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A Rea! !..v, Countiy ’Paper. Published • w >F?U£Wfm3V. Terms of Mi&kerlpUon. Bn* copy, one jreex 92.00 nvKiSKk«c3E.--' is Single copies 3c t*. **“ All rabocriptioiiiiifirtribly in Advance BUSINESS CARDS. R. W. H . N E A L , A TTORKEY AT L A H\ 110 NOTAST PC B LIC, THOMSON, OA.' "1117 ILL practice in the Courts of VY McDuffie and adjoining Counties. M’CoiriTircißO a specialty. H. 0. RONEY, ATTORNEY AT LAYV, THOMSON, GA. «T Will practise in the Augusta. North era and Middle Circuits. nolyl PAUL C. HUDSON, ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, Thomwon, Gn. Will practice in the Superior Courts of the Augusta, Northern and Middle Circuits, and in the Supreme CAurt. and will give attention to all cases in Bankruptcy. Ang. 25, 1!74. ts Central Hotel, BY IHUr w. M. THOMAS, AU&USTA, GEORGIA seplltf p , . (2,1 *1 « d»J at hoiqe. AgeOta wanted. J £ Outfit aud terras free. TRUE A CO., Augnats, Maine. JUDKINS & SHAW, KEEP SUPPLIED WITH FISH, OYSTERS, GINE, VEGETABLES. Partridges, Defies. Sfjuir rcl». Ducks, Chiokeus, Batter, Cabbages. Potatoes, Egg. NORFOLK OYSTERS, ICK, etc. WOrfcn from the country promptly filled, AMrem JUDKIUN A SHAW, Mclntosh Street, next to the New Post Os- | lice. B2*§ Th» UNEQUALLED JAAtEFFBL DOUBLE "tssmsemF ttEND 25c. to G. P ROWELL * CO., j O New York, for Pamphlet of 100 pages, ; containing lists of .'Won newspapers, and | estimates showing cost of advertising. Mi ram," Charleston, S. C. G. T. ALFORD «t CO., Hates, #3.«0 per day Proprietors. 1, 8 SP, C.TANTS’ Meat House, Augusta Oa. Fins CAROLINA. TENNESSE and KEN TUCKY w-fc_ mi jtf ** * Pork, Lamb, Veal. Mutton, Hog-head Cheese, Sausage. Mixed, or ALL PORK, as ordered, Corned Beef. Pork, and Tongues. A fall stock always on hand. AC ABB. I AM frequently aaked by my friends if I am doing a general practice, or only at tending inch calls as may be made id good weather or convenient to my office. In answer to the above, I would say to my former patrons and friends, that from this date I will enter upon the active duties ol my profession looking in part to those who may ask my services for my reward. Office on Main Street, in Holzendorf’s House. May 10-ts. JAB. 8. JONES. JULIUS H. OPENHEIM, No, 143 Reynolds Street. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA., WHOKiEBALE DEALER IN IRON, METALS, RAGS AND ALL KINDS OF Paper Stock, Hides, Wool, WAX, Etc. H2-a§ ALBERT RAPE, Non>Beaident Dentist, { ;AN still be found ready to attend to the wants of old and new patrons, if desired, at their residences. Will also, as heretofore, practice in adjoin ing counties. Panic prices insured and all work warranted. Office at the residence of W. E. Speir. Please address by letter, at Thomson, Gs. 08 ts AX . per day at home. Samples <SO to tywJ worth *** Smrwn. A Cos , Fort!and. Maine. (Pte JHcguff Meek Id Journal. you. vi To the Afflicted. IN CALLING THE PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE Indian Compound COUGH MIXTURE E3R the cure of CONSUMPTION and all diseases of the LUNGS and BOAT, I say that nothing surpasses it 1 for Colds and Coughs, and can be taken j from old age down to the cradle with impu ■ nity, and without danger. But the proses ; sional world ia so full of Ambiguousness i and Egotiam, that anything put before the public as a safe and reliable Remedy for certain diseases is scoffed at and pro i uonneed worthless and a humbug. I say I try it before you condemn it, as I will give [ you Hie name of every herb, Ac., that it ia | composed of, which you can examine at | your leisure: Vitellus Ovi, Amygdaius ; Persies, Mel, Films Palustrua, Andromeda, 1 Arborea. Arctinm Leppa. Inula Helenlum, : Marrubinm Vulgar*, Antennaria Symphy tum, Dnichwnchsener Wasserdost, Ceplm lanthus Oocidentalis. Symphytum Offici nale It is prepared ut my office. No. sfi Peack j trel street, ATLANTA, GA., where it can |be had in any quantity. If any one naing j it will say that it has done them no good, return the bottle and get yonr money re turned. S. T. BIGGERS, M. D., ' Cl.Vf*. Atlanta, Ga. For sale by Dr. A. D. Hill, Thomson, Ga. Spring Time 1 Again! C L E A N I T N BN emTwm@ t BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, AO., AC., AC. JUST received a large lot of Spring and Summer Goods of all kinds, which are use ful, good, pretty and cheap. We only ask inspection before you spend a dollar for anything in our