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No. 30.
SAlTSTDEESVILLE, GEU, AUGUST 3. 18TQ.
VOL, XXIV.
CARDS.
J. C. GATXA1LER,
Attorney at Law,
gandersvillc, Georgia.
April 13, 1870. M-tf
- jn s N.-GILMORE, n. 1), D. TWIGGS.
■‘GILMORE & TWIGGS.
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Courts* of the Middle Circuit.. ai)d the counties of
CvwUuson, I^aurens and GlasscooU.
' >Tlc >. O, 1870. •
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jnn. 31, 1870
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ptficr in Court House
GJiice,
Jan. 19. 137('.
ne^i door tp Post
HENRY 1). CAPERS,
Attorney at Law,
savannah, ga.
Office: 6.1 Drayton Street.
Mav 4, 1870. tf
IB. GAY. II. WHIT A lit R,
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SANDKRSVILLE, GA.
Terms POSITIVELY Cash.
July 28, 1.870 21— lv
ITGIISLEV, JR.
B. T. MORRIS
BOTH WELL & WOODBRIDGE,
COTTON FACfCJis,
and
General < ommisnion
MERCHANTS,
74 SAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Mug. 19, 186$. ly
ALFIU’.D H. COLQU1T, JAMES BAGGS, HI GH IX. COLftHITT
Balter County, Newij&n, Ga. Savannah, Q*at‘
COLQUITT & jiAGGS,
COTTQN FACTORS
ANI)
General Commission Merchants
Day Street. Savannah, Georgia.
Special attention io the Falo of Cotton, Lumber
an tf Timber. Liberal advances on Consignments.
June 9, !870p Nr: 23—ly
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
MATTINGS,
LACK CURTAIN AND SHADES.
Work
Done
JLotc
Promptly
Slates.
at
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Feb. 23, 1879. ly
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Corner Whitaker ii St. Julian Streets, savannah, ga.
Whole milt and Itel ail Dealers in
BOOKS & STATIONS ¥ ALL KINDS,
COPYING &SEAL PKESSES, i’EN KN1VKS,
News & Printing Paper & Ink,
GOLD PENS, PEN AND PENCIL CASES,
lUTHR'I l?V P 4f A P V I Q 001.111 bAi), AM) i naun uadiui,
1 l ulloLli 1 & jLUiiJAiOj i { c^ger, Writing & Colored Papers
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IBRC1IAN0ISE,
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of
P 00DS <fiven in c-xchange (ft,- all kind
Country Produce.
Liberal advances made on Cotton and Wool
consigned to them for sliipm^it.
June 8, IS^O.. tf
BERNARD fl. SMITH,
Manufacturer and' Dealer in
TEST AMAEE,
SA NDJi Its V "(i 1(0 KG I A.
A 1 L kimis of work in Tin, ropj-er, Sheet; Iron,
(fte. Jce., done y:i abort notice. lt.pnlinT.l^utt.er-
inj Vida'vino ir, tov,v ur country, ] ronipUy utteu-
ded to. ■* ''
Men'lmnt< wii;# be supplied with Ware ol the
n>; Quality on the mc»t reasonable terma.
'Ordera solicited.
April 2.8, I870, tjf
Of all kindst and size* for Blank and dob Work,
Playing, Visiting & Printers’ Cards, &c-
Books Ordered or Imported, at At-tr York Bates.
john M. Cooper. George T. Qnantock.
Alex. C. N. Smets.
J. n, 25, 1870. 6m
40 eta.
40 eta.
ll.o?..). Dunbar.
Henry A, Stnlti
New Music.
On the lien' ll of Long Planch, Comic Song 30 eta.
The Guy young Clerk in the Dry-Good e-tore,
Comic eong, c t s -
The Lord will Provide, sacred song, £‘J eta.
Man I t)! CVme back to uie, illustrated
song, cts.
