had. I became wholly
abandoned. O, God! to what misery
has one false step reduced me!”
The eyes of the Judge now glanced at
the woman, and every glance became
more pale. At length he shouted :
“Take her away, constable! Away
with her, I say !”
“Hold!” she said to the officer. “First
let me tell your Judge my name. A mo
ment ago he was anxious to hear it,. Now
let him have it. My true name is Clar
issa Huntingdon.” *
The Judge sprang upon his feet as if
he had been shot by a musket ball. In
a voice almost choked with rage and agi
tation, he stamped and roared, “Do your
duty officers. Away ! away 1 I tell ye,
with that woman !”
“Nay, then,” cried she, flinging off
her tattered cloak, and holding the wast
ed form of her child on high. “Look !
look ! Charles, upon your child ! See,
her little fleshless arms are stretched out
to you for protection. She is hungry,
very hungry 1 Look, Amelia, look upon
your father! See how well dressed he
is ! See how plump his cheeks are! He
does not live on oifals. He can get bread
to eat. He did not lie on straw last,
night. Ha! ha! ha! He owns his child!
He looks at us. Speak to him. It is
your father!”
For a moment the eyes 'of the Judge
glared wildly upon his child, and the wo
man whom he had ruined. His counte
nance became still more flushed. He
made a frightful jesture with his arm.
That member fell lifeless at his side. His
eyes rolled up in his head. His head
sunk upon his shoulders, and he fell hack
upon his seat. In another moment a
loud noise announced that the heavy
form of the Judge had fallen to the floor.
His guilty agitation had caused an at
tack of appoplexv, to which he was sub
ject, and his spirit had flown to the bar
of that God whom he had so much of
fended.
The wretched Clarissa and her daugh
ter wore taken charge of by a brother of
the deceased Judge—a pious and benev
olent, man, who had frequently exerted
himself without much effect, for the re
form of his heartless brother.
The child was so well attended to, that
she not only lived, but became a healthy
and interesting child. Let no one des
pair of reforming his abandoned fellow
when I state that, even the debased Clar
issa became a decent, and orderlv woman,
and died hyming the praise of Christ at
the resurrection of the just.
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Agassiz on tlie Negro.
The following is from a recent lecture
by no less a personage than Prof. Agas
siz:
I have pointed to over a hundred specif
ic differences between the bonal and ner
vous systems of the white man and negro.
Indeed, their frames are alike in no par
ticular. There is no hone in the negroes
body which is relatively the same in shape,
size, articulation, or chemically of the
same composition as that of the white
man. The negroes bones contain a far
greater proportion of calcareous salts
than those of the white man. Even the
negroe’s blood is chemically a very differ
ent fluid from that which courses in the
veins of the white man. The whole phys
ical organization differs quite as much
from the white man’s as as it does from
that of the chimpanzee - that is in his
bones, muscles, nerves and fibers—the
chimpanzee has not much farther to
progress to become a white man
than the negro. This fact science
inexorably demonstrates. Climate has
no more to do with the difference between
the white man and the negro than it has
with that between the negro and the
chimpanzee, or it has between the horse
and the ass, or the eagle and the owl.
Each is a distinct and separate creation.
The negro and the white man were crea
ted as specifically different as the owl and
the eagle. They were designed (by the
All-Wise Creator) to fill different places
in the system of nature. The negro is
no more a negro by accident or misfor
tune. The negro is no more the white
man’s brother, than the owl is the sister j
of the eagle, or the ass the brother of the
horse.
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NUMBER 24'
Quoting run Mtuli.
ft isn’t, Often that one gets into trouble'
by quoting too much from the Bible, but
a workman engaged in carving a church
motto made a sail blunder in this way :
The presiding clergyman 1 of the parish
of Brie'rsport was chairman of the com
mittee On ornamentation of the new
church, and it was decided that a suita
ble quotation of Holy Writ should lie
graven upon the capstone of the portal
over the main entrance. In accordance
therewith the workman Was directed to
carve upon the stone, tile sonten'ce— l
“My house shall be called the house of
prayer.”
