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WHITE & MoINTOsII, Proprietors.
VOLUME YIH.
IfflisttUiiHCons.
fIESEIW CLOSET.
“For munlcr, th-nigh it have no tongue, will
fcpeak with most miraculous organs.”
In the year 18—, John Smith (I use
fictitious names) was indicted for the
■wilful murder of Ht nrv Thompson. The
case was one of a most * xtraordinary
nature, and the interest < Netted ’ v it was
almost unparalelled. 'J lie a-eeu- i was a
gentleman of considerable property, re
siding upon liis own estate. A person,
supposed to he an entire strangert.o him,
had, late in a summer’s day. requested
and obtained shelterpuid hospitality for
the night. Hohad.it was supposed, al
ter taking soiqe light refreshment, re
tired to bed in perfect health, requesting
to be awakened at an early hour the .fol
lowing morning. When the servant ap
pointed to call him entered the room for
that purpose, lie was found in his room
peileetly dead; and from the appearance
of the body it was obvious that lie had
been so for many hours. There was 'not
the slightest mark of ..violence upon Ins
person, and the countenance retained the
same expression it had borne iluring“iie.
Days and weeks passed on, and little
further was discovered. In the mean
time rumor had not been idle. Suspi
cions were vague, indie l, and undefined,
and were at first whispered, and after
wards boldly expressed. The precise
object of these suspicions was nut clearly
indicated; some imp! ited one. p • son
and some another; hut they all pointed
to Smith, the master of 11m ltou.-e, a ;
concerned in the death of the stranger;
and, in fine, the meg: trales were in
duced to commit Mr. 8: .ith to jail to take
his trial for the wilful murder of Henry
Thompson. As it was A emed essential
to the attainment ofju.-tii - to keep se
cret the examination of the witnesses who
were produced before the magistr.it
all the information'f which the public
were in possession l-eforc the trial took
place was that which I have narrated.
iSueh was the state of tilings upon the
morning of the trial.
The couusf 1 for the prosecuta-nopened
his ease to the jury iu a mn liner that in
dicated very little expectation of a con
viction. He began by imploring tiem
to divest their min i • f all that t hoy h and
heard before tie yea into the box; he
entreated them to attend to the evidence,
and judge from ill.! alone.
It would he p ■■■ •dl-y.-.i.J a | ■ abili
ty of a doubt, tilt, the deco::. I died by
poison poison of a mo.-t so-e 1 nature,
in its operation, and p" e.-smgthe won
derful and dreadful qit l; ty of Ivatin ;no
external mark or teken by winch its
presence could be <1- tected. Tim ing:l
-of which it was compo: »and w. re of
so sedative a nature that, instead of the
body on which it had been u 1 exhibit
ing any contortions, or marks < f suffer
ing, it left upon tile features noth ug
but the calm and pi t and quo t o! rep se.
The prisoner's family n c ...Jed only
of himself, a house!,, eper, and one man
servant. The man s-. vant p ; in an
out-house Adjoining the stable, and did
so the night of Thompson’s death. The
prisoner slept at one end of the house
and the housekeeper at the other, and the
deceased had been put. into a room ad
joining the house!:, epel’s.
It would be proved I>y a person who
happened to be pa - Jug by the hour ■ on
the night in question, ;d >mt three hours
after midnight, that lie bud b.-en induced
to remain and watch, from hat in- h..-> at
tention excited by the eireum and . aees,
then very unusual, of a light moving
about the house at that late hour. That,
person would state most pos.tively tbr.l
he could distin-tly see a figure, holding a
light, go from the room in which the;
prisoner slept to the home I op i- room,
that two p-r ns then came o- ‘ of the
housekeeper's room, and the light disap
peared for a minute. tVhotlo-r the two
persons went into Thou pom's room he
could not sec, as the window of that room
looked another w ay: but in about a min
ute they reinsur'd, passing qu o- along
the house to .Smith's n.o.n again; ami in
about five minutes the light was extin
guished and he saw it no more.