A heart that beats only for thee, iynsSMted
Title song '
Katy Mcbcljran, illustrated Title song,
You’ve been a friend to me, il.ustratcd Title
soil*?, ■' ' '40 ets.
TiiSsi-V on the Boots, comic song, 50 cts.
Up ni 'a li.illoou, “ 50 cts.
Q,* f.it me kiss the Bahy,“ “ 3,V cts.
! Music sent b\ mail, postucc paid, on receipt ol
the price annexed.
HERMANN L, &CHREJNER,
Book aud Musi^ Dealer,
SAVANNA}!, - - GEORGIA.
March 30, 1870.
32-ly
J. DUNBAR & Ul.
Importers and Dealers in
Pandies, whiskies, gins, wi^s
SE<;ARS, TOBACCO, Ac.
147 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
11, 187Jj r 3 ff
I. L. FALK & Co.,
—ONE PRICE—
Wholesale and Retail
Clothing WareliOMsc,
No. 147 Congress & 147 St. J alien Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
A large Assortment of EurnisliTigGoods,Hats,
Trunks, Valises, &e., always on hand,
lanufactory, 44 iUnny Slreet, Nety Yoik.
i 1+ .ft *r » ■
Goods made to order at the shortest notice.
January 19, 1870. 8—ly
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Wholesale and Retail
KjE-ALERS IN
Hardware, Rubber Belling^ ^fri-
ciifcUral Implements,
fowler, Shot, Caps and L^.,
US Congress and 67 St. Julian Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
^tch so, 1870. ' ' G
Jolin Oliver,
Wilder and Glazier,
H Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga]
Dealer in
^ a shes, Doors, Blinds,
Mouldings, Paints,
JUS, GLASS, PUTTY,
fainters’ and Glaziers’ Materiul. Mixed
4 ' nt8 Golprs and Shades.
'«• 2:-, 1870.
ME1NH ATiD lUtOS. & CO.,
W holt-sale Dealers In
Bq^Shoes,Hats,
Ready Made Clothing,
GENTLEMEN S
FURNISHING GOODS,
Hi Broughton Street.,
SAVANNAH, (lE&RG^A.
II. Mk;nuari>,
1. NlttNHAHD,
S. aIlinhard,
K. A. VYkll.
OFFICE,
3.V $ ^2 W lute St.
NEW YORK.
Jin. 19, l.q7
r.
Davant, Waples Co.
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—AND—
Cotnn^ission Jflerchants,
SA.-V : A c NJSi±-£I,
Q E O E
June 9, 1870*
G I A.
23—ly*
A. Freidenberg 4' Bro.
Wholesale and Retail
in
HEAVY and
FANCY GROCERIES!
Corner of Barnard and Broughton Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
<1
K EEP constantly on hand a fnll;supply of Ba
con, Suit, Fish, Foreign and Domestic Li-
onors. Wines, Havana and West India t rnits, he-
gars of the best Brands and of direct importation,
& Buyer« from the op country, will Sod it to th«ir
advantage to examine oar Stock and prices, before
purchasing eloowhere. .. .
Aug. 25, 18i9. 84 -'y
PULASKI HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, , . - - GEORGIA.
Wiltberger & Carroll,
PROPKIETORS.
Jan. 18. 1870.
3—ly
Gr.o. F. Palmes, O. Ly«*n 5 I). J. Both well,
ot Sa van null,a. of Savanna pf Dooly Co.,(4a.
Established 1S50. ‘Special.
PALMES & LYON
Wholesale G rpeers
AND
CpAlMISSION NIERCHANTS,
N. E. Corner Bay and Barnard Streets,
SAVANNAH, Ga.
Aug. 25, 1849. ‘ " 34-tf
E. H. Cohen,Jr.,
Manufuctuier of
Saddles, Harness and Trunks,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds of
SADDLERY WARE,
Corner of Whitaker and Bryan Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
———•—-
Orders for Rubber Belting, Hose and Packing; also,
Stretched Leather Belting, Filled Promptly.
