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yOl* Df* thethomaston herald, pCBLiaHBD BY ICHABL Sc CABANISS, SATURDAY MORNING. terms. 1 50 | NV Mil ABLY IN ADVWTK P ,F * r .' in h« ,«t.o|ipe I fit the expiration of the ' !v, u ii.-'s subscription is previous renew.-fl. SI ' ,2.2 1 <‘ r * s*V*criber is to Oh cimriynd we 1 () |,i a d.ire»B as w. II as the new one, to ',', V ;spti' ,n received for a less period than three , carrier in town without extra charge, tien ton i to anonymous coMimnnisations. as 'n.iU- for everything enterl goer columns. f'. ’ , ! names of three new «n Inert b- one year f"' K . m , rk after s*»Msrriher<i name iffdicatesffliht the . RATES. „ , ~ vine are the rates to which we adhere In 1 1 lJ ,i v „riisin«’4-or where aiUrerUseiheuts t ( nes or h;.- ( s ( Voppariel type). $1 f;>r ' ; ’-<* cents for each subsequent insertion. .l ujl *2 5(1 ♦ i.*> 00 1 i Ann 10 (Mij l*t'oi 25 00 leaves .. •• ,m 700 15(101 2’> 05 8000 < -s) rates .. •• 4 rt V ')* 0 t 2000: 3<» (HI) 40 00 "■ •> to 200 30 00 40 001 50 00 '{ I'ohrna 20 Oo! 35 00! R 5 00 80 00 . mi to oft 70 00 130 no M fyertlseraent? will becnarg.d according '.h/si-tcrdier occupr. 1 »ivtrtiiefnen's should be marked for a specified V "a rwjyt* they Will be continued and charged lor ■■ ;| |i’f e I ntlt. ■ ■ VI -rti-.-u-nts interted at intervals to be charged nr vewh Insertion. Olrrrtisements to n>n for aiamrer period th n three „ are hue and will be collected at the beginning of Hich (fiirter r rl nM.‘iilH'lvertisiunents must be paid for in advance. \:|vHrtlsetn«nts discontinued from any cause before „ ; ,j ri i|„n «»f time specified, will be charged only for til time published. «,i,m and cards one square $lO 00 a ve»r. Mr i up* Notices $1.50 Obituaries $1 per square. N res of a personal or private character, in'en led HU'ite hiiv rlvate enterprise or interest, will he #Pi\ is other advertisements tUsers are reqit'*-ted to hand in their favors as nifdn the wee as possible ,1 ore fe >ni will he *t> i rf ly lulhei'ml to, LEGAL ADVERTISING. \ i since the w ir, the following are the .... f,*r notices of Ordinaries, Ac. l —to rk paw in ad ocr: er Days’Notices ....... 500 Mrs lav's 1 Notices ... « 25 ,«f ban N he pr. sqr of ten Lines 6 00 MUy o»vs’ Notices .. ... ? 00 ~ Months’ Notice# . .. I* 00 p n r>iv-’ Notices of Safes pr sqr. .. .2 00 ~i„.ikkt' s was —for these Bales, for every fl fa $3:00. Vortgogts Sales, p r square. $7) 00 '![,»( asi'l" a lihrrai per centage f<*r advertising H„, you self unccasiuglv before tile public; and it chM. not what iiusi ess vott are engaged in. for. if , 'i'iit.l van I industriously pursued, a fortune will * c r ,.,n't—Hunt s Merchants’ Magazine. Utter I begin to I'vertLe mv Ironware freely, m increased with imaz ng rapidity. For ten n put 1 hive spent fidotMto vearl. to keep mv <,,r w ires before the public Had l been timid in civ.'. I never should have pn-sensed my fortune /fi. Hie’’.—Mei.eod Helton. Birmingham "iitwislng like Midas’ touch, turns everythin#to .• 'I. H .-If, vntK Inring men draw millions to their offers”—Smart (I|.iy ' Untaudicitv is to love, and boldness to war. the 1 "f are nf printer’s i )t-. is to success in business Dr cbei*. Vi'h'i it tbegri<l of advertilemen*#i I ou.[d have done finth-ngin my p eulailons. I have the rnoat comple e 'i ; a••printers'ink." Adve.tisingjs the “royal road to businessßarnnei Professional Paros. \\ \ RV, \ !J, \rt r ov u* L’ * v I'h on_ '' astnn. Oa Will practice jp the Flint Tirctiit or tlww’iere,ami attend promptly to business, jin 13- ts. \\ I K RH, A'tnri.pu -.it L-iw ’ * Thnmaston, <la , will practice in all the Courts - Mint Circuit, and t Isewli re bv special contract • ,v i® ' betiey’s brick building Southeast c >rt»er run. upsmirs. ’ J ml3-tf \y I' vI*EKI>U K 1 v>■ .