Such was the evidence upon which the
magistrate had committed Smith; and
singularly enough, since his committal ,
the housekeeper has and: - appeared, Bur |
can any trace of her he di covered.
Within the last- week the witness who J
saw the light had been more particularly
examined, and in order to re-fresh h;s
memory, had h; --ti pke-, and at dark in the
verv spot where he had stood on that
night, and another person was placed
with him. The v.'hole scene, as he had
described it, was acted over again, but
it was utterly impossible, from the cause
above mentioned, to assert, when the
light disapp ared whether the part-iy*
had gone into Thompson's room. As if.
however, to throw still de.-per mystery
over this extraordinary tr;in-:aetion, the
witness persisted in adding an- w feature
to his former statement, that after the
persons returned with the light into
Smith’s room, and before it was extin
guished, he had twice p reeived some
dark object to intervene between the
light and the window, almost as large' as
the surface of the window itself, and
which he described by saying it appeared
as if a door had been placed la-fore the
light.
Now in Smith’s room there was noth
ing which could account for this appear
ance; his bed was in a different pa. t, and
there was neither cupboard nor press in
the room, which, but for th“ bed. wis en
tlrelv emptv. the room in which he dress
ed being at a distant.' beyond.
He would state only one fact more
IllflUilll *
! (said the learned counsel,) and having
done his duty, it would bo for the jury
to do theirs.' Within a few days there
i had been found in the prisoner’s house
the stopper of a small bottle of a very
singular appearance; it was apparently
not of English manufacture, and was de
! scribed by the medical men as being used
by chemists to preserve those which are
most, likely to lose tlieir virtue by expos
ure to the air. To whom it belonged, ol
io what use they had been applied, there
was no evidence to show.
Bueli Was the address of the counsel
for the prosecution; and during its do
| livery I had earnestly watched the coun
tenance of the prisoner, who had listened,
| too, with deep attention. Twice only
i did I perceive that it produced in him
; the slightest emotion. Whell the disap
pearance of the housekeeper was meu
; tinned, a smile, as of scorn, passed over
his lip, and the notice of the discovery of
the stopper obviously excited an interest
I and, I thought, an apprehension; but it
quickly subsided. 1 need not detail the
evidence that was given for the prosecu
tion; it amounted, in substance, to that
which the counsel stated, lior was it va
ried in any particular. The stopper was
produced and proved to ho found in the
house; hut no attempt, was made to trace
it to the prisoner’s possession, or even
l knowledge.
When the case was closed the learned
judge, addressing the counsel for the
prosecution, said ho thought there was
j hardly sufficient evidence to call upon the
j prisoner for his defense; and if the jury
! were of opinion they would at once stop
i the case. U pon this observation from
j the judge, the jury turned round for a
: moment and then intimated their acqui
: esenee in his lordship’s views of the evi-
I deuce. The counsel folded up their
j briefs, and a verdict of acquittal was
| about to be taken, when the prisoner ud
! dressed the court. He urged the judge
;to permit, him to state his ease to the
! jury, and to call his housekeeper, with
jso nm-h earnestness, and was seconded
so strongly by his counsel, that Lord
Mansfield, though very much against his
inclination, and contrary to his usual
jlialjli, gave way and yielded to the re
qn • :1.
The prisoner then addressed the jury,
and entreated their patience for a short
time. Her. nested to them that lie never
could feel satisfied to be acquitted mere
ly because the evidence was not conclu
sive, and pledged himself ill a very short,
time, by the few observations ho should
make, to obtain their verdict on much
higher grounds upon the impossibility
of his h-iug guilty of the dreadful crime.