March 23,187'’. ’ ly
s. G. HAYNES & BKO,
GRAIN A-jSTD
(f Ginmissioit UmjpiHs,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
./ft n. 19, 1870.
D. R. Millar,
fixtvoxtev and Dealer m
Railroad and Steamboat Supplies,
PAINTS OILS and GLASS,
famishes, JYaval Stores,
Lord, Whale, and Sperm Oils, Burning Oils,
in cans aud liairels,
Waste, Packing,
BELTINTG, &C.
102 BRYAN STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
March 2^, ^87<*. ly
M. KER8T & GO-,
WHOLESALE DEALERS 1.\
Tyines, Liquors, Segars a^4
rp?
FAI^CY GUOCERIES, CANDIES, &e., &c.,
Removed to corner
R\\ and WHITAKER
’ SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
House in New York, 44'J Broadway.
April fi,’l*70. ly
A. J. MILLIP £ < 0 ,
Furniture Warehouse,
138 BROUGHTON STREET,
Savannah, Georgia.
New Work ?,vt<,le to order, Repair
ing, Bell Hanging^ Mattress Making
and Upholstering,
AT SIIOnT A'OTIVL.
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Aug. 25, 1869.
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Consl.in.thj un hand a Splendid loot of
ITALIAN AND AMEBICAN
IRON RAILING for CEMETERIES
or other enclosures furnished at Man
ufacturers’ prices.
This is one of the oldest establishments in the
country; aud long experience enables them to in-
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All Orders will Receive Prompt
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6«pt. 8, 1869. 36-ly
Ale xander & Rnssell,
Wholesale
GROCERS.
Cor. Abercoru and Bryan Sts.,
Savannah., Gra.
Wm. E. Alexander.
. May 11, 1870.
Wm. A. Rnssell.
18-lv
J. A. 3IERCIKR,
DEALER IN
(Cora, Hay, Bran,
And all Kinds of
FEED, GRIST, and REAL,,
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED
And Orders Promptly tilled in every channel
of Tr&,4?- 1
153 Bay Sired,
One door east of Holcombe, lluil & Co.,
SAVANNAH. - - GEORGIA.
All Orders will receive Prompt Attention.
May 11. iS7o. 18-ly
E. 1). Sinythc & Co.,
Importers and Wholesale D^airrs iu
Crockery, Ulilna and Glassware,
and Agrents tor the following Celebrated
iELF-SEALING FRUIT JABS,
Miscellaneous.
[From the New York Denocrat.]
Marriage of Jefferson Davis-
in Pints, Quarts, t Gallons and Gallons, in
quantities from i Gross to 100 Gross. Send
for Pamphlet on Preserving Fruits and our
rj-ici s. Liberal Discount to the Trade.
E. D. SMYIIIE & CO.,
142 Congress & 141 bit. Jiilien St.,
Savannah, Ga.
•Vine 1, 1870. if
J. M. HAYWOOD,
Deil.r in
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
COMBS, ©RUSHES,
America ;i^id Iinpoi led Perfuryery^
Cor. Bull and Bryan Streets,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
May 11, 187.1. tf
LITTLE & PHILLIPS,
a- :R/Oo:e:R/S
AND
97 Bay Street,
*.f 1V1.V.V.2/#, GJM,
Agents for Russell Coe’s Arnmoniated
S.nrierpl.iospl)ate of Lime.
May n, 1870.
A. B. Gooiiman, II. Mvehs, F. Mveiis.
Lymlil.urg, I n. Savannah, (Ja. Lynchburg, Va
(iOOl)MAN & MYERS,
TCPACCO
And in
Cigars and. iPipes,
137 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GA,
Tisy- Ax Agents for the various Manufaelures of
Virginia, We are prepared fill orders for every
grade and style, at Manufacturers’ prices.
WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES ?OR
IDES, BEESWAX, Aq,.
nil
May 11, 1870.
