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THE WASHINGTON GAZETH 1 YOL. XX. AMAZING GRACE. irk. Bquatter MmU a Kan Ha Had Baen Looking For. The conntcy advances; the light of naw ideas ij. awns ; machinery lessens the lull of wan. but the Arkansas squatter sec no turn of the wheels hears not the new hum of growing industry, says the Louisville Courier .Tamuttl. Cities and large towns have sprung into existence, but rather than become identified with their civilization he follows the track of the retreating bear, and again builds his rude cabin in a domain free from hur ry and at evening, when he sita under the great tree that shades his door, he can hear the howl of the wolf and listen to the scream of the inspiring panther.' lie docs not of ten change the scone of his primeval habitation, for civilization is not a race horse, nor does enlightenment lneake op.and surprise a c immunity. A few months ago Col. W. I*. Grace one of the most prominent lawyers of the Slate, had occasion to make a horseback journey into a wiki district lying between two great mountains of Ozark range. One day, while the heat was intense, he came upon a small log house surrounded by a fence of poles. An old fellow with low yei tow whiskers, like the dead silk on an ear of corn, sat on the fence, engaged, it seems, in llie v ork ef killing buf falo *-n its. “Ilow are you ?” said the colonel, reining np his horse. “Little peaßer than I wnz, but I ain’t so power! jl peart yit,” slapping at a gnat. “Will you be so kind as to bring me a flipper ot water?” “Ripper?” he repeated contemp tuously. “I ain’t seed a dipper sense 7 went dewn ter take a look at the Legislator. If yer drink here, stran ger, ver’ll hawevdrink outen a giurd. Wan’t it?” “Yes. I am thirsty enough to drink ont of a straw hat.” • The old fellow went into thee-shfii and soon returned with a gourd drip ping with water. The colonel took the vegetable vessel, turned it up. but only for a moment. Spitting out the •water, he returned the gourd, and said. “Put a themometer in that water and it would run up to 150.” “Don’t know about that, cap’ll; bat put a wiggletail in it, and he’d capor round mightily.” “When did.you draw it ?” “Wasn’t drtwed ; it was foleh.” “When did you bring