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THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
BY JAS. A. WRIGHT AND HUGH WILSON.
NEW STOREJVEW GOODS.
The undersigned have removed to their New Store-room, at the Post
Office Corner, where we are receiving our New Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS !
Having adopted a Strict Cash System, and determined to give our
customers the benefit of it. believe we can give entire satisfaction in
prices, and a varied and well assorted stock.
NY e would call special attention to our
DRESS GOODS!
Consisting of the Latest Styles
POPLJXS ; EMPRESS CLOTHS, , DELAINES,
MERINOS, ifc, i(x.
©3J3S WH3TS EOOBS.
Comprising Swiss, Nainsook and Mull Muslins, Striped and
Checked Jaconets, Tarjetan, &c., &e.
WOOLEN GOODS!
Cassimeres, Cloths, Rock Island Jeans, Satinets, Opera, White and
Red Flannels, Blankets, fiue and common, at very low figures.
GLOVES MD HOSIERY, HOOP SKIRTS, BOULE
VARD SKIRTS, GLOVE-FITTING CORSETS,
And a good Stock of Brown and Bleached Homspuns, nil grades.
We have also, a good Stock of Hardware, Pocket and Table Cutlery,
Locks of all kinds, Stocks, Knob, and Padlocks, and some very fine
Double Guns and Pistols which we will sell very cheap.
GROCERIES.
SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA, ETC., AND AN
ASSORTMENT OF CRACKERS.
Some very fine Chewing Tobacco, and the very best Smoking
Tobacco, comprising the favorite Brands :
FRUITS AND FLOWERS, BOaUET, FINE TURKISH, AND
THE NOT TO BE SURPASSED SCARFILETTI.
R. H. VICKERS k CO.
Oct 23, 1868
ANOTHER C 1111(1!
NEW STORE AND NEW GOODS !
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
At the U Stand of R. H. Vickers & Cos.
We have just removed to the Corner Store, (formerly occupied by Messrs. It. IT.
Vickers it C 0.,) where vie are daily receiving from New York one of tho largest and
handsomest Slocks of
MIL m Willi GOODS
That it has eaer been our good fortune to offer to the citizens of Wilkes and sur
rounding counties.
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS.
Our Stock of Ladies’ Dress Goods, of every description, is equal to the times ; and as
it is impossible to designate the different articles and styles, the ladies are invited to
call and see for themselves.
Our Slock of Clothing for Gentlemen's and Boys’ wear, cannot he surpassed in this
market. We have piece goods every description, such as French Cassimeres, Cloths,
Jeans, Tweeds and Kentucky Cassimere, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, &c.
All in want of
in goods, memos, motions,
Will lose nothing by examining our Stock before purchasing elsewhere.
These goods were bought for Cash, aud we intend to sell them as LOW AS THE
LOWEST!
MARCUS & FRANKLIN.
Oct IS
WASHINGTON, WILKES COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1868.
THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
TERMS.—Three Dollars a year iu advance.
No Subscriptions taken for a shorte
time than six months.
One Link Gone.
Take the pillows from the cradle
Where the little sufferer lay;
Draw the curtain, close the shutters,
Shut out every beam of day.
Spread the pall upon the table,
Place the lifeless body there;
Back from off the marble features,
Lay the auburn curls with care.
With its little blue-veined fiagers
Crossed upon its sinless breast,
Free from care, and pain and anguish,
Let the infant cherub rest.
Smooth its little shroud about it;
Pick its toys from off the floor—
They, with all their sparkling beauty,
Ne’er can charm their owner more.
Take the little shoes and stockings
From the doting mother’s sight,
Pattering feet no more will need them,
Walking in the fields of light.
Parents faint and worn with watching,
Through the long dark night, of grief,
Dry your tears and soothe your sighing—
Gain a respite of relief.
Mother, care no more is needed
To allay the rising moan.
And though you perchaueo may leave it,
It can never be alone.
Angela bright will watch beside it
In its quiet holy slumber,
Till the morning, then awake it
To a place among their number.
Thus a golden link is brokon
In a chain of earthly bliss—
Thus the distance shorter making
’Twixt the blighter world and this.
The Man-Eating Tiger.
The craft of this particular tiger
had hafHcd all efforts of the terrified
natives to discover even his lair.