line. A. J. Adkins, THOMSON, GA. The Duke of Cannon! riMris thorough.bred TENNESSEE BULL, 1 whose pedigree is well established and can be traced back through the purest stock for many years, in now standing on my plantation four miles North-east of Thom - son, near the old White Oak Campground. He possesses all the qualities of the finest blooded stock in the land, is three years old, of dork brown color, weighs about fif teen hundred pounds, a model form, per fectly gentle and well disposed. I am prepnreil to take care of cows sent from a distance at reasonable rates. A number of his calves may be seen at the residences of Messrs. T. B. West, Wm. H. Johnson, and others. Price of season *5.00, - M. W. CURRY. May 10-tim. Tiro. i «rs". GEORGIA DIRECTORY. Fi/'tt regular Usuc now in preparation. t. WILL CONTAIN a complete Business Directory of every village, town and city in the State. 2. IT WILL CONTAIN a complete SHIP- GUIDE to every point in the State. 3. IT WILL CONTAIN a full, classified list of all persons in the State engaged in any MERCANTILE, MECHANICAL, MANUFACTURING or PROFESSION AL pursuit. 4. IT WILL CONTAIN a correct list of State and County officers. 5. IT WILL CONTAIN a complete POST OFFICE DIRECTORY of the UNITED STATES and TERRITORIES. Also, an accurate listof EXPRESS STATIONS IN ALABAMA. GEORGIA, MISSISSIP PI, SOUTH CAROLINA and FLORI DA, prepared expressly for this work by Route Agents, and only to be found in our Directories. 6. IT WILL CONTAIN a revised and cor rect COUNTY MAP of the STATE of GEORGIA. 7. IT WILL CONTAIN, in addition to the foregoing special features, so much gen eral information that no business man can afford to be without it. As an ad ver sing medium we think it presents its own claims, and we confidently commend it to the business public, hoping to receive a patronage commensurate with its in trinsic value, and the great pains be stowed upon its preparation. BATES. One Page and Copy of Book, *25 00 Half “ “ “ “ “ 16 00 Third “ “ “ “ “ 12 00 Fourth “ “ “ “ “ ...... 10 00 Price of Book with Inch Card 5 00 Name in Capital Letters, 1 00 WHEELER,MARSHALL* BRUCE, PUBLISHERS, ATLANTA, GA. j. do mrnmmß, Gt IL.DE R p LOOKING GLAfNi! AND PICTURE FRAME MAKER. OLD FRAMEB RE-GILT, OIL PAINTINGS CAREFULLY CLEANED, LINED and VARNISHED. J 9 JACKSON STRUCT, A I'GITHT A , c i A . POETICAL. A SUMMER DAY. There's a gaping rent in the curtain, That longs for needle and thread ; There's a garment that ought to be finished, And a book that wants to be read. There's a letter that ought to be answered There are clothes to fold away, And I know these tasks are waiting, And ought to be dene to-day. Bnt how can I mend the curtain While watching the silvery cloud ? And how can I finish the garment While the robii. is singing so loud ? And the whispering trees are telling uch stories above my head, That I cannot but lie and listen, And the book is all unread. If I try to read the letter I am sure one-half the words Will be in the curious language Os my chattering friends the birds. The lilacs bloom in the sunshine, The roses nod and smile, The olothss that ought to be folded And ironed, must wait awhile. I lie in the oooling shadows, Aud gaze at the Summer sky, Bidding the ogres and troubles And trials of life pass by. The neautiful Summer blossoms Are falling about my feet, Aud the dreamy air is laden With their odors rare and sweet. The honey bees hum in the clover, The grasses rise and fail, The robin stops and listens As he hears the brown thrush cull. And the birds sing to me softly, The butterfly floats away— [ Oh, what could be sweeter than living This beautiful Summer day ? THE DEATH CHASE. BY COLONEL J'RENTISS INGRAHAM. Far out in the Western country, one pleasant afternoon a few years ago, a man was slowly riding across an expan sive and rolling pruirie, and bending his course still furthey westward. Well armed with a revolving rifle of seven shots, two silver-mounted Colt's pistols, and a large Bowie knife he was also splendidly mounted ; while his fine form, clad in a suit of buck-skin, taste fully fringed and wrought with beads, aud his stern, handsome face altogether betokened him a reliable friend or a most dangerous foe. Five Years Minton Burke had passed among the mountains and on the plains of the far West, and his life of solitary freedom, away from the civilized haunts of men, he enjoyed. For a great grief had fallen upon him, a heart-sorrow bad been