18-ly
C. y. HUTCHINS,
Wholesale Dealers in
Hay, Grain ? Produce,
133 and 135 Bay Street,
SA VANNAH, GEORGIA.
REFERENCES,
Ketclium &Ilartridge, Saw; Hunter & Gammell,
Savannah ; Business Houses generally, Bav.; J. H.
Sr.-.ith & Co., Bultimoro; Marshall, Philips & Co.,
Ph ladelphia ; Williams & Morrison, N. Y.; Lew
is Brown £ Co.; Boston ; \. L. Griffin & Co., Buf
falo ; E. W. S. Nefl, Cincinnatti.
May 11, 1870. 18-ly
BY HUMANITY, JR.
It mav not be generally known that
Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, late
President of the Confederate Slates of
America, was first married to a daugh
ter of the late lamenD-d Zachary Tay
lor, who was elected President of the
United Stales in 1848. Much less are
the peculiar incidents and roman lie
cirtumslances hitei:d;rg Mr. Davis'
marriage to Miss Sarah Knox Taylor
known to p,the wotld. I | ro, we to
make up this chapter of history.
During the‘Black Hawk War,’more
than a third of a ceptqry ago, Colonel
Taylor, commanded Fort Crawford, at
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (then
Michigan), and his family herewith
him. Jefferson Davis, then a young
graduate pf W est Point; bearing a
Lieutenant's poirtfP'Ssion in the regular
ayiny, was alsp under orders'at the same
fort. Handsome, brave and chivalrous
by nature, and possessing all thesuavi
ty, ease and grace which thorough in
tellectual culture ^nd refined society
confer, it is not strange that his heart
became [he ta’gctfor many of Cupid’s
seldom erriDg arrows. Qne of those
arrows, by glance of Miss Knox Tay
lor’s flashing eyes, ‘bit the mark,’ and
it so happened 'bat Miss Knox’s heart
went with the missle, and that the two
hearts became indissolubly connected.
Colonel Taylor, lookiqg with disfavor
upop. the situation, resolved [o break
the alliance, and aceoidingiy directed
his servant to say [o J£ n °x, R3 he al
ways called his daughter, that he wish
ed to see her in the parlor. Sue came,
and the fallowing conversation ensued :
‘Knox, whatcun possibly be the ob
ject of Lieutenant Davis in visiting the
Louse so frequently ?’
‘I cannot imagine, father, unless it is
to see and talk with me.’
‘You surely do not encourage his
visits?’
‘Why not? Lieutenant is handsome,
generous, refined and courageous.
Y r oung ladies usually felt tbem-eives
complimented by the attention of such a
gentlemen.’
‘This willneverdo—never do, Knox.
I must forbid him the house.’
‘Why, father! What possible ob
jections have you to Lieutenant Da-
v.s?’
‘He is all that you claim for him, my
daughter; but he is too headlong and
headstrong. Should you become his
wife you will be left g widow after his
-•t battle. In truth, there is no tell
ing to what sad fate that young man’s
rash impetuosity will lead nim. It
will, qqt do—i,t will never do.’
Withoutawaitingan answer or word,
Colonel Taylor strode rapidly away in
his military boots, with the imperious
air of one whose word was law, leav
ing Miss Knox to her tears and a wo
man's resotxzS-
L etenant Davis received an intima-
tiou sufficiently pointed to enable him
to understand that his presence at Col
onel Taylor’s could be dispeused with.
Nothing of unusal interest occurred
during the succeeding n oath, except
that the health of the Colonel’s beau
tiful and accomplished danghter <Je-
clitied rapidly, aud it because to be se
riously feared that the fell destroyer,
consumption, had marked herasauoth
er victim, whilst the young lieutenant
became so quick tempered and irrita
ble that if any one dared even to re
gret that Miss Taylor was not looking
so well as usual, coffee and pistols for
two were likely to be (jail for. A de
nouement came, however, a3 usual in
all strategic movements either in love
or in war.