Bullocks had been pickoted in placos
frequented by him, hut he would lepyo
them untouched and carry off the
herdsmen, I Its trail had been follow
ed for milos, but he had such doviccg
of doubling bade, and eluding detec
tion, that the charnel-house to which
his victims were carried remained un
discovered. Sixteen post-runners had
been swept away in six months, the
fatal spring being made at one par
ticular bond in tho road. Once one
native tracker had caught sight of
him drinking; and as ho bounded
away into tho jungle, he noticed that
he was not as other tigers are, but
that his skin was of a dirty faded
yellow. At the head of an army of
heaters tho Old Shekarry took up the
trail of this monster at a point whore
a native woman had been carried off
on the preceding night. Taking ad
vantage of every sign, such as marks
in the sand where the tiger had lain
down his still living victim to got a
firmer gripe, and her hands had
clutched the soil convulsively, a rag
of dress or a few long hairs caught in
the thorns, the trail was followed for
miles.
At length wo distinctly heard grat
ing sounds, like the gnawing of bones,
accompanied by loud snarls and
growls. We made our way wi Ji
great difficulty through the dense un
derwood for about an hundred yards,
the noise becoming plainer and more
distinct as we advanced, until at last
we emerged into an open glade.
Here, looking cautiously around, I
found the noise proceeded from two
jackals, who were munching and tear
ing the flesh from some half-stripped
human bones. * * * This was
evidently the lictacomb of the man
eater, for I counted, from skulls and
remains of half-eaten bodies, about
twenty-three victims, of both sexes,
as wo could sec, from tho hair, clothes,
broken bangles, and gold and silver
ornaments belonging to the native
women. We picked up two massive
silver bracelets belonging to his last
victim, whose fresh remains exhibited
signs of tattooing, which were recog
uizod by one of the villagers who was
with us. We also found two gold
neck ornaments, which mark the
married women; and a knife, which
the dhoby ‘assured us he knew belong
ed to a post-runner, who had been
killed about a month before. The
stench from the decayed animal mat
ter was almost insupportable.
Tigers, like alligators, like their
meat high, and generally keep it till
decomposition has commenced. Hav
ing found this pleasant lair, the next
thing was to find the man-eater himself.
The jungle was systematically beaten,
and all meaner game was spared ; but,
■ though several tigers and tigresses
folk tho great delinquent was
not among the number. For some
days he was lost; but at length nows
cam© that lie had been seen skulking
in the neighborhood of the village,
and the trail being immediately fol
lowed up, it was conclusively proved
that he must he lying perdu near that
identical bend in the road, where so
many unlucky post-runners had been
pounced upon. Tho Old Shekarry
uow adopted a resolution, which
stamps him as something much more
heroic than an ordinary sportsman.
He determined to dress up ns a post
runner, and to go alone at sunset to
this bond in tho .road, and abide the
man eater’s onset. Two or throe of
his Bravest followers volunteered to
accompany hint, hut the offer was de
clined, for it was thought that tho
tiger might bo alarmed at tho pres
ence of several persons where he had
been accustomed to see only one.
After a good sleep, and, we will ven
ture to add, a hearty meal, the Old
Shekarry, dressed in native costume,
and m ined with a short double-barrel
led iffle, a brace of pistols, and a huge
knife, betook himself to tho ill-omen
ed spot. Binging his postman’s boll
as he walked along, ho gradually
drew nearer aud nearer. Tho issue
must bo told in his own words :
“ J!ko sun had almost set as I pro
ceeded slowly down tho road, and al
though I was perfectly cool, and as
Yitewiy us possible, I felt cold chops
of jjfarspiration start from my foro-
I approached tho spot where
so many victims had boon sacrificed.
I passed tlie rock, keeping well on tho
lookout, and listening carefully for
the slightest sound. * * * Whilst
ascending the opposite side of tho ra
vine, I heard a slight noise like tho
ci-iekling of a dry leaf; I paused, aud,
turning to the left, fronted tho spot
IVqinj whonoo I thought the noiso pro
ceeded. I distinctly saw a movement
qr waving in the high grass, ns if
something was making its way to
vr&ftls me ;■ then 1 heard a loud purr
higS and saw something twitch
ing backwards and forwards behind a
clump of low bush and long grass,
about eight or ten paces from me, and
a little in the rear. It was a ticklish
moment, but I felt prepared- I step
ped back a couple of paces, in order
to get a better view, which action
probably saved my life, for immediate
ly the brute sprang into the middle of
tho road, alighting about six feet
from the place where J was standing.
I fired a hurried shot ere lie should
gather himself up for a second spring,
and when the smoko cleared away I
saw him rolling over and 'over
in the dusty road, writhing in ids
death-agony, for my shot hud entered
tho neck, and gone downwards into his
chest. I stepped on ono side, and
gavo him my second barrel behind
tlie ear, when dark blood rushed
from his nostrils, a slight tremor
passed over all his limbs, and all was
still. Tho man-eater was dead, and
his victims avenged.”