Os the stopper which had been found,
he disowned all knowledge; he declared
most solemnly that he bad never seen it
before it was produced in court; an I he
asked,Yonhl the fact of its Vicing in the
lii.use only a few days ago, when hun
dreds of people had been there, produce
upon an impartial mind even a moment
ary prejudice against him? One fact
of his having gone to the bedroom of
lbs hous.-k ...per on the night in ques
tion.
He had b ,-n subject for many years
of his life to sudden fits of illness : he
had been seized with one on that occa
sion, and had gone to her t-, procure her
assistance in lighting afire. She had
returned with him to his room for that
purpose, he having waited fat a minute
in the passa;:-) while she put on her
clothes, which would account, for the
momentary disappearance of the light;
and after she had remained in his room
fora fewminu’es, finding himself better,
he had dismissed her, and retired again
to bed, from which lie had not risen when
he v.c.s informed of the death of lus
guest.
It, has been said that,, after his commit
tal to prise. u, his housekeeper had disap
peared. lie avowed that, findinghis.-nc
lnies determined, if possible, to accomplish
his ruin, he had thought it probable they
might, tamper with his servant ; he had,
therefore, kept her out. of the way ; but
for what pm pose ? Not to prevent her
testimony being given, for she was now
under the care of his solicitor, and would
instantly appear for the purpose of eon- |
firming, as far as she was concerned, the
statement he had just made.
Such was the prisoner's address, which
produced a powerful effect. It was de
livered in a firm and impressive manner,
and its simplicity and artmssness gave it
an appearance of truth. The housekeep
er was tin n put upon the box and exam
ined by the counsel of the prisoner. Ac
cording to the custom at, that time al
most universal, of excluding witnesses
from court until their testimony was re
quired, she had be n kept at a house near
at band, and had not heard a single word
of the’trial. There w is nothing remark
able in her manner of appearance; she .
might lie about thirty-five or a little
more, with regular though not agreeable
features, and an air perfectly free from
embarras-fme tit.
She rep- ate 1, almost in the prisoner’s
own words, the story he had told of liis
having called her up, and her having ac
companied him to his room/ and bed
been awakened by a man servant in the
morning with an account of the travel
er’s death.
She had now to undergo a cross-exam
ination ; and I may as well state here,
which, though not known to me till af
terward, will assist the reader in under
standing the following scene. The
counsel for prosecution bad, in his own
mind, attached considerable importance
to the circumstance mentioned by the
witness that saw the light, that while
the prisoner and the housekeeper were
in the room of the former, something
like a door intervened between the can
dle and the window, which was totally
HEBE SHALL THE TRESS THE FEOfLE’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY TEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1873.
irreconcilable with the appearance of the
room when examined ; and he had half
i persuaded himself that there must he a
secret closet which had escaped the ofli
i eers, the opening of which would ac
count for the appearance alluded to, and
the existence of which had so mysteri
ously disappeared.
His object, therefore, was to obtain
I from the housekeeper (the only person
except the prisoner who could give any
clue to this) such information as he
could, without alarming her by any di
rect inquiry on the subject ; and by him
self treating the matter as immaterial,
he might lead her to consider it so, and
thus unexpectedly draw forth all she
knew. After some unimportant ques
tions, he asked her in a tone and mu,inter
calculated rather to awaken confidence
than to excite distrust,:
“During the time you were in Mr.
Smith’s room, you stated that the candle
stood on the table in the center of the
room ?”
“Yes.”
“Wes the closet, ortlie cupbord, or
whatever you call it, opened once or
twice while it stood there ?”
A pause; no answer.
“1 will call it to your recollection. Af
ter Mr. Hinith took the medicine out ol
the closet, did lie shut the door, or did it.
remain open ?”
“He shut it.”
“Then it was opened again for the
purpose of replacing the bottle, was it r’
“It was.”
“Do you reei oiled how long it was
open the last, time r”
“Not above a minute.”
“The door, when open, would ho ex
!ai fly between the light and the window,
! would it not ?”
“It. would.”
“] forget, whether yott said the closet
was on the right or left hand side of the
window ?”