his, and sorely wounded thereby, he had fled from social life to one of Belf exile. Beared through the kindness of an nucle, for his parents were both lost at sea wheu their son was a very few years old, Miuturn Burke had not known pov erty, uud at twenty-five was an educated, refined man of the world, practicing his profession, which was that of a physi cian, in a little New England city, for he would not remain dependent upon his guardian’s generosity after he had com pleted his course of studies. In the little town where he had com menced his professional career, Minturn hod met his fate, that is, be hod learned to love a woman with all the power of a strong man's passion. Eve Carleton was, when she and Min tnrn Burke first met, a beautiful young girl of eighteen, the only child of the mayor of the town, a pompons, selfish old man, of considerable means, bnt lit tle brains. From their first meeting Mintnm and Eve had loved each other, and from the discovery of that fact Mayor Carleton bad banished the yonug man from his house. Stolen interviews followed between the lovers, and upon being found out by the enraged father, Eve was sent off to a convent near New York, and one year after was married, by her father’s ma nceuvres, to the son of a millionaire, and her arrival m her home with her rich husbaud was Minturn’s first intimation that she was untrue to her pledged word to him. Crushed by the blow that fell so heav ily upon him Minturn Burke gave up his growing practice und sought the western wilds, where, in a distant Territory, he built him a rude home, and seemed thus content to let his years pass by, roving over the prairies and mountains of the beautiful country. Crushed by the blow that fell so heav ily upon him Minturn Burke gave up his growing practice und sought the western wilds, where, in a distant Territory, he built him a rude home, and seemed thus content to let his years pass by, roving over the prairies and mountains of the beautiful country. It was while returning from a bunt on the plains, five years after he had fled from his New England home, that he is first brought before the notice of the reader, and as he rides quietly along he is startled by a distant cry, as if for help. A glance behind him discovered a horseman rushing rapidly toward him, but yet a quarter of a mile off, while in his rear and in close chase, came a dozen painted Indians hotly passing on to cap ture the fugitive. In an instant Minturn Burke wheeled his horse, and seating himself firmly in his saddle examined his arms and stood npon the defensive at the same time wa ving his hand toward the horseman to urge him to a greater speed. Calmly he awaited the coming of the pnrsued and the pursuing, and his dark eyes lit up with a dangerous light, aud his face grew hard and stern, as he nerved himself for the contest of one man against a dozen. THOMSON, GA. JULY 19, 1876. On they came, aud wheu the white man, whom Mintnm noticed was well mounted, bnt clad as a citizen, and ap parently unarmed, had oome within a hundred yards, and his savage pursuers were not twice that distance away, the rifle was slowly raised, and mingling with its sharp report came the death cry of a painted warrior. Again and again rang the sharp report of the rifle, until, os the fugitive dashed, to Minturn’s side, four Indian braves had been stricken from their saddles, and the others, in fear of the terrible repeating rifle of the white Ranger, hastily placed tbemselves at a safe distance while their warwhoops echoed across the prairie. “You have saved my life, sir, aud—" “It is a duty all men owe to their fel low-creatures, so do not refer to it, pleasn,” answered Mintnm, as he kept his eye upon the cowardly savages, who, now that they were brought to bay, stood at a distance, venting their rage in piercing whoops. “Can I ask how you happeu to be alone aud unarmed upon the prairie ?” contin ued Minturn, without removing his gaze from the ludians. “Certainly, sir. lam carrying out an emigration project of my late sou-in-law, who before his death, had started a train out-West, to settle there upon his lands a small colony. At the request of his wife, who is my daughter, I am going out to arrange the lauds satisfactorily to all, and she has accompanied me and is now with the train which I left two hours since. ” “Your train is on the regular trail I suppose ?” * "Yes, sir, aud is to Damp to-night at Wild