* r» *e tin I / urn Iv located at. The Hock, tenders his pr fessional 1 ‘ stnth surroundirg coinmuity. and promises to labor or attention to those who mu patronize july - 22—fitno U 1 A\l) 'V I(’ | L ,\t' rnev u 'i G'vH' • * v Mr at Law, Thoninston, Ida. Will practice sneral ( 'onrtji of the State of (Jeorgi i.aild attend '' v tu all business entrusted to his care. loti Its p »V\ o\’ ,fc Iti-VIEKE V >•> 01 of Oriffin. (fa. Offit ein \lm.ah ’ 'nil, next door “ Tut 1 imoK Will practice in the t’-oumies j 'Hijt tne flint 1 dreuit, and in the United States j’urt. Attention given to cases in bankruptcy, I) »Yil iV NUN \ \ LLY \ • -at l-nv, (Jrutin. (da. Will practice in all the coun the Flint Judicial Circuit., and in the j snt leiiwether, Clacton. Fayette and Coweta, I, iiticein the Supreme Coilrt of Georgia, and the 1 " un >d the United curies tor the Northern aud Districts of Georgia ’'VNAI.LY. * [tplls-l v] L. T. TKrifaU J I V LLEN \rnir i"v -C L W I'd <n >efnn. f.a. Will practice in the counties coirr , ' Flint -luiiicial Circuit, and elsewhere by 1 'Muriel VI) business promptly attended to. :n Cheney's brick building. tnehll-Ty !l\ I K IvKN *V LL ti’ • ' h’' »>r Is- services tc. the citizens of t hmnaston attd ‘"lading country. May be found durin t e day at >ru - 'tore, at night at the former reside ce »»f opposite Rogers A Cheney’s Warehousa 15 and ly ,| V KKIM) NG. Vt >»r “v tft Lw. * Hrnesvil e, Pike co, Ga. Will practice in the ■ w '’'''uprising the Flint .Judi cial Cir uit, and r I" ”by special ontract Ai ••usiness promptly M’ Othce in Elder * building, over''haraber’s UgtJ- y V Tb A VS BE \LL Arr.o-n.-v u- L-w. tu'u vv\'!L lftn ’ '' a- Will practice in the Flint Cir - special contract. aug‘27 *y Attnr ev sif«'i G u 1 - G r ’ F y,,. .'ll |ir%ctice in the counties composing f. I ' iri rtlr Pj' , 11 .’ the Supreme Court of «.eor ia, rW' ,etr,)urt United States for the •ii'iDigt.' hern Districts of tieorgia. \ X «t**>* * McOALL V Af.ri.-vs ' r and rt , Georgia. Will attend regu- ‘ 1 ( ' e in the Superior 1 ’ourts of the v *° n ' 11 nry, Spalding Pike - v, "rgan, l ieKalb Gwinnette and das dec <»-ly J \ VI It \ ’* U** ( r, t[ . VIHE A S \t rnev s« t t., n 2th. ° h t ,' n '. < ’ a ’ w '*' l ,rfl ctlceall the counties ' ’ontract a Circuit and elsewhere by * dec |U-ly * -in,. 1 I Atr .rno-y qt |>,vr R;\ " f 31 'irctiit o V! 1 P r ®ctice in all the counties of s,| preme Court of the State. I % BTcFiiUH \'r■.r ITi • a „r the fw‘;K° a . WiU in all the v emme tt l^o,>, 'heo Circuit, and Upton and 11 1 n<) iEw.s~rr —: “ 1,1 °«ce at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug i-- deeply W EKL ll A'/orrtev u t L 1 w nib I !, rac . tice >« Circuit Courts of If (l Lwtei ?Utes DUUlct Cos art*. LADIES’ FANCY STORE I OVER MUSSES. FLEMISTEE & EEOOES, CORNER OF HILL AND SOLOMON STREETS, GRIFFIN. GEORGIA, yy" 0lJ LL> respeittfully iuform the good citizens of Thnmaston and vicinity that we have now in store, and keep constantly on hand a superior slock and very latest styles of i.adtes’ AtseSiiiess GOODS, 1 ' LAJDISB’ &I HILDKEM)’ SHOES, LADIES’ jewelry; LADIES’ HOSIERY, LADIES’ NOTIONS, MILLINERY', &c. A thousand little tricks and trinkets that Men-Mer chahts know nothing about, to be found at our Store. MILLINERY ! The Choicest., Freshest, and SWEETEST, stock in the maket. Goods manufactured to suit the taste of customers. Orders respectfully solicited. Call on or address : MRS. M. A. HIGHTOWER & 0., mayl3-tf Gridin, Georgia. ANDREWS & HILL, MANUFACTURERS AND OF.ALKKB IN FURNITURE. V • • ' . v. COFFINS, &c«, &c., r% AT a J oiraA 2 i^vA ,l/& T. G. WDKT’.IVT Mill, Five