“The left.”
“Would the door of the closet make
any noise in opening ?”
"None ”
“Can you speak positively tothefaet?
! Have you evt r opened it yourself or seen
! Smith open it ?”
i “I never opened it. myself.’
j “Did you ever keep the keys?”
I “Never.”
“Who did?”
“Mr. Smith, always.”
At this moment the witness turned
her eyes toward the spot where the pris
oner stood, and the efi'i’-t was almost
electrical. A cold damp sweat,stood on
liis brow; his face had lost all its color.
She no sooner saw him than she shrieked
and feinted. The consequences of her
; answers flashed across her mind.
Bhe had been so thoroughly deceived
J by the manner of the advocate, and by
| the little importance he seemed to attach
!to her st.atcne nt; that she had b. on Id
I on, l.y one question to another, till she
' had to and him all he wanted to know.
During the interval in the proceedings
j occasioned by her illness, the solicitor
1 for the prosecution left the court. It
was between 4 and o o’clock will'll the
! Judge resumed his seat upon the bench,
j the prisoner liis station at the bar, and
| the housekeep 'r hero 111 the witness hex ;
j the court in -he interval had remained
crowded with Spectators, scarce one of
whom had left liis place, lost, in his ab
sence, it should be seized by some cm".
The cross-examining counsel then ad
dressed the witness: “I have a very
I’.-w more quest ions toa.sk you, hut, be
ware that, vou answer them truly, for
vi,ur own life depends on a thread, Do
vou know this stopper?”
“Ido.”
“To whom does it belong ?”
“To Mr. Bmitb.”
“When did you see him last r ’
“On the night of Mr. Thompson's
death.”
At this moment the solicitor for the
prosecution entered the court, bunging
with him, upon a tray, a watch, two
uion-'V b iga jewel ease, a pocket h-ok
mid a bottle of the same manufacture as
tin' stopper, and having no cork in it ;
come other art idea were in and not materi
al to my story. The tray was placed on
the table in sight of the prisoner and wit
ness, and from that moment not a don 1 I
remained in the mind of any spectator ol
the guilt of the prison"!'.
A few words will bring my tale to a
close. The house where the murder had
been committed was between li.na and
ten miles distant. The solicitor, as the
erosij-examination discovered the exist
ence of the closet., and its situation, had
s-l off on hors -1 ask, with two officer- , and
after tearing down a part of the wall of
the house, had detect, and tLi q place of con
cealment.
The search was well rewarded ; the
whole of the property belonging to Mr.
Thompson Was found there, amounting
in value to sr veral thousand pounds;
and to leave no doubt, a bottle was
found, which the medical man pronoun
ced to contain the very identical poison
which had caused the deaf h of the unfor
tunate Mr. Thompson. The result is too
obvious to need explanation.
The case presents too, perhaps, unpar
alleled instance of a man accused of mur
der, showing such a defense as to induce
the Judge and jury to concur in a ver
dict of acquittal, but who, persisting in
calling a witness to prove his innocence,
was, on the testimony of that witness,
convicted and executed.
A widow in New Yo"k has been three
times married. Her first husband was
Robb, the second Robbins, and the third
Robbinson. The same door plate has
served for the whole three, and ike quc.i
t;on now is, what extended nun- can be
procured to fill out the remainder of it.
DON’T SCOLD ME.
“Don’t, Tommy —don’t do that. You
know that it makes my head ache.”
“Does it, make your head ache, moth
i er?” asked the child curiously, and with
a nitying tone in his voice, he came
creeping up to his mother’s side, und
looking at her as if in doubt whether he
would be repulsed or not.
“Bometimes it does, my son,” replied
Mrs. Lyon, kindly; “audit, is always un-
I pleasant. Won’t you try to play without
making so much noise?”
"Yes, mother. I’ll try,” answered the
little fellow, cheerfully. “But I forget
sometimes.”