The man acknowledged his literary
deficiencies, anil in order that lie might
make no mistake he asked for art exact
copy of what was wanted. The clergy
man being in somewhat Os a hurry, and
having a small pocket testament with
him, took it out, and opening to the
twenty-first chapter of Matthew, and
pointing to the thirteenth verse,- said :
“There, my man, yoli have it just as
we want, it.”
The craftsman took the book and the
clergyman Went, his way.
The dedication of the church was post
poned a week tii await the finishing of
the capstone. It was done ill time, and
raised to its place, and the consternation
of tile good minister and his compan
ions of the committee can better he im
agined than described upon beholding
how literally with a vengeance the work
man had copied the text, of Scripture.
Commencing at. the point designated by
the clergyman, he had produced the
whole verso so that tlie stone bore upon
its face the startling sentence i
“My house shall be called t he hollse of
prayer, hut ye have made it a den of
thieves,"
There Was a further postponement of
the dedicatory services, and ill the end
the lower half of the capstone was adorn
ed With a network of chiselings and
clippings not, contemplated by the origi
nal plan,
There is one ttged worn I it* in this town
who does not believe in social equality,
j udging from the Way she talks to her
"Ephriliam, come hyar to yoiir mtid
der, boy. Whar you bio ?”
“Playin’ wid the white folkses Chilian.”
“You is, eh P Seeyar, chile, you’ll
broke yer old madder's heart, and lining
her gray bars in sorro’ to do grave, wid
yer rekluuiuess an' earrings on wid ebil
assoassyashuns. Halm’t 1 raised you up
in the way you should ought to go?"
“YessUm.”
“Habn’t Iheellkiile and tender will
you, an’treated you like my own chile,
Which you is H’
“YessUm."
“Habn’t 1 reez’ued wid y<>. and prayed
wid you, ami deplored tie good Lord to
Wrap you in his bussitm ?”
“Yessum.”
“Habn’t 1 taught you to walk ill the
broad an’ narro’ path, an' to shun God P"
“YessUm."
“An’ isn’t I yer llatoral detertor an’
gWadjeilce for de law ?’’
“Yessum.” ,
“Well, den, cloyoil a'pose Ise gwine to
hah your morals ruptured by de white
trash? No, sail. You git in de house,
dis instep; an’ if I eber cotch you muni
catin’ wid de white trash any mo' fo’
God, nig. I'll broke yer brack head wid a
brick.”
“Yessum,” — Exchange,
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Power of an Axe.
The other day I was holding a man
by the hand a hand as firm in its outer
texture as leather, and his sunburnt, face
was ns inflexible as parchment; he was
pouring forth a tirade of contempt on
those who complain that they
have nothing to do, as an excuse
for becoming idle loafers. Said
I, “Jeff, what do you work at?-” “Why,”
said he, “I bought me an axe three years
ago t hat cost me two dollars. That was
all the money I. had. I went to chopping
wood by the cord. I have done nothing
else, and have earned more than SfiOO;
drank no grog, paid no doctor, and have
bought me a little farm in the Hoosier
State, and shall ho married next week to
a girl who has earned S2OO since she Was
eighteen. My old axe I shall keep in the
drawer, mid buy anew one to cut my
wood with.” Alter I left him, I thought
to myself, “that, axe and no grog.” They
are the two things that make a man in
the world. How small a, capital that axe
how sure of success, with the motto,
“No grog.” And then a form and a
wife, the best, of all.
Curious Devotion.- A singular affair
has occurred at Madison, Wisconsin. A
married man disappeared from public
view six months ago, and his wife when
questioned, gave such contradictory re
plies that it came to he generally believ
ed that she had murdered him. She was
arrested on Tuesday, and officers went to
search her house. When they broke
open the door they were met and savage
ly attacked by the man himself, who Was
a raving maniac. The wife who had
spent, six months alone with h< r maniac
husband, for the sake of caring for his
wants, has herself gone mad since her
arrest.
“Mr. Speaker,” exclaimed a member
of the Arkansas Legis'ature, “my col
league taunts tne with a desire for fame.
I scorn the imputation, sir. Fame, sir!
What is fame? It is a shaved pig with
a greased tuil, which slips through the
hands of thousand, and then is accident
ly caught bv some fellow that happens
to hold on to it. I let this greased tailed
quadruped go by me without an effort
to clutch it, sir.”