One bright morning, ere the early
bee bad gone forth to gother his sweets
from floweis and field, Colonel Taylor
was aroused from bis s.umbers. By a
strange coincidence he h^d been dream
ing of ‘Wild Jeff 1 upon his noblesteed,
with Knox so gracefully sitting on her
blooded poney, runningthe gauntlet of
scalping knives, tomahawks and pois-
one darrows. Being awakened he de
tnanded to know why he had been dis
turbed at; so unreasonable an hour.
‘Ave, ay?, sir, it’s only Patrick after
coming to tell your honor that Knox’s
darlint pony has wone out through the
key (kay) ( bole of the stable, briddled
and saddled himself, aud set out on a
race with the wild winds, if you Judge
by the wide apart pruU*-ef h:s hoofs
that he was after la^ijig behind, him,
sir, and Miss Knox herself, sir p?ust
have fastened nerself in the bonnet
box in her 50031, for biddy," thp girl,
and S&Hy tl?e nager, watched tune
about, both at once, after seeing her re
tire, and ala? didn’t get out, and she’s
not in there, sir, and—’
‘Silence!’ roared, ^h? Colonel.
‘Ifis, yis, your servant,’ pyied Pat,
placing his ear to the key-hole.
‘Can you tell, we, Patrick,’ said the
Colonel, ‘whether Lieutenant Davis’
horse is in his stall ?’
‘He is not, sir. and his saivint pro
tista it’s a red-skin has rode him away.
Sure there’s not another rider this side
of the odd dart would give such jumps
from a horse as the lieutenant’s made
when he waslavin,’ and that ye can
know be measuring the space twixt
his tracks.’
‘Well, well, Patrick, go now.’
Away went the anxious Hibernian
in eager search for further light touch
ing the mysterious occurrences of the
night. The faithful Patrick wild with
excitement and trembling with appre
hensions regarding the safety
' -i
ppi
ox the
‘darlint Miss
well-being of his favorite lieutenant,
passed hurriedly from place to place, by
his highly agitated manner, spreading
serious alarm as a contagion in the
tropips , so that when the Colonel, a
little later, reached his front door, citi
zens were approaching from every di
rection, and his practiced eye discov
ered that the whole garrison was in
commotion, as if momentarily expect
ing to be led forth by hirn to the res
cue of his beloved daughter and the
young lieutenant, who were supposed
10 hsve been captured by the hated
‘red skins.’—The general excitement
wasgreaily augmented half an hour
tf prwards by the discovery that IJeu-
enput.George Wilson (brother of Hon.
Thomas S. Wilson, of Dubuque, Iowa),
and Miss Street, were also among the
missing.
The opinion prevailed generally that
ihe four young friends had been cap
tured and scalped, as it was not to be
supposed that even the courage of those
gallant and chivalrous young officers
could permit them to pass, especially
with ladies, beyond the picket lines.
Hence, at an early hour, the good
French pioneers of the prairie came
from every direction, mounted on their
fleeiest ponies, and armed with guns,
pistols, butcher knives, etc.’ while the
women wept in anguish over the loss
of their favorites of the fort. In the
midst of all this confusion and before
Colonel Taylor had quite decided upon
the precise course proper to be pursued,
an old pioneer, more eajm aRd self-
possessed than the great mass about
him, descried, far over the prairie, two
gentlemen and two ladies on horse
back, approaching the fort with appa
rently all possible speed. Attention
heing called to the | yous sight, and
all divining th&tthey were the missing
lieutenants and ladies who, by special
interposition of Providence, must have
escaped, but were hotly pursued by
their merciless captors, the whole body
of impetuous and brave hearted French
man were rushed with headlong speed
to the rescue, and were soon face to
face with the late lost ones, whom they
greeted with such shouts of joy, it was
averred, as had never before come from
the lips and the hearts of men on that
beautiful ‘Prairie of the Dogs.’