Mile® Soutllavest of Thnmastoii, Ga. \I r F rv-ii'd rp meet ft) 1 1 v inf-rm '>n* - v v friends and the public generally, that we have estahed a FURNITURE MANUFACTORY at the above named pi ac, wliere we nianutacture and keen constantly on hand superior Furriltureof all kinds, varieties, and grades We are prepared to fill all or d. is tor(h>FFlNs, and do all kinds of Cabinet work with neatness and dispatch We flutter ourselves that we can please ail that know good work when they see it (Mir facilities arid advantages in preparing our own Lumber and Manufaetuaing our ow Work enables us to otter anv quantity, better varieties, fin d.-ci* edly better bargains than other Furniture dealers in tins section ot country. We earnestly request all that are in need of any filing in our line to c ill .nd examine < ur stock, as we feel satisfied th it we can give satis taction in style, quality and price. All work warranted! to be it' represented. Orders solicited. may2tMy .IAS ANDREWS & L S. HILL, CIIEAP READING •THE .VILA VI A NEW ERA. CLUI? RATES. In order to piar e the WEEKLY NEW ERA within the r ach of all. the proprietors have determin ed to to'offer 'Dflowing SPLENDID INDUCEMENTS : One copy, one year . . $ 3 00 Ten copies one year, f 1.50 each 15 00 Twenty copies, one year. $1.25 each 25 (ft Thirty copies one year tl.oo.ea-h 30 00 The Weekly Era contains nearly twenty-eight col umns of choice leading matter each issue, consisting of Politics. Literature, Market Reports, find GENERAL NEWS. Make up your Clubs at once. Postmasters are authorized aud requested to act as Agents. Address SEW ERA OFFICE, jtily29-tf Atlanta, Ga. J usf RKOKIVEIM gQ DHLS. BLUE GRASS RYE WHISKY. gQ BBLS. CROWES EYE WHISKY". RBLS. DUNCAN BOURBON. BBLS. FAIRFAY BOURBON. 100 BBLS COUN WIIISKY - Arda Large assortment of Imported and Domestic 3RANDFIS AND WiNFS, Which we offer extr unely low. As we buy only from Distillers and firs class Importers and only FOR CASH, we can offer rare inducement. Give ns a call and ex ami our stock. L. OHEX *s; CO., oct2l 3nj Atlanta, Ga. CANNON IIOITSE, (Recently St. James Hotel. 1 Marie tin Street, Gate City Block, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. B mr-L Per D»v,s .00 ort2l-6m DR. THOsTa. WARREN^ GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, OFFERS *• «. rv ia'< r• • Ml*. C 'XJ I f Griffin and vicinity Special attention given to the treatment ol CIIRONIC DISEAJSKS. Those at adist-nce cancan consult him by letter. Office over George Beecher A< o , ill Street. april*29-tf WATCH REPAIRING. r JVIF, citizen* n* I’t sn •'1 :ioj toe t 1 cottnties are tesj>#ctfiiHy infonneff-that I have m>-veil my stock so the Store, o VfAVin W alia ce, arid nrrvnow prepared to execute work in mjf'line of busi ness, on tlte most fnVorabl teems. Rep rring ot all kinds done at the shortest in*ice and i the neatest man ner. I have facilities t--r turning ont good work, and by strict attention to bu>iness hope to receive a liiteral shatn of patronage. Very respectfully, apriiS ts WM L. BRYAN. BYINGTON S HOTEL, COKNER RROADWaT ARD HILL STIIKt-fc, GRIFFIIV, GEORGIA TIIOMASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, IRT2. F U it N I T U it E AND VARIETY WORKS, THOM ASTON, CA. I WOULD RFAPFOTFULLY NOTIFY nil who are in need of anything in the FURNITURE line, th?it I am now manufacturing large quantities of various styles at as LOW PH ICES as the same goods can be bought in any market in Georgia. All work is warranted to give satisfaction. We are also pre pare to do till kinds of WAGON WORK, having secured the services of com petent workmen. Can also furnish NEW BUGGIES to suit the most, fastidious, and will do all kinds of re pairing in that