Gorge, from which place our set tlement is distant thirty mileß.” “I know the Wild Gorge well, and we will at once start for th. re. As long as we are on the prarnie, I can keep those rod devils at bay ; bnt when we reach the forest they may give ns more trouble. And as Minturn turned, he fur the first time looked into the face of Mayor Carl ton, the father of Eve. The recognition was mutual, and while Minturn’s bronzed face/paled at the sight of the man wlio had bronght years of misery upon him, Mayor Carlton’s red face grew redder as he the man to whom he owed hiulife was Minturn B "». Burk., OTiti-ta commenced ; but Minturn interrupted : “Mayor Carlton, you wrecked my life; I have saved yours, and would have done so, even had I known who you wero ; so do not let us discuss the matter. Your horse is rested ; so come let us bo off. ” Aud raising his rifle, Mintnru sunt an other shot after the Indians, to prove to them that they must not crowd him too closely. The ball took effect in the head of an Indian’s horse, aud with a yell, the red warriors hastened to placo themselves at a safer distance. Heartily ashamed of his former course, Mayor Carleton followed his preserver across the prairie. Miles were passed over in silence, the Indians not once attefnpttng to diminish the distance between themselves aud the two men—and then a shot from Min turn’s unerring rifle bringing one of their number from his horse, they after ward kept out of range, until the forest bordering the Wild Gorge came in sight and they then rapidly turned to the right and dashed away to conceal themselves in the wsods. Had Minturn been alone, he could have thwarted them by first reaching a place of safety, but the horse which Mayor Carleton rode had been used up by his hard ride, and the young man do termined to remain with and still protect the man who had proven his worst ene my. The Indians had disappeared in the forest, and a curling smoke, a mile dis tant, showed whejEp the ¥®oa train bad encamped as the two litAsezneu drew near the woods, when a loud War whoop echoed across the prairie ; and peering into the undergrowth, Minturn discov ered a horse, with a woman upon his back, dashing at full speed toward the mouth of the gorge, while a short dis tance behind were the ludians in full pursuit. “My daughter! Oh, my daughter!” cried Mayor Carleton, as his eye fell npon the flying horse-woman. Minturn exclaimed: “Yonder lies your camp. Go to it.” He then dashed forward like the wind, and the next moment had enteied the forest and was rapidly gaining npon the band of Indians who were striving all in their power to Overtake their defenceless prey. “Good heavens! she has turned'iown the gorge. Now, Antelope, show' your matchless speed,” exclaimed Minturn, as he nrged his fleet horse forward by words of encouragement. The gorge was a deep ravine Which had been the bed of a small river. Prom its month for miles there was no way of leaving its course on account of ite steep banks, aud Minturn, who knew it well, understood that the woman before him, whom Mayor Carleton’s ejaculation had told him was Eve, bad but one ebanee for her life, aud that was to keep ahead of her pursuers until he oouii oome to aid. Should her horse fall, or her pres ence of mind forsako her, she was lost. j Down the gorge Minturn dashed, and | a quarter of a mile before* him he dis- I oovered the slender form of his lost love j sitting bravely in the saddle and urging her horse forward at his topmost speed, while the red devels behind her were whooping with delight ns they rushed on in pursuit, and in their joy uncon scious of the avenging follower upon their track. A shot from Minturn, fired at full speed, bronght one of them to the ground and warned them of their danger, and then oommenced a death chase of a most exciting character, for Eye heard the shot and a glance showed her that aid was near, but she also felt that the brave Ranger would also cause the Indi ans to rush more swiftly on, and her danger thereby be increased, for should they overtake her, her fate was sealed. Again the rifle echoed down the gorge, aud the horse of a warrior fell, crashing his rider beneath him. “So far, good. There are five more of the devils yet. Como, Antelope !” aud os Miuturn spoke, he struck his horse a sharp blow with his cap. Maddened and startled by such un expected harshness from his master, Antelope sprang forward with inoreased