Curved Lines.
How remarkable it is that through*
out tlie dominion of nature, in every
vegtablo and animal form, a curved
outline is recognized. The Margin of
every leaf, the shaft of every tree—
and, in fact, every internal individual
organ—represents somewhere in its
interior a segment of a circle. There
are no straight lines anywhere, in
side or outside. All tlie vossels cir
culating fluids are round, or at least
present curvet of various diameters,
although they may not at first view
appear to be so. An exception is no
ticeable in wbatis called by anatomists
the longitudinal sinus which carries
tho blood out of the head that has
been carried there by four arteries.
It is nearly triangular, but its direc
tion is an arc of a circle. *
Sound moves in wavelets, which
arc convex on the outer surface; wa
ter rnnning in waves, assumes seg
ments also of circles; tiie earth revol
ves on its axis which is round, and
the whole solar system moves with
incomprehensible momentum round
tho sun. Still further, astronomers
believe that the starry heavens, with
all the celestial machinery' of tlie mil
ky way and nebulae of undefined
worlds shining gloriously' beyond the
boundaries of that most distant of
all discovered planets of onr system,
Neptune, are coursing a vast circle
round a central point of universal at-
traction, which may be the tlirono of
Deity—tlie God who created and con
trols the destiny of all.
How pleasing the thought, that ho
who formed the vast celestial vault by
his wisdom, and in beauty suspended
in the circle of the heavens the shi
ning hosts of night, calls upon his
children! Omortal man! why build
upon the shores of fleeting time?
Look up! Angels in pure white—all
radiant with beams of glory— hover
round you anxious to minister to your
every want. Do you mourn over
your misfortunes?—Dash away the
fast flowing tears, for Jesus in due
timo will come on tho wings of morn
ing and receive you unto himself.
lines for Boys to Remember.
BY MBS. GAGE.
“What shall I do?” My hoy don’t, stand asking;
Tuko hold of something—whatever you can,
Don’t turn aside for the boiling or tasking:
Idle, soft hands never yet made a man.
Grasp with a will whalover needs doing,
Still stands ready, when one work is done,
Another to seize ; and then still pursuing
In duty your course, find tho victory won.
Do your best for to-day, tiust God for to-mor
row ;
Don’t he afraid of a jest or sneer ;
Bo cheerful and hopeful, and no trouble borrow
Keep the heart true, and the head cool and
clear.
If you can climb to the top without falling,
Doit, If not, go as high ns you can.
Man is not honored hi business or calling,
Business and calling are honored by man.
m
Aiken, Barnwetx District, S. C.,)
Thursday, September 10, 18G8. j
I am satisfied that farming in this
country will pay', and that more en
joyment and luxuries can be had, with
a given amount of labor, than in any
Northern .State, I um acquainted with.
For my part, I have had enough of
cold weather and being frozen up
from four to six months of the year. |
As an illustration of tho opportune;
ties afforded for enterprise, a North
ern family who settled ltoro last year,
planted largely of green peas this
spring; although the crop did not
turn out-well,-enough has beeq accom
pliShed to demonstrate tho pruotiaa
bility of making money by such en
terprises, some of tlie peas selling in
New York at $4,25 per bushel, and net
ting on an average over $2 per bush
el. Beets, potatoes, cabbages, &c.,
have frequently been brought from
the North, and sold at a profit hero.
Why ? Because farmers neglected to
store such articles for winter use.
The owner of tho farm I have pur
chased saved a few turnips last win
ter, and sold them for $3,50 per bar
rel. But little attention lias been
paid heretofore to diversifying pur
suits, tlio people being content to
tread in the old beaten path.
It i astonishing how few articles of
Southern manufacture one finds in
the store for sale. The merchants
visit Now York and lay in their en
tiro stock there. It is evident that
tho cost of transportation alone would
afford a handsome profit on very' ma
ny articles, and the cost of living and
making the articles need be no grea
ter than elsewhere.
Os a great many articles tho raw
materials are found here in abundance.
What is needed is the capital, indus
try and tact to make such articles as
are in demand and bring them proper
ly- to the notice of tlie consumer.
