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VOLUME II—NUMBER 37. Ihe HJcjOttffic gomml, IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY —A T C2 .A.., —B Y H. C. RONEY. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Transient advertisements will be charged one dollar per square for the first insertion, aud seventy five centa for each subsequent insertion. ' nusiNKS 1 ; e vuns. (Central |)ote(, MRS. W. M. TIIOHAS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. seplltf M. SfTOrMLr, " COTTON FACTOR -A.T'TID 6iut coMwssi mirni i\o. g Warren liiuck, Augusta, Georgia- CtT Will give prompt attention to the selling of Cotton and other produce, ijf Commission for selling cotton, One Dollar Per Bale. sepl 1 m 2 W. H. HOWARD. C. H. HOWARD. W. H. HOWARD, JR. IV. H. Howard & Sons, fill 4 IMIISIiMEHMTS, No. 2 Warren Block, Agusta, < feorjvia. 0* Commission f r Selling cottou One Dollar per bale. Strict personal attention given to business entrusted. All orders strictly olx yed. Liberal Cash Advan ces made on Cotton. Special attention paid to Weighing of Cotton. Bagging and Ties furnished at Lowest Market Prices., .. sepl 1 ts X Ml Tirnr d* C(h Wholesale and Retail Dealers in MM HTt HIIIR Si S. E. 11l —ALSO— Seiiii-Cltiua S're nth China, Ac. 244 Broad Street, Augusta, 6a aprlO ly. U. C. HONEY, Morneii at fab, thojiso r, (i*i. Will practice in the Augusta, Northern and Middle Circuits, uo I—ly ML T. L LALIHSTKDT OFFKRS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES To the Citizens ol Thomson and Vicinity. He can be found at the Hoorn over Costello’s, when Eot professionally absent. REFERS TO Pno. J Evb, Pito. Wm. 11. Pouoirrr, Uu John S. Colkman, Uu. S. C. Eve. CHARLES S DuBOSE, dTTQMJVIvFrfrfsVI m Wai*renton,‘ 4 Gji. Wi’l practice in all the Courts of the Northern, Augusta & Middle Circuits. WM. s. ROBERTS. KICH’d B. MORRIS. .TAS. A. SHIV ERS Roberts, Morris & Shivers, Successors to Jas. TANARUS„ Gardiner <&, Cos. WAREHOUSE Commission Jficlntosh Street Jtugusta Oa, Will give their personal attention to the storage and sale of cotton, and such other produce as may be sent to them. Commission for selling cotton one dol lar per Bale. Cash Advancos made on Produce in Store- Sept, 4th 3m. Christadoro’s Hair Die stands unrival ed in the world. No lady or gentleman of discrim ination uses any other. It is the most perfect, re liable and effective hair die in the world. Manu factured G 8 Maiden Lane, N. Y. Svapnia —is Opium purified of its sikneniag and poisenous properties, It is a perfect anodyne, not producing headache or constipation of the bowels, as is the ease with other prepara tions of opium. John Farr, Chemist New York. foctvw. *Tii<l«£o Stephens. obiit 14th jury, 1872. [The following tribute to the memory of the Hon. Linton Stephens is from the pen of a nieco of Henry W. Longfellow, the American poet, who has attained so much distinction in the Eastern as well as the Western continent. We feel that our readers will, as we do, appreciate this tribute, not only from the tone of its touching sympathy, but from the source from which it comes.—Editors of the Atlanta Sun.] Another noble name is added To the list of shrined dead ; Another strong, grand form departed To his lowly, narrow bed! Another guiding hand is taken ; One more heart is calm and still; Ob, my God! ’t is now in anguish— Bow me to thy higher will! Gone, in all his prime and vigor, Passed from out tho field of life; But he bore himself as conqueror, Nobly in that weary strife! To Thy feet, O, Holy Jesus, Now we bring this crushing load ; Onlj* by Thy help and guidance Can we tread this thorny road. In Thy hands, we then, confiding, Leave the one to us so dear— Leave until a spirit risen In Thy glory shall appear! Lot?. The noblest of that God-like band Os Christian gentleman, Who drew tho sword for native land, Has passed the shadowy glen ; He is not dead, but gone before, Our Chevalier Bayard! Ilis soul to Heaven the angels boro To mete him his reward. lie fell asleep in happy dreams, Virginia’s noblest son, Whilst basking in the hallowed gleams Os glorious Washington. Ami in that light above the storms Are seen beside him still His warrior chiefs, the immortal forms Os Jackson and of Hill. His mortal fonn may pass to dust, But lrV undying name Will mount the temple of the just, -The brightest“fttar of fame, For since in prayer at Calvary’s cross, Our Lady bent tlio knee, Earth has not felt such grevious loss As that of Robert Lee. It was not his Bozzarris’ fate, Who fell in war for Greece, Our glorious chief, the truly great, Sleeps in the