speed, and rapidly gained upon the Indian horses, and then ouce more the rifle pealed forth, and a death-dealing messenger sent another Indian to his long home. “If that was not Eve they are after, I would really enjoy this novel chase,” said Minturn, as he warmed with excite ment, and setting his teeth hard, onoe more raised the deadly rifle, and again a savage warrior uttered his death-whoop. Antelope had now brought his master within a few lengths of the Indians and they had also gained greatly npon their intended victim, and panting for revenge for the loss of their comrades, they were determined to seek their vengeuoe npon the frail woman ; and while two or three remaining warriors turned uud fired up on Minturn, the other raised his rifle and discharged it, after taking as good aim as was possible at full speed, at the horse ridden by Eve. Fortunately all three Bhots missed, and then, slinging his rifle upon his back, Minturn drew his revolver, and rapidly the chambers were emptied npon .the remaining savages, and with fearful ■ effoct, for two of them fell, while the other seeing further flight was useless, and thus brought to bay, turned and faced the victorious ranger. Throwing himself from his horse, the Indian used him as a safeguard, and as Mi ii turn dashed up hurled his tomahawk at his head. It was well aimed, and grazing the temple of the Ranger, caused him to reel in his saddle and then fall heavily to the ground. With a bound the Indian was upon him, aud his greedy hand sought the dark curling hair for the Hcalp-lock ; but only stunned by the blow aud fall, Min turn half arose and grappled with his red foe. Then commenced a fierce and deadly combat, and the knives of the warrior and his terrible foe clashed together; but not for long, as the broad keeu blade —the far-famed bowieknife of the white man—soon was thrust deep down into the bosom of tho Indian, who, with one piercing yell of anguish and rage, fell dead at the victor’s feet, just us Eve, who had seen that she was no longer pursued, turned and dashed up to the spot. “Eve !” aud the dark eyes, full of the lire of combat, rested upon the face of the woman who had broken her pledge of lasting love, and the beautiful woman, upon whom five years hnd made but lit tle olionge, turned deadly pale as she recognized the man before her, and murmured: “Oh, Mintnru ! is it indeed yon?” “Yes” Mrs. Granger, I am Miuturn Burke, the man whom you so cruelly deceived, answr rod the young Ranger, bitterly. “Whom I deserted 1 Oh, Minturn, how can you say that, after yonr cruel letter ?” “Subterfuge is useless, Madam. I nev er addressed one line to you ufter you left for the convent.” “Oh, then we have both been victim ized. Believe me, had I not heard from my father that you were engaged to be married, and received a letter purporting to oome from you, telling me yon no longer loved me, I would not have been forced as it were into a marriage with Lawrence Granger.” “And he ?” He is now dead, and left me all of bis property, for be was a good husband to me while he lived.” “Oh, Eve, yonr father has done all this to part us. Darling, I yet love you, and hope, almost beyond hope, that you will not now cast me off.” Quickly did Eve slide from her saddle to the ground, and then the beautiful arms were clasped around the neck of the lonely mau, os he drew her frantically to his bosom. Just then tho sound of hoofs was heard, and Mayor Carleton appeared in sight for be had followed, rapidly as his horse oould go, after Minturn, instead of going to the encampment of the wag ' on train as tho Ranger had directed. Great was his joy to see liis daughter safe. All along the edge of tbe gorge he had noticed the effects of the death chose in seeing the dead bodies of the lud : aus, and yet he feared that Eve might not have escaped, and his daughter was his idol. Once more ho clasped her to his arms, and as he turned toward Mintnrn, he said in n choking voice : . “Mr. Burke, I have deeply wronged you and Eve, but you have had yonr revenge. I caused your paths through life to diverge widely, aud now my every efforts shall be to bring them together i again. “We have suffered greatly, Mayor I Carletou; but now lot the joy of this j meeting banish the past, replied Min turn, frankly offering his baud, which I was warmly grasped by the repeueut, man. “Father, I was in search of you when those Indians came upon me; but now let us