He looked earnestly at his mother as
if something mora was in his thoughts,
“Well, dear, what else ?” said she, en
couragingly.
“When 1 forget, you’ll tell me, won’t
you P"
“Yes, love.”
“And then I’ll stop. But don't; scold j
me, mother, for then l can’t stop.”
Mrs. Lyon’s heart was touched. Site
caught her breath, and bent her head
down to conceal its impressions, until it
rested on the silken hair of the child,
“Bea good hoy, Tommy, nml mother
will never scold you any more,” she mur-;
mured in his ears.
His arms stole upward, and as they
twined closely about her neck, he
pressed bis lips tightly against her cheek
thus sealing his part of the contract
with a kiss.
flow sweet to a mother’s taste were
these fruits of self-control I In tlie ef
fort to govern herself, wlial a power she
had acquired.
Only first fruits were these. In all her
after days did that mother strive with
herself, ere she entered into a eonti st
with the inherited evils of her children;
and just so far as she was able to over
come evil in herself, was she able to over
come evil in them.
Often, very often, did she fall back in
to the old states; and often, very often
was self-resistance only a slight effort;
but the influence for good that flowed
from her words or actions whenever this
was so, warned her of error, anil prompt
ed a more vigorous self-control. Need
it he said that she had ail abundant re
ward ?”
A Beautiful Young Lady Selling
Chickens. A Danville correspondent of
the Richmond Whig writes : Among the
loca l incidnents of the past, week was t he
appearance of a beautiful young lady
from North Carolina seated in a, wagon
in the market space, with chickens and
butter for sale. Her beauty excelled any
seen in these parss for some time. She
was accompanied by her mother and lit
tle brother, arid was modest, in appear
ance, with a countenance that indicated
a good and true heart within. Her beau
ty attracted many of our young men to
: the wagon in which she was seat -d. One
| of them he-a-ine so enamored with her
j that he actually bought all her market
ing arid sold it for the same he paid for
i it, considering that the sight of her had
! amply repaid him for any loss ho might,
j sustain.
This beautiful young lady did not
j wear a two story chignon, with the little
J appendage oil ilie tOh of th- le ad called
i a “bonnet,” nor was she attired ill twen-
I tv-two yards of dry goods, doubled and
! trehblcd with the usual “turk-up” be
hind; but, she wore a plain and t idy dross,
consisting of about eight yards ol calico,
made ;n till! plain and neat style of olden
time. Lucky will lie the men who suc
ceeds in captivating young lady
for a wife.
Down the Hill. The evening of ex.
cry man’s life is coming apace. The day
of life will soon he spent. The sun,
though it may tie up ill mid-heavi n, will
miss swiftly down the western sky, and
di appear. What shall light up man's
path when the sun of life is gone down ?
lie must travel on to the next world ; hut
what shall illuminate ids footsteps after
the nightfall of death, amid the darkness
of his journey ? What question more
important., practicable more solemn, for
each reader of our journal to himself?
'That, is a long journey to travel without,
a. friend. V. t every man must perform
it. The time is not far distant when all
men will I.: gin the journey. There is an
evening star .in the natural world. Its
radiance is bright and beautiful, und
cY'cring to th" benighted traveler. Dot
life’s evening star is a good hope of heav
en. It- beauty and brilliancy are re
flected from the Son of I;ighteousnes.;.
whose blight lays light up the evening of
life, and throw their radiance quite across
the darkness of the grave iuio lin mail -
ii d’s laud. It has iiimiiinat-1 fhefoot
ps of many a traveler into eternity.
It is o■" priceless value. A thousand
worlds cannot purchase it; vd it, is offer
ed without, money and w.tboiit price, to
j him that will p -uit. ntly roc ive it.- Ex-
Ki-:i:p A List. 1. Keep a list of your
! friends; and let Hod be the first in the
j list., however long It may he.