Tho combination of ad vantage of this
vicinity admirably adapts it for man
ufacturing purposes. The numerous
crocks and streams afford cheap and
ample power. Its connection by rail
with tlie commercial of tlie
South afford a home market protected
by the cost of transportation from
the present sources of supply. The
raw material is at hand, and the
price of unskilled labor is much chea
per than at the North. Tho atten
tion of Southern people never having
been turned in this direction, good
openings are afforded to Northern
mechanics who can command sufficient
capital to work with. As an exam
ple, canned fruits and vegetables are
brought from the North, and large
quantities are sold throughout the
South. These fruits and vegetables
can certainly be raised as cheaply
here as there, and the flavor of the
fruits, such as the strawberries, peach
es, &c., are decidedly superior to those
raised in cold climes. Is it not reas
onable to suppose such pursuits would
afford a large margin for profit?
AVhal is needed is capital |atid enter
prise.
Immense beds of the finest kaolin.
VOL III —NO. 80.
or china and other clays, are found in
this neighborhood, pronounced by
competent authorities to be the best
yet found on this continent, and rival
ling those of Europe. These deposits
will some day be a source of untold
wealth, and afford employment for
thousands of operatives, adapted as
they are to making all varieties of
crockery and earthenware. This is a
class of wares for which, as yet
wo depend almost entirely on Eu
rope, the importation into the port
of New York for the year ending tho
30th June, 1867, having amounted to
$5,382,336- * Tlie protection afforded
by tlie present tariff ar and tho cost of
transportation, must, undoubtedly en
courage the erection of factories hero
where the raw material can be procur
ed in any- quantity. Here also are
found colored ochrCs in great variety,
and of a quality full*'’ equal to tho
French. The importation of ochres
last year amounted to 5,000,000 pounds
The buhr in this vicinity is quite a
curiosity, being formed of marine
shells which have become silicificd.
Experts have pronounced the quality
equal to tho French mill stonos, and
tho quanity is iuoxhaustiblo. Tho
mineral resources of this section have
never been properly explored and in
vestigated ; therefore it is probable
that a scientific examination would
bring to light other valuable materi- •
als.
A county with a glorious climate,
fruitful soil, aud rich in mineral de
posits, a courageous and intelligent
population, and having facilities for
for reaching tlie markets of tlie worlds
rapidly' and cheaply, must progross,
unless too much legislation—Fedoral
or State—unfortunately' stops .• it
course. —Extract from a letter published
in the New York Times. -
HUMAN PROGRESS.
The Edtmburyh Review , in an exceed
ingly valuable article on ‘‘Salem Witoh
craft, ’ gives the following characterization
of tlie three classes of men who exert an
influence, favorable or otherwise, in all mat
ters of scientific research affecting the pro
gress of the human race :
“The spectacle piesenled now is of tlie
aauio Ihi no sorts of .(lit; Ui .l f appear in all
Battles, in all literatures, since tho pursuit
of truth in tiny mode or direction became
a recognizod object any where and under
any conditions. Leaving out of view the
multitude who are irrelevant to the case,
from having no knowledge, and being,
therefore, incapable of an opinion there is
the large company of the superficial and
light minded who are always injuring the
honor and beauty of truth by the levity,
| the impertinence, the abswdity of the
j enthusiasm they pretend, and the nonsense
| they talk about some, new things. No
period of society lias been more familiar
with that class and its mischn-f-making
than our own. There is the other largo
class of the contemporaiies of any discov
ery or special advance, who, when they can
absent themselves from tliescene no longer
look and listen, and bend all their efforts to
hold tbeirground of life-long opinion, usual
ly sueccecding so far as to escape any di
rect admission that more is known than
when they were born. Those are no ulti
mate hindrance. When llarvey died, no
physician in Europe above the ago of forty
believed in the circulation of the blood ;
hut tbe truth was perfectly safe. * * *
“The very small number of persons who
are, in tlie matter of human progress, the
salt of tlie earth, are they who can endure
to see without understanding, to hear with
out immediately believing or disbelieving,
to learn what they can without auy con
sideration of what figuie they themselves
shall make in the transaction, and even to
be unable to reconcile tbe now phenomena
with their own prior experience or concep
tions. There is no nued to describe how
rare this class must necessarily be, for every
one who has eyes sees bow near the pas
sions and the prejudices of the human being
lie loeacli other. These are tbe few who
unite tlie two great virtues of earnestness,
temper, composure, andcbeerfulncss through
whatever perplexity their inquiry may in
volve. It is remarkable that, while the
world is echoing all round incessantly
tjfth tho praise of the life the man spent
in following truth wherever it may
lead, the world is always resounding
also with tho angry passions of men
who resent all opinious which are not
their own, and denounce with fury or
with malice any countenance given
to mere proposals to inquiro in certain
directions which they think proper to
reprobate-” .' , ,
One of the royal generals in Spain
>eenll condemned a ch id only five
years old to be shot as the son of a
rebel.