arms of Peace. No plaintive dirge of cannon’s mouth Was fired above his sod, A Niobe, the weeping South, Returned him to her God. The Pretty Widow. It was customary in former days for all the ladies of the best families to at tend the prominent barbecues, and this was especially the case in the contest between Mr. Breckenridge and General Coombs, in 1849. Out of these affairs grew the authentic story of the nicest widow in the blue-grass region. Not far from the Forks of Elkhorn lived the pretty little widow Fuuntleroy, and one of her .nearest neighbors was General Peyton. The General had looked upon the, little widow very much as he look ed upon liis blooded horse Powhatan, the finest horse in the blue-grass re gion.’ The pretty Mrs. Fauntleroy had been a widow more than a year ; while the General having a great regard for eti quette, had waited patiently for that time to elapse, in order to declare him self. But the widow, with her woman’s art, kept the love at bay, and /ept him in her train. Hehad escorted her to this barbecue, and when returning had expressed his satisfaction at the prospects of General Coombs, and the success of the Whig party. The widow took sides with the De mocracy, and offered to wager her blood ed saddlehorse, Gipsey, or anything else she might fancy on the General’s place. The General’s gallantry would not allow him to refuse the wager, which he promptly accepted. By this time they had reached north fork of the Elkhorn, and were about to ford it (bridges were not pienty in those days,) when John Peyton, the General’s only son and heir, came up at a sharp gait behind them. The widow turned and bowed to John, and rode into the stream, but a little behind her companion. The east bank was very steep, and required the horses to put forth all their strength to ! reach the top with their loads, j As luck would have it, good or ill, , the widow’s girth broke when just at THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, OA,, SEPTEMBER 18,1872, the commencement of the steep part. The lady, still seated on her saddle, slid swiftly back into the water, while her horse went up the bank like an ar row. John Peyton leaped from his horse, and instantly caught the floating lady and saddle, and before the General had recovered from his astonishment was at the top of the bank with his burden. The little widow was equal to the occa sion, for she begged the General to ride on and stop her horse, which had now begun to understand his part in the mis hap, and was beginning to increase his gait toward home. Plie General did as he was bid, and soon returned with the horse. In the meantime John Peyton had secured his own horse, and when the General came hack with the widow’s horse she and John were laughing merrily over the ridiculous accident, but what further passed between them is only known to themselves. John Peyton repaired the broken girth, fastened the saddle again on the horse, placed the lady in her seat, bade her good evening, mounted his horse, and taking another road down the Elk horn, rode rapidly home, leaving the General to escort the widow. It is not necessary to relate how he entertained his fair companion with his ponderous anecdotes of Mr. Clay and other famous public men ; but when he reached tiie Fauntleroy place, he ac cepted the lady's invitation to dismount and ta/e tea with her. After having changed her wet cloth ing, the pretty widow entertained her her guest with her brightest smiles and some new songs. The General was de lighted, and expressed his delight as Kentucky gentlemen of that day would do. ‘You are the finest songstress, mad am, in the blue-grass region.’ When he hade her good night, and shook hands with her on the porch, the wicked little widow gave his hand a lit tle squeeze, only a little, hut it thrilled like an eleetric shoe/: through his great, ponderous frame, while she laughingly reminded him of his wager. Tliai’mght in his dreams, the little widow Faunt leroy was repeated too often, and in so many bewitching forms, that he resolv ed to propose to her at their first meet ing, nor did he dream that lie could he refused. The next morning a letter from his tobacco factor called General Peyton to Louisville, and before his return the political contest in the Ashland district was over; and, wonderful to relate, John C. Breckenridge, the young Demo crat was elected to Congress. General Peyton was both astonished and indignant. ‘Mr Clay’s district, sir, the finest Congressional district in the blue-grass region, has disgraced itself, sir,’ was almost his first remark to his neighbor, Colonel Beaufort. To his sou John, he communicated his intention of bringing Mrs. Faunt leroy to adorn the head of his table. ‘.Sir, she is the finest lady in the blue grass region, and I hope, sir, you will always respect your future mother.’ John, with a quiet smile, assured him that he was pleased with his choice. This pleased the General highly, for he had been a little afrai 1 John would ob ject to a step-mother younger than him self. The next morningthe General order ed Powhatan brought out, and led over to Mrs. Fauntleroy’s. Calling John, he requested him to call upon Mrs. Faunt leroy. ‘The Whig party has disgraced itself in Mr. Clay’s district, sir, and lam com pelled to part with the finest blooded horse in the State to pay a wager with that lady, sir.’ The black boy had led Powhatan to the hitching rail in front of Mrs. Faunt elroy’s yard, and having tied him, had gone into the quarters to tell his color ed brothers and sisters of their mistress’ good luck in having won the famous horse Powhatan. When General Peyton and John ar rived they found the pretty widow and two young lady friends in the yard ad miring Powhatan. ‘Madam,’ said the General, to Mrs. Fauntleroy,‘l have come, like a true Kentucky gentleman, to pay the wager I have lost. Powhatan, madam, is rightfully yours.’ ‘But, General, I believe the wager was conditional. It was the horse or anything else on the place, was it not?’ ‘Madam, you are correct, hut I can’t allow you to select an inferior animal.' ‘You have another and superior ani. mal here,’ replied the widow, blushing ‘Your son John; if he would but use his tongue. I think I shall choose him,’ The General rose, and in his blandest manner he bade the ladies good morn ing. To John, he said : ‘Sir, you wili remain.’ Genera) Peyton never forgave his daughter-in-law her practical joke. In after years he used to say : ‘Sir, she is the finest lady in the blue grass region, but she lacks"taste, sir.’ A Memorable Duel. Not that De Witt Clinton was a fault less man. He was very far from fault less. There were defects in the co' sti tution oflnTnrfrr He was sometimes haughty, obstinate and unreasonable. Ambitious he was always, and he at tached an excessive importance to the visible rewards of public service, such as high office and posthumous fame.— But there was something noble in his very faults. If lie was ambitious, he sought distinction only by rendering great public \\*orks. Coming upon the stage at a time when politics were inflamed and imbit tered to a degf.ee 6f which it is now difficult to form an idea, he shrunk from none of the consequences of polit ical warfare. If you wish to know what manner of young man Do Witt Clinton was, you have only to read the official report of the duel which he fought in 1802 with John Swartwout, at WcehavvTpfiT'■‘“fillinton was then op posing AarojßßuiT, and Swartwout ac cused him actuated in his op position on]^nf r personal and selfish ‘He is scoundrel, and a vil lain.’ hot-headed (.'Union, diallowed, and the duel I hat it: was Hie most of tlm kind that of Ireland. The ilie .^^^■ii-ii.n : ‘Are sir am with n( ' s ' > ’''• 'BS&sBsk&J 1 ilia: •• t . JQK' e i'h 11 ‘ \(! The * . ; 'M'I : tun t he shall I apology which I util then we mustu^^^w.’ SwartJ then presented a pap the apology de nanded for saying; ‘We our time in con versation.is paper must bo signed, or proceea^j ‘I will nW sign any paper on the subject,* ctMl Clinton, with firmness and dignity. ‘I have no animosity against Mr. Swartwout. I will willliug ly shake hands and agree to meet on the score of former friendship.’ The fourth (ire then took place, when Clinton’s hall struck his obstinate antagonist in the left leg below the /cnee. ‘Are you satisfied, sir?’ the wound ed man was again asked. Standing firmlf at his post, he an swered : ‘lt is useless to repeat the question. My determination is fixed, and I beg we may proceed.’ VVhiie the surgeon was extracting the ball from the opposite side of Swart woit’s leg Clinton again declared that he ha i no anmosity against Swartwout, thiit he was snTTj-TTJT what had passed and was willing to go forward, shake hands, and bury the circumstance in oblivion. Swartwout, however, stand ing erect at his place, insisted upon the written opology. A fifth time they tired, and Clinton's ball struck his an tagonist in the same leg, a little below the former wound. ‘Are you satilied, sir ?’ asked the second. ‘I am not} sir,’ replied Swartwout; ‘proceed.’ Ciintou then left his station, threw down his pistol, and declared that he would fire no more. Whereupon Swartwout, turuing to his second, asked what he should do; to which the second replied : ‘There is nothing further left for you now but to have your wounds dressed.’ So the combat ended, and the two parties returned in their barges to the city. Such was Clinton at thirty-three, when he had already been a member of the Legislature, and was about to enter the Senate of the United States. He was brave to rashness, and ambitious beyond measure ; but he lived up to the standard of his day, and acquitted himself of every trust with honor and distinction. Tho Wisoonsm Foisoner. Judge Hough, of Prescott, District Attorney for Pierce county, furnishes us the following particulars of several terrible cases of poisoning in Trimbelle, Pierce county ; The person charged with the crimes is Mrs. Charlotte Lamb, and the history of her alleged operations we give as ac curately as possible- In September, 1871, Mrs. Lamb’s husband was taken vi olently, sic/: complaining of severe pains in his stomach, and in half an hour was dead. It is now stated, by those who saw him before his death, that he show ed symptoms of having been poisoned, but nothing was said about it, and the matter dropped. In May of this year, a son of Mrs. Lamb, aged ten years, was taken sick in a manner similar to his father, and in less than an hour was dead. In June a daughter of Mrs. Lamb, eight years of age, died very sud denly, with symptoms resembling those of her father and brother. Last month Mrs. Jane Ottman, neigh bor living near Mrs. Lamb, went over to Mrs. Lamb’s to get a pail of water. On her return she complained of violent pains in her stomach. She vomited freely, and felt somewhat relieved, but her husband, being alarmed, sent to Prescott for Dr. Cetton. The doctor went out and made a prescription, leav ing a couple of powders, to he taken under certain circumstances. After the doctor left, Mrs. Lamb, who was at Mrs. Ottinan’s, assisting in caring for her, suggested that one of the powders be administered, and, Mrs. Ottman ac quiescing, Mrs. Lamb went into the pantry and prepared it, and it was taken. Immediately Mrs. Qttinan complained of violent pains again, such as those complained of before, and in a few min utes was dead. Last week, Royal Garland, also a neighbor t of Mrs. Lamb’s, died under circumstances ali/e suspicious with the deaths mentioned. Sirs. Lamb cooked for Mr. Garland during harvest. "On the day of Mr. Garland’s death, Mrs. 'Lamb was there as usual. There was a large crew of harvest hands, At dinner Mrs. Lamb waited on the table as usual. During the meal she said : ‘Why Roy al, I forgot to give you any tea.’ She went into the pantry, where she remain ed a short time, brought out a cup, and filled it with tea from the teapot which was standing ou the stove. Mr. Gar land drank the tea, and shortly com plained of severe pains in his stomach. However, he went to the field with the other men, but was so sick that he was taken immediately to the house, and in a few minutes was dead. Such an array of suspicious circiin stances caused the arrest of the woman. She is now confined in jail at Ellsworth, and is to be examined at River Falls on the sth of September. The stomach was taken out of the body of Mr. Garland and sent to Dr. Hoyt, of this city, to be analyzed. We learn that the doctor has found poison in the stomach. The bodies of the other victims have been disinterred and the stomachs ta/ren out, and are now in Dr. Hoyt’s hands for analysis. After Mrs. Lamb was arrested, her house was searched. In a bureau draw er a bottle was found said to contain strychnine and a paper said to contain arsenic. As to the motives that actua ted this woman to her terrible crimes, we are left only to conjecture. Os course all sorts of rumors are afloat. It is said, but we do not know with how much truth, that Mrs. Lamb has re peatedly expressed a desire and inten tion to get a title to the farm on which she lived, and that by poisoning her hus band and children she hoped to do so. It is also said that she has often express ed her strong dislike to Mrs. Ottman. We have heard of no reason being assigned for poisoning Mr. Garland.