‘J. Keep a list, of tlie gifts you get; and
j i -t Christ, who is tin unspeakable gift,be
j first.
| 3. Keep a list of your mercies, and let
; pardon and life stand at the In ad.
4. Keep abst of your jey u r and let the
' joy unspeakable and full of glory bo first,
j Keep a list of you" hopes; and let
' the hope of glory 1 e foremost.
! (;. Keep a ii.-rt of yotfr sorrows; and let
1 sorrow for sin he first.
7. Keep a list of your enom'es; and
however many there may be, .put down
the “old man” and the “old serpent”
first.
, 8. Keep a fist of your s : ns; and If t the
j sh> -f unl-1: fhesi t down as the first
and worst of all. — Fro.nptcr.
SaMimiali.
j r,. .1. QUILMARTIN. JOHN FLANNERY
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COTTON FACTOR
----- AND GENERAL-
Commission Merchant,
BA YS/\, SAVAXXAIf UA.
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DR. D m COX,
UTS STOCK- SIAKHTEBEB HEATS AS!
(Commission Merchant
—AND
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Ha r.i.v v Air, Georgia.
consignments of
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(.'an always find a Bar#!* Slock and Bow BriccMit
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| March 21,1873. t.Wr>-’73
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J January 81. 1878. 5-tt
JOHN ii. i»l<*3'AliL7~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
QUITMAN, GA.
i pW' OHieo next to l-lnch's building, Klist ol
Court House Square.
July 24, 1878. ly
JAMES 11. HEN TEH,
Affornnr nub (fomtsedor af'l’alu,
.QUITMAW- OA.
Stf" Oi kick. in riiK Corin’
March 17, 1871
j \Y. !L I.lkn\nr S. 'l'. Kinosukhky
BEN NET & KI XGHHEII Y,
j ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
C'rrr.MAn, Brooks County, Gkokoia.
I February 7. 1878 (1
EDWAK I) K HAH OEi\,
ATTOIiNEY AT LAW,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA,
\-r.. Office, in (lie Court House, "second door
J May 2(1, 1872, ly
G. A Ifowiai.. 15. A. Dkxmark.
mm ELI. Jk DEiNM AUK,
Attorneys at |l*aw,
NO. 8 Hi; AV ION ST..
Savannah, Georgia.
T'efor. by permission. to Messrs. Groover,
S übbs&Oo., and It. 11. Reppard. Savannah,
lion. A. 11 lluiwll.J L Seward. Thomasville.
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Thankful <o friends
and jmlruns for past favors he w ill be pleased
to serve ilieiu in future. Ib/od woikand mod
et ate charges
March 11,1878* 11-fim
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bv faithfully’e.veoufiiig ad work entrusted to
him. to met it their e nM 'emv
Charges moderate. wo k guaranteed.
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Miscellaneous.
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which can he cured by a
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proved by the hundreds of
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Cough, and leave the cause
behind, as is the case with
most preparations, but it
loosens and cleanses the
lungs, and allays irritation,
thus removing the cause of
the complaint.
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THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
oßots of the Bii-rssT oc*osism<%.
Rev. 1). SHAVER, D. D., : : Editor
‘ ASSOCIATE EDITORS :
Kkv. I). E. HU ruiit. Uii. j.S. LAWTON.
CORRESPONDING EDITORS :
Rkv. ?. HENDERSON |» |) >t . Ai.pixk, Ala.
111". I*#. 15. I I’Alii 10, lb I)., : Ski*»v AL4.
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Subscription ih nilvMlfe, #2.50 a yens; to
Ministers, $2.00.
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Address, JAC I*. HARRISON A CO..
Proprietor*!.
IVUERXITY TlMlflE
Ipens ()ctober 1; continues ihrougli nine’monthH,
h is bi i'ani/a'4 in sehnnN on the elec ivo sys
lein. with full course' in Classics, Lifera'ure,
_ eicnee (with j racice in Chemical and Physical
Laboratories,) in Law Medici e. Engine* ring,
reaching and A icii'lure. .\*>plv for Cata
loguesto JAMIO' !•’ I! ARP-S' )N. Chairman. P.