return to camp, for I am ill with fatigue aud fright,” said Eve, with a happy light in her eyes; and raising her to her saddle, Mintum mounted aud led the way, while Mayor Carleton brought up the rear. It was a merry party arouud the wagon train camp fire that night, and warmly was Mintnrn Burke congratulated upon his bravery by the many emigrants, who gazed upon him with wonder, after May or Carleton had related to them the daring exploits of the young man. In that far Western settlement, now rapidly growing into a town of some im portance, dwell Mintnrn Burke and Evo as man and wife, and neither of them has ever had cause to regret the terrible ordeal of the death-chase which brought them together again, after many years of cruel separation ; and old MayorfCar leton seems determined to make up with kindness and love toward his children, for the one Rinful act of his life ngffcinst them. A Domestio Tragedy. CHAPTER ONE. With fierce energy she strode to the window, dashed back the ruttliug blind, and peered into tbe inky darkness. But her burning glances failed to pierce the pall-like blackness that enshrouded the deserted streets. Tearing up the liAK register, aud detaching the pedal from a sewing ranebine, she laid them on a has sock, and resumed her weary watch. The storm without rngrd witli wild fury, driving the sleet across Charles rivir with a force and velocity that was spall ing. The night waned, and she sat wan and haggard. CH \PTEK TV O. An abandoned-looking man, with a crira-am nose, tattered l ister, aud fear ful fissures in his trousers, was waltzing with uncertain Strides through one of the grand avnnues of the Lower port. Ever and rnon the graceless man would mutter to himself : “I—hie—wonderif theoldwomansup—hie—by—hie— gad ?" Bracing himself he reached home, and was trying to pick the door-look with an empty flask, when the door opened from within. Then a fierce soap-paddle in the hands of a warlike female flourished in the air. Then a wild cry for mercy was heard high above the raging elements, and all was still. Telling a Story at a Dinner Table. Mr. Sniffin was at adiuuer party given a few days ago at Boddley’s. While the company were at the table, Sniffin said in a loud voice : “By-the-way, did yon read that mighty good thing in the Bulletin the other day about the w. man over in Pecander ? It was oue of the most amusing things that ever came under my observation. The woman’s name, you see, was Emma. Well, sir, there were two young fellows paying attention to her, and after she’d accepted one of them, the other also proposed to her, and ns she felt certain that the first one wasn’t in earnest, she accepted the second one, too. So a few days later both of them called at the same time, both claimed her hand, aud both insisted on marrying her at once. Then, of course, she found herself face to face with a very unpleasant—unpleas ant—er—er—er less see what’s the word I want Unpleasant er—er— Blamed if I havn't forgotten that word 1” “Predicament?” suggested Boddley. “No, that is not it; what’s tbe name of with two horns ? Unpleas ant—er—er Hang it 1 it’s gone clear out of my mind.” “A cow ?” hinted Miss Oridley. “No, not a oow.” . “May be it’s a buffalo?” remarked Doctor Potts. “No ;no kind of animal; something else with two horns. Mighty queer I can’t recall it.” “Perhaps it’s a brass baud ?” obser/ed Butterwick. “You don’t mean a lire company ?” asked Mrs. Boddley. “N—no. That’s the confounded queerest thing I ever heard of, that I can’t remember that word.” said Mr. Sniffin, getting warm and beginning to feel miserable. “Well, give us the rest of the story without it.” “But,” said Mr. Sniffin, “the whole joke depends on that infernal word.” AdvertMws lint**. Olw square, first insertion...... $ 1 (O Kech subsequent insertion ' 7.> One square three months " in no One square six months !.’