— Hudson (His.) Times, Aug. 30. Governor Smith. —Judge Walker, the Radical candidate for Governor, has made a list of appointments and invited Governor Smith to meet him. Governor Smith, at the beginning of the canvass, resolved not to take part personally in the contest, for obvious reasons of propriety. His gubernatori al duties require his attention. To j desert these duties and work for re-elec tion would bo to leave the State’s work to attend to his private interests. In this matter, as in all others, Gov ernor Smith is acting with that fine 1 sense of honor that has marked his ad j ministration, and that the people will j reward by their approval. — At. Con. TERMS-TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE Xlie Lons of tlio 3leti.s. The steamer Metis, of the Newport line, running between New York and Providence, at 4 o’cloc k yesterday morning was struck by a schooner when about six miles from Watch Hill, Rhode Island, and foundered almost immediately. The night was dark and stormy. The passengers, one hundred and fifty souls in all, were asleep in their berths. The first intimation of danger that reached them was a slight shock, not sufficient even, judging from the account that is published this morn ing, to awaken them to a sense of their peril ; for we read that as the boat was discovered to be sinking, and only then, the passengers were aroused and warned to secure life-preservers. It was too la<-e. A large number of those on board, however, had time to climb to the up per deck, which parted from the hull, and four hours aftewards struck the shore. Other passengers were taken off by the two life boats; but, judging from the only one of those boats that has yet been heard from, and which, accor ding to the telegram received, contained but six persons, those saved by this means were very few. From the con fused reports which have reached us thus far, we gather from fifty to seven tv-five of those who took passage on the Metis, and were roused on that disastrous Friday morning to face the midst of a heavy storm a sudden and frightful peril perished with the parting of the upper deck from the hull, or were washed off the former in the long four hours it slowly floated toward the shore. It was one of the most appalling accidents that has happened recently on our coast. Who is to blame for its occurrence can not be ascertained at present; but the fact that the captain refused to leave the steamer and enter the life-boat, speaks for his courage and his sense of duty.— Ball. Gazette. A Brakeman’s Dream. ‘Ed’ is a brakeman employed on the Chicago, Alton and St- Louis Railroad. He was married only a few weeks ago. His wife has been wearing a piece of red flannel round her neck for the last ten days and complaining of a wryneck. This is how it came to pass : ‘Ed’ had just been doing extra duty, taking a sick friend’s trains in addition to his own, and so had not been in bed for forty-eight hours. Asa matter of course he was nearly worn out, and as soon ns his supper had been eaten he went to bed to sleep, perchance to dream. Re was soon locked in the arms of Morpheus and Mary, and dream ing. Again his foot was on his native platform, and he heard the warning toot of the whistle for brakes. The shadowy train bore him swiftly on ; the telegraph posts fleeted past quicker and quicker; the whole country fled by like a panora ma mounted on sheet-lightning rollers. In his dream he heard far off another roar, and swinging out by the railings he saw another train coming at light ning speed around the curve. Both trains were crowded with passengers; in another moment they would rush to gether, and from the ruins a cry of agony would shiver to the tingling stars from the lips of the maimed and dying. The engineer had seen their danger, for at that moment, in his dream, he heard the whistle calling for brake sound loud and unearthly. With the strength of desperation he gripped the brake and turned it down. There was a yell of pain, and ‘Ed’ woke to find himself sit ting up in bed and holding his wife’s ears, having almost twisted off’ her head. That’s how ‘Ed’s’ wife came to wear a piece of red flannel round her throat and complain of a wry neck.— Missouri Democrat. Senator Schurz has had quite an ova tion in Indiana. He spoke at Lafayette on Friday last to an audience estimated at six thousand. On the platform were forty-seven little girls, representing the States, who presented him with bou quets. At night a multitude, amount ing to twenty thousand, were on the streets with a grand torch-light proces sion. The speech of the Senator is said to have been one of the most pow erful he ever made. It is no wonder; he has been badgered and ridiculed for being a foreigner, and otherwise in a most scurvy manner. It is time that he should turn like the lion upon its un scrupulous assailants. They will hear from the great German oftener than they wish before this campaign is through. Nast, the caricaturist, is helping out mightily to give force to the blows of the illustrious Teuton.