line promptly and in good order. We can furnish Sash, Doors, Blinds, ami other BUILDING MATERIAL, upon short notice and as reasonable as they c.an be bought elsewhere. Can Dress and Match Lumber of till kinds, and having a large number of good Mechanics employed all the time, we are prepaired t«» take Contracts for Building of all kinds at low rates. Mr. J. J, [NpRAM, who is in charge of the business, will be found at the Shop all times, and will be pleased to serve any -one in need of anything in his line. PAR. J. C. ZIMMERMAN, will also be found at this|sbop—-he is making the BEST OfIAIUS ever before; made in this country, and will be pleased to supply all who innw limits which he will fully guarantee to give satisfaction. This is an enterprise dependent upon the public for a support and though it may look small; it hns cost, a large sum of money to put it in operation. A liberal share of patron age is solicited. JOSEPH ALLEN, nov4-tf Thomaston, Ga. ItOJEaS & CHENEY, WAREHOUSE AND COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, TIIOMASTO.Y, GEORGIA. I\ T E tmko thi* iretlmd of our ? v fvi mU ami the public generally that our SEW W A IjJCTIt >USE is nmv and we are now p*£- par««l to serye them in the y yp - Ni Storage and Sale of Cotton. Our Scales ar* 1 new and corr ct., and having se-mred tiie ser\ ices of a competent and reliable Statesman, wo can saf- lv guarantee to do justice to both buyers and sell-is. LIBERAL ADVANCES will be made or. COP TON in simre. BUYERS IN TIIOMASTOV will pay Barnesville PRICES for Cot ton. Insurance on Cotton in Warehouse one per cent. octT-6m FOUTZ’S CELEBRATED fiorss ami Gallic Powders. This preparation, long and favorably known, will thoroughly re-invigorate A broken down and low-spirited horses, uJWf v stl ' en K tl| vning and cleansing the stomach and-intestines. It is a sure pr ventive of all diseases incident to this animal, such as LUNG FEVER. GLANDERS, YELLOW WATER. HEAVES. COUGHS, DIS- /2jjk\ TEMPER, FEVERS, FOUNDER, ftiX LOSS OF APPFTITE AND VITAL ENERGY, Ac. Its use improves the wind, increasies the appetite— TV W gives a smooth and glossy skin—and y tran-fo-ms tbe mi<eraole skeleton into a hue-looking and spirited horse. _ To keepers of Cows this prepara A ¥ v 1,11 n vent^ve *o’Ainst Rinderpest, Hollow H, I Horn, etc. It has been proven by v actual experiment to increase the ’’vt H ri quantity of milk and cream twenty |>er cent, and make the butter firm an) j sweet j n fattening cattle, it gives them an appetite, loosens their hide, and makes them thrive much faster. fn all diseases of Swin such as Conghs, Ulcers in the Lungs, Liver, &c., this article acts as a specific. By putting from one a half a paper to a paper in a barrel of t^Nfe v -s ri swill tlie above diseases wiltb°er«di ' cated or entirely prevented. If given -- if- f.r-g in time, a ce-tain preventive aud cure for the Hog Cholera. DI7ID E. FOUTZ, Proprietor* BALTIMORE. JV and . Foe ssle bv Druggists and Storekeepers throughout the United States, Canadas and South America. For %n\e by J. W. Ai W A f l ER? ThomaijUtn, Ga. aovll-Iy yVIISCELLANEOUS. The Past Hlitory, anti Present Conelltiott of the Finance* of the Government*— Modern Extravagance. At the clone of the first British war for independence the total debt, foreign and domestic, of this country, amounted to but $52 00.0 0. It was afterwards increased in 1803 hv the purchase of Louisiana which cost sls 000 000 Yet so wisely was the government administered that at the break ing out of the war of 1812. the ‘national debt had been reduced to about $45.000,00d. At the conclusion of peace it had been swollen to about SIOO,OOO 000, reaching its maximum of $127,d00.000 in 1816 Then iijrain bej; n the work of reduction and retrenchment, which was prosecuted so successfully that in 1835 the entire debt w:is extinguished un Jer Jackson's admin istration, and a handsome balance left in the treasury. At the close of the Mexican War, the balance was again against us for $64 7 4.