To say that the two lieutenants and
their fair companions were greatly as
well as most agreeably surprised at
these unexpected greetings and cordial
congratulations, would be but to con
vey a faint idea of their usLouishment.
They indeed ^ a d no QORCeption of the
real cause pj all this tumultuous re
joicing until the old pioneer, before
mentioned, rode forward, and in accents
of broken, almost so.bb.ing eloquence,
depicted the intense excitement and
grief which the discovery of the cap
ture of the lieutenant and ladies by
the ruthless savages, had occasioned
throughout the village. Lieutenant
Wilson essayed an explanation, but the
old man, motioning the lieutenant to
be silent, gay% hj& and away
dashed th.9 whole party toward the vil
lage---the ‘rescuers’ filled with joy over
the fortunate turn of events and hap
py results of the morning, while the
sides of tbe ‘rescued’' were splitting
with laughter at the ludicrous mistake
of their friends.
Arriving at the village, the lieuten
ants and l?,di?9, without being permit
ted ?, in explanation, were rap
turously greeted by men, women and
children, in every manner calculated
to manifest the great joy of the popu
lation consequent upon their miracu
lous escape from tomahawks and scalp
ing-knives, after passing that dread
ful night in the custody of savages.
Few men haye lived who, at any
period of their existence, possessed
stronger selfwill or cyntrol p.yer him
self than Lieutenant Davis j yet, in
vain did he on t(1 .at o?casion exert
every faculty aud power to repress the
resibilities of his nature in order to
render an explanation possible, Nfu?ii
less was it possible for the ever merry
and great hearted Lieutenant Wilson
to do so. These ludicrous circumstan
ces, with the exuberance of public re
joicing—all jabberiug away in French
and English at the same time—render
ed it utterly impossible for either of
the ‘rescued paAy’ to g?t in a word
edgewise or otherwise, and so the
crowd gradually dispersed.
Colonel 'f’aylor, however, ‘smelt a
mice,’ and was not long in ascertaining
the true state of affairs—that is, that
Jeff and his daughter Kuox bad en
gaged in ‘a runaway match,’ with Lieu
tenant Wilson aud the beautiful Miss
Street as groomsman and bridesmaid.
Truth would out, and in less than an
hour every man, woman and child in
the village knew all about the wedding;
and as they discussed the singular af
fairs and adventures of the morning,
the most uproarious shouts pf laugh
ter arose from every group anti house
hold.
There was, however, one face amid
that wide spread scens of mirth and
gayety that was livid with rage; two
lips tightly compressed; two eyes flash
ing with indignation, and one strong
hand grasping, now and again, the hilt
of an oft-tried sword. The reader
may well imagine that I refer to Colonel
Zachary Taylor, before whose angry
glance brave indeed must have been
the heart that did not become faint.
Colonel Taylor having declared,
with an oath strong as he ever used,
that under no circumstances would he
ever forgive Davis or become reconcil
ed with bis daughter, an alienatu n
therefore existed as wide cs the poles
of the earth.
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Book and Job work, of all kinds,
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
AT THIS OFFICE.
Sixteen years fiad passed away on
‘the wheels of time’ when General
Zachary Taylor and Colonel Jefferson
Davis met in a foreign country, amid
the sickening scenes of blood, carnage
and battle, in defence of tbeir coun
try’s honor, and over both of whose
commands defiantly floated 1 ‘the stap r
spangled banner’—a flag which at the
date (January 8th, 1848) was in truth
and reality the erpblem of liberty ar.t^
equality. Wherever on that sanguin
ary field ihe fierce contest raged and
duty cal.ed, there was seen the noble
and soldierly form of Colonel Jeffersdj)
Davis at the head of the ‘First Miss
issippi Rfles,’ than which no more
courageous, gallant, and glorious regi
ment ever unsheathed sword for nation
al honor. This was the battle of Buena
Vista, in Mexico where Colonel Davis
was severely, and it was at the tiuiq
supposed mortally, wounded by a can
non ball, and the fall of his horse, thq
latter being instantly killed.