O. I niversity of Virginia, Albemarle Cos., V®.
bubi guTna ran
Fourlli (Iraml Gift Concert
Tfor the benefit of the
PIJBJiI (i LI HR AR¥ • K ENTBCK Y
12,000 CASH (}JFTSS 1 fifoo,ooo
very Fifth Ticket Draws & Gift
,<>,• #,10.00.
, r l he I'onrlh (irrnd (iill Concert anlhorizetl bv
pecial act of the Leg suture for llie benefit of
the Public liibrary ri'Kentucky, will take place
ii Public Library Hall, ai T.onisi ille. Kv..
V\ LDNKSDAY. DTA 17 M lIKK 3. ’73
Only sixty thousand tickets will be sob; and
-no half of these are iub'nded for tin* Lnropean
Market, thus leaving only 80 000 for sale in the
Cnircd Slates, where 700.000 were disposed of
>r the Third Concert. The tickets are divided
nto ten coupons or pai ls and have on their fm«k
S •homo wi h a full of the Inode
>f di awing.
At ‘in concert, which will be ihe grand
tusical di-p'ay r witnessed in this country,
he unprecedented sum of
*1 500.000,
livided into 12,000 cash gifts, will be distributed
tv b*t among the lidd h biers. The numhirra
rs llie tickets (.'» be drawn from one wheel
Mind children and llie gilts from another
LIST OF GIFTS:
>ne < J rand Cash (Jiff $2 50,0^0
>rie (irand c : ~-|, (iif! 100, fi'i
)ne (7rand Cash fjjft 50,<K
)ne Grand Ca h Gift 25, Oi*
)ne (; • and < 'ash Gift 17 ~V
10 Cash Gifts .sp .000 each ...' ]OO,C
80 Ca«h c-f'is 5 (-C0 each, 150,0*
50 Gash Gifts 1.000 each 50,0 -
80 C »sh Gifts 500 each 40,ft'
100 Cash Gifts -lOOeu li 4(7,0
150 Cash Gifts 200 each 45,
'SO Cash (7 iffs 2*eccfi sft 0«
825 Cash <7 iff« 100 each 32,5.
n,OO*J Cash Gifts r *n each 550, <
Total 12,000 GIFTS ALL CASH,
amounting to $1,500,0'
The distribution will he p< silive, whether •>
h • tickets are sold <>i not. aid the 12.000 g!u
ill paid in jirnporlinn tnthe tickets sold—all *■
old Pickets being dedro ed. as at tlie Fiist ir*
S ond Concerts, and not represented in 4*
draw log.
rum: or tu kets:
Whole ticki s SSO; h szs; Tenths.f
ach Cniipon, $5: l‘ilevm \S I, b* Tickets for ssc,
,t\ Tickets for S LOt-O: 118 Whole Tickets # t
-5.000; 227 Whole T'e r i-> fir SIO,OOO. Jr.
iiscount on less than S">00 worth of Tickets at ♦
itne.
The nnparalled success of the Third Gift Con(
•ert. as well as the satislaetinn given In the
irst and 8» i ond makes i; onl\ necessaiy i nn
lOimce the Fourth to injure the sale ol cverj
l icket. The Fo.if lit Gift Conceit will be con
ducted in all its details like the Third, and full
articular* may be lea ned from circular*,
w hich will be sent tree from this office to all win
tpply for them.
Ticke'B now ready for salt*, and all orders ae*
companied by the money piouiptly filled. Lit
cral lei ms given to those who buy to sell agafe-
TIIOS. !\ (ill \SiLETTE.
Agent Pub 1 Libr K\., and Manager C;•
Coucert, Publ Libr. building, Louis\ ille K .
M ‘ 4 ' /-