- 1 00, which was increased to $67,000,000 when Mr. Filin ire went out of i ffice. Mr. Pierce, during his time, hr rnght it down once more to the low figure of S2O 000.000, while under Buchanan it rose again to $9 > 000.000. Here Mr. Lincoln undertook the subju gation of the South, and the vulutnne of expenditures swelled to gigantic propor tions, under the spur of fraudulent army contractors, impossible naval experiments, and the enormous bounties paid to subsidize a loreign soldiery. The annals of the wt r and may be challenged in vain to afford a par allel to the corruption and reckless extrav agance which ensued during the four suc ceeding years. In 1865, at the Appomatnx surrender, hostilities were quelled, at the almost in calculable cost of $2,783 425,870 above the revenues of the country. Binee then as shown from the annual imports of the Treasury, viz : from 1865 to 1871 inclusive, (charges for collection not q>ing deducted.) covering a period of hot -even years, the fabulous sum of $4,365, ~ 9 0 000 litis actually been r°ceived in cash tis the revenues of the nation, and still the public national debt exceeds Two Billions of Dollars. What an exhibit of Grant’s administra tion! Such astounding peculation and ex travagance has never even dreamed of in the pa>t history nf the world. But this article is especially devoted to statistscs, and we forbear comment. Radical prints ring the charges upon the allegation, that economy and reduction, are the order of the day at Washington. Let us prick this bladder by an examination of the budget for the ensuing year. This, as submitted to C'>ng.iess, amounts to the grand total of Four Hundred and Fifty Millions of and Mars. The estimates proper for th.p next fiscal ypar, and ptit and wn at $330.- 0 O.uO >; tint the additional sl2o.o<lo,oo<> are required for standing appropriation* and payments already passed upon. Os this., huge sum, kQ*QQP,Q.QO only will be applied to the interest of the national di*bt ; $200,000,000 are demanded for the ordinary expenses of the G iverement. Think of this, ve taxpayers, and confra-t these time* t f fraud and iniquity with the pure days of the Republic, when all regard and the flag with reverence, arid were proud to be styled American citiz ns.^ The estimates for the nrmv amount to s3l 000.000, f>r the navy $lO 00 ,000, pos* tal service, $3 ,00000 , public printing $2 0 0, 00, collection of revenue sl2.< 00,- 000. foreign intercourse $,0,Q0 000’ Judicia ry $4,<>00,90 ’, al tries $5 500 000. war debt of Northern States $3,000,000, light hou-es $1.50 ,0i 0. storm signal service $lO 000- Indians $5,500,000. These embrace the principal items of the budget, exclusive of incidentals, secret service money, etc., etc. Dutinu the entire eight year/ fit General Jackson’s administration, the whole ex penditure of the government amounted to but $221,391 678 or less than half the sum asked for by Mr. Grant for a single year’s outlay Mr. Tyler managed 'he government for four years at a e«*st of sl4<) 964.929 or about ■me third of the stmie amount But those were the Unaes when honesfy arid virtue were deemed neces'-arv qualifications for office, and a millionaire thief was not con >idered a hero. “Facts are .stubborn things, and figures cannot lie.” What better argument can be advanced for overthrow «f ; £jt§nl «y ) d his corrupt minions We hope the.