******
It was evening at Buena Vista ; the
great battle had been fought. Ameri
can arms and yalor had triumphed, the
dead were being buried, and the wound
ed humanely cared for by comrades’
hands, when General Taylor mounted
bis splendid horse, ‘Old Whitney,’and
hurriedly made his way to the inarkee
of Colonel Jeff Davis. Arriving a|
the wounded colonel’s quarters, the
general quickly dismounted, stepped
10 the colonel’s cot, grasped him by
the hand, pressed it fervently, and, al
most overcame by emotion, said: ‘Jeffj
you have saved us the day with your
glorious ‘rifles’—let me confess that
Knox knew your worth and your met
tle better than I did.’
From that moment throughout the
war, and, infleefij until the death of
President Taylor, the warmest fripp^i
ship existed between those old’ com
panions in arms. Even when General
Taylor was the Whig President of the
United States and Jefferson Davis a
Democratic United States Senator from
Mississippi, amid all tbe political strifes
of the times, no feelings otber than
those of the purest, most unselfish re
gard ever existed between them.
L«t us trust, through hopeful augury,
if naught else, that another reconcili
ation may occur—that the people of
our beloved country may become again
united under an acknowledged obedi
ence to tbe constitution. Emulating
the example of the illustrious hero of
Buena Vista, let us truly realize that
while ‘to err is human,’ it befits the
brave to be forgiving and magoxmi-
mous.
— —
Two Young Men’s Colloquy.
‘Come, Sam, let’s go in and take a
little. Old Bob Bummer keeps thf.
best liqur in town. Come, don’t bang
back, let’s go in.’
‘Jim, I have been thinking this mat-
t?r oyer since I saw you last, and I
can’t do it. To be plain with you, Jim,
I have given my heart to the Lord
Jesus, and yon vyill never see me drmk
again. Besides, I have been figuring
on this* matter some, and what do you
suppose it costs us to patronize old
B.ob ?’
‘Well, a dollar or two a week, I sup
pose,’said Jim. i'
Sam, taking a pencil aud a piece of’
paper from his pocket book, banded
them to Jim, and said, ‘Let us look at
fully, and make a fait calculation, rod
1 deposit—
Your money, and lose it.
‘Your time, and lose it.
‘Your character, and lose tt.
‘Your health ot tody, and lose ft.
‘Your strength of mind, and lose ft.
‘Your manly independence, andlo^
it.
‘Your self respect, and lose it.
‘Your sense of right aud wrong, and
lose it.
.‘Your self coutrol, and lose it.
‘Your home coinfort, and lose it.
‘Your vytfe’s happiness, and lose it.
‘Your children’s rights, and lose
them.
‘Your country’s honor, and lose it '
‘Your own scul, aDd lose it.’
‘Sam, I’ll take the pledge for life on
that. Come, let’s go up to the Young
Men’s Christian Association Rooms
and sign the piedge together.’
Is it not as true of gambling as of
rum, that they destroy every thing
before them ? Are they not twin crime?
—American Messenger.
mm—
The Beginning of the Slay*
Trade.—The New York Standard) ha*
this item:
When Hawthorne was in England^
he was told by Monckiqn M,ilne% from,
whose lands a portion of the Pilgrim
fathers migrated, that thie next voy
age of the Mayflower, after she hid
landed the Pilgrims, was with a ?argo
of slayes froqi Africa to the. West In
dies.
Two deer hunters in Laureuscounty
killed seven deer in one day in seven
consecutive shots, and four out of a
flock of five—each two apiece. In
the last four years both have killed
one hundred ard seventy.
Two deacons were disputing about
the proposed site for a new graveyard,
when tbe first remarked; ‘I’ll never
be buried in that ground as long aa I
live.’ ‘What an obstinate man !’ said
the second. Tf my life is spared, T
will.’