> 00 One square twelve months 40 00 Quarter column twelve months 40 00 Half column six months GO 00 Half column twelve months 75 W One column twelve months 1» W &T Ten lines or less considered a square AH .fractions of aquares are counted as fait squares. NO. 28, “ Two beams, did year Ray?" naked Doctor Potts ; “msy be it is a catfish V r I “Or a snail ?” remarked the judge, i “N—no — none of those.” “Is it an elephant or a walrus T r asked Mrs. Potts. i “I guess I’ll have to give it up,” wrd ; Mr. Sniffin, wiping the perspiration from his brow. “Well, that’s the sickest old story I ever run across,” remnrkcd Butterwick to Boddley. Then everybody smiled, and Mr. Sniffin exonsed himself upon the ground that he had to meet n mar ! and he withdrew. The Suicide, [We are permitted to copy the follow ! ing from the scrap-book of a young lawyer, fotmerly of Columbia county, ! who died in 1856. In these days when | suicide seems to have become an epidein | ic, these Hues, written a quarter of a century ago, are singularly appropriate. J Think not harshly of the suicide—we I seldom if ever understand, or appreciate the feelings, tjiat impel him to the com j mission of so sad aud rash an act. There is a difference betnreeu the suf ferings of an ordinary mind on account of a sudden and heavy misfortune, aud those which result from an extreme j seusitiveness; a keen susceptibility to the ills and evils of ordinary life. Time, and the recuperative properties of the mind will overcome the former, but every day brings but a fresh infliction of the latter. Both should be met with all our fortitude aud patience, but the morbidly sensitive m.nd is more apt Ur shrink from tho encounter, and to brood in silence over its sufferings; its sweete t solace is the sympathy of kindred spirits, when these can be found. But these are rare—the great mass of those around us seem to have but little sensibility—sel dom feel acutely. Talk to them of dis quietude and meutnl anguish, in the absence of any palpable misfortune, and instead of kindly interest, may be ob served, an ill disguised smile of derision, or a vacant stare Hervcs to disclose how incomprehensible nnoh feelings ore to them. They enunot understand how auy one with fair prospects in life, can really be unhappy. Are not such persona to be envied ? But all are not thus fortunately ooustituted. Happiness, or the enjoyment of life depends not entire ly upon external circumstances, and many who are considered fortunate by the world, not nnfreqnently feel their lives a burden, which' they would gladly exchange for the long aud quiet rest of the grave. And were it not that the final character of the act precludes the possi bility of forgiveness, would lay violeut hands on their own existence. “For who bear the whips and scorns of time, the oppressor’s wing, the proud man’s contumely, the paugs of despised love, the insolence of office, and the spurns that patieut merit of the unworthy takes, where he himself might his quie tus make, with a bare bodkin. Who would bear the thousand natural ills that flesh is heir to, but that the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns, puzzles the will and makes us rather bear the ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of ?” Think not harshly of the suicide. Feb’y 1848. B. E. W. Death of Santa Anna. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna died in the oity of Mexico on the 21st of June at the age of 84 years. Born in Jalapa, he entered the Mexican army at an early age, and was foremost in expel ling the Spaniards from Mexico. Ho afterwards join and in deposing the native Emperor Itnrbride, and elevated Guer ero to the Presidency. In 1833 he was himself made President, and soon after was made Dictator. In 1836 he attempt ed to subdue the Texan revolt, but was beaten at San Jacinto and taken priso ner. While a prisoner he recognized in dependence. In 1837 he led in the suc cessful repulse of the French at Vera Cruz and lost a leg in action. When war broke out between the United States and Mexico Santa Anna was recalled from exile and appointed Commander-in chief. The disasters which befell him led to his second exile, but he was again recalled and once more made President. Again he was deposed and for tho past twenty-five years he has been a wanderer, restless -and uncertain. A few years ago he returned to Mexico and attempted to arouse anew movement in Iris fovor, but it fell stillborn and the Mexicans looked upon him simply with pity. He was a very powerful man, but with splendid opportunities for good—with occasions which oould have produced a Washing ton—he accomplished nothing beneficial to the human race nor to Mexico.—Mo bile Register. In five States the law of hanging has now been abolishod. They are, with the dates of their abolition, os follows : Michigan, 1846; Rhode Island, 18521 Wisconsin, 1853 ; lowa, 1872 ; Maine, 1875. A Salt Lake Mormon has returned from the Sandwioh Islands with five young Hawaiian wives.