-e statis tics will become as familiar a* household words with tl e voters < f tf© whole country, la fire the ides of next November.— Tele * graph and Mcsseuaer. God gives to mao; man’s gieatest hap piness must consist in doing and giving to others. To bro and ov. ) i,ip u|, oo may Inppen in the future, is to make of imagination an ever-preeen f r^nUtv In the he;ut> of ottn rs « manly self-r ance lays corner stones nf regard, esteejn, remembrance 1 ve. What we tiiink we inert is riches ; nnr real desire is for place, esteem, regaVtf, preciatioo, love, in the heart of humanity. Watchman, What of the Night) Si full and complete is the information which we give from week to week with reference to the Smith, in nil its diversified interests, whether relating #0 the general character of the country, to its agricultural fitness, its mineral wealth, its social induce ments, or to the various other requirements 1 demnndfd by those who really desire a home in that beautiful country, that little remains to us in these editorial column* to do, more than to report the progress of the work of development, and to encourage the hearts and strengthen the hands of thnse who truly taka an interest in the great w.irk of Southern Independence—that sort of independence which will render the South the greatest, the wealthiest, the hap piest people—an independence which will not he the halcyon dream of Utopian schem ers, but the real blessing of actual men and wompn, intensely in earnest in all the higher duties and aspirations of a true life. There are bright signs of these coming days. In every part of the Smith see the evidences of tin appreciation of the situation, and an evident intention to make the most of it. never has been in the Smith a more earnest determination to thoroughly possess the land. These, native horn, hitherto inert, intensely passive Southern people, ar* 1 exhibiting an unpar alleled activity in the work of the physical regeneration of that favored land. Every- : where men are at work, building railroads, i erecting manufactories, developing mineral resources, constructing works of public utility, and private enterprise, inquiring into improved methods of agriculture, and seeking new products from the soil. And yet this is but the beg’ning, the first drops of the welcome shower which is to water and refresh the land. And other people are going daily to join their lots with our own Southern friends. They going from all lands, and all intent on finding homes. They take with them money and muscle, energy and brain. Only to-day we sent out twenty intonne of the Southern States. Letters are daily reaching us from till over the North and West, and from Europe, inquiring for fuller and more com plete information. A gentleman from En gland writes us to know of the Virginia lands, and savs a large number of others wish to come with him. Let the South be united, earnest, active. Do not fritter away money in ill-advised political imnrgration schemes, mature far reaching and liberal plans, act iD concert, and the day-star of Southern supremacy will gladly, gloriously, and rapidly arise to the full zenith nf a well earned, and justly merited success — The South. A Boys Battle —The Wheeling (W. V ) Register says ; For a week or two past the boys of the rival villages of Bellaire, on the Ohio side of the river, and Renwood, on the West Virginia side, have been engaged in fighting. Whenever a Bellaire boy was found on this side of the river he was un mercifully beaten, and when a Benwood b"y was discovered in Brd!ai r e the flogging was repaid with interest. Last Saturday week the boys of the two places met on the ico and engaged in a rpguler pitched battle, using stones and even pistols. Some of the c nibatants are now in Marshal county jail awaiting trial for riot. On Saturday last a vast number of boys, about one hundred and fifty on each side, met on the ice, by appointment, it would seem, and engaged in a most terrific fight. Evtrv conceivable missile v» as used, and several of the combatants received outs in the bead and face. The battle raged with fury for about two hours. One b »y, a lad about thirteen years old, named Furson, whose parents live in Bellaire, ovaa struck behind the ear lie fell on the ice stunned In a short time he revived sufficiently to enable him to gtv home. He suffered terri bly during the night, and yesterday more ; ing he died from the effects of his injuries. Now that one has been murdered, and sev eral others have b p e.n badly injured, is it not time for the authorities on both sides of the to prevent any more such disgrace lul riots? i ; Old Nick Nonplus-ed —This, a story in Oid and New : A man nad s-dd himself to the dpvil, who was to possess him in acer : tain time unless he c«nt!d propound a ques tion to his Sutianic Majesty which he could not answer, he being allowed to put three queries to him. The time came for the devil to claim his own and he consequently appeared The first question the man ask^d was concerning theology', to whicn it caused * “ the devil no tn üble to reply. The second he also answered without hesitation. The man’s fate depended on tfie third. t?hat should it he 7 lie hesitated and turned pale, and the edd dew fctood on his* forehead, white he shivered with anxiety,'nervousness and ter ror, and the devil triurftphantly sneered At this juncture the mah’s w ife appeared in the room with a bonnet in her hand Alarmed at" her husbands condition, she demanded to know the cause. When in formed, she laughed arid 'said, “I can pro found a question which the devil himself cannot answer. Ask him which rs the front of rhif»*bnnflef f’ The detrf'ghye it trp and retired in disgust, and tfie mao was free. Tl»c Spin it flint Win* tWwt PUlTtird at the Kcccption of tkr Gruud Duke* From tho Florida Express w® see that the leading offiomO r could nut l>o present at the reception o* the Grand Duka, list to show what his int«>nti u»9 had been, luk f >iwnr-is che following letter : “Grand Di ke : It ass 'ids me pleasure to offer the weloome/of the Truylo-t tq tlje Arties—Pensacola to St. Petersburg, ana though vour grace may not have Irttedeff this honor for us, we e evert he lex*, meet highly appreciate it—as another sileut, but corroborating evidence pf uttr beautiful bpy and mystical ‘uld miy-* laying 41 n it—ana ia fuel beiug one of the high- ways of the world. Yju c tine among; u* as the repre sentative of the only ‘so-called’ de*notl*m of the earth, among civilised nations; but, from the welcome you tmva everywhere received, you will not fail to discover the wonderful sympathy which is entertained for yon by the Republic of the western world—and therefore, we again offer you our cordial congratulations. Again, we welcome you to our ‘so-called' land of flowers in Florida, the Tropics— which indeed, is a fact by the laws of nn« tore, and onr failure to present you the* roses and balmy airs, native to our tatitude —is only another homage, which Qur He publie and our climate, have pai l to vpur own Iccran tour und your presence to-day. .j _ In conclusion, your grace will permit os, to congratulate ourselves oil the tact, that your own presence, and the pre>enoe ot your noble fleet, in our lovely bay, is the out-speaking evidence that ire, the city of Pensacola, are in the direct paths of all the world for after performing the tour ot America—you leave the continent from a point at which it was fir.-t discovered; —nnd as we learn your departure is to he imme diate, we figuratively off t the hand'ot the Equator, to the Pole of the North, in cor-; d*al welcome—and l»id you a sincere fare well-—and j only regret Unit we have not a rupe to stick In your button hole. Farewell, OH AND DI K.E/* The Laziest Man. — A long time ago,, when we used To have our general militia musters for Winchester county, at White Plains, when lion. Gen. Aaron Ward was the Colonel, there lived at that time all over the country three of the laziest men the sun ever shown'on, and known as Crazy Lawrence, Possum Joel, nnd stuttering Dave. It so happened that at one of our grand local training days the said three lazy men—l presnme by sympathy—got tgether, and sunning themselves, like snakes in the spring of the year, when oor Colonel and several officers chanced to pass that wav. As soon as the Colton cl paw the men he remarked to those with him : “There sit the three laziest men in the country, and I would give a dollar to know which is the laziest man of the three !” Suiting the action to the word, he took from his pocket a silver dollar and threw it on the ground, a few yards in front of tho men and said, “There is a dollar for tbe laziest man, and now decide who he is.” CraZy Lawrence commenced crawling on his hands and knees towards the prize, pay* iog, “It’s miue, l’mo lazy—the laziest.” “Not so fa6t,” says the Colonel, “Let us see what the other two say to that.” Possum Joel then put iu hie claim by rolling over toward the dollar, saying. “It is mine. lam too laZy to creep for it.” “Wait a moment,” savs the Colonel; “wait a moment, and let us hear from Dave ” Dave had sat the whole time perfectly, unmoved, and smoking a short pipe. The Colonel Slid, “Dave, wbat have you got to eay about the dollar ?” Dave deliberately took the pipe out of bis mouth and coolly drawled out; “We-we well Cur-cur-Cornel, if I’m-to-h-have the dodo-lar, y-y-you ina-ma-ma-muet put it in ma-ma- ray pocket 1” lie put the pipe in his mouth, and the “Curnel” put the dollar in Dave’s racket. What a Dkeam Did — T he Fort Wayne Sentinel narrates the following as a feet: A gentleman ol high social standing liv ing in this county, has a son engaged ns a clerk in a large mercantile house in Omaha. A few weeks ago the father received a letter from the eon to the effect that he had been robbed of £5,000 belonging to bis em ployer, while returning from a collecting trip into the country. The father was naturally troubled*by the intelligence, and when be retired to his room fur the night he lay awake for some time thinking of the unfortunate oceurence. At last he fell asleep, and as it seemed to him, he was sitting by a table in a bed-* chamber of- Hotel*in Omaha* listening to the conversation of two young men who were recalling the particulars of a robbery irj which they had just teen while they counted over the proceeds of the seme wjth an exultant air. Learning the number of their room, he descended the stairs, consulted tbe register, fixed their names in njemorv. together w ith the date under which were written, and then awoktj. I|e in mediately wrote a letter to his son, requesting him to call at tpits Hotel, look at the, register, and if he foynd tbe John B Wilsc/i and James Frjirk in-cribed on its pages under (fate of -t have the partfes found, nrreVted. arid eharged'with tbe theft of the The s n n followed the directions, and from a lettar r©ceived_ by the father yesterday, we learn that the said John B. WiWn and Janies Frank were arrested at* the sgid 1- i-b and they Confessed to the feltm** th&t $4 Flz of DTe was recov ered, and the offenders had been sent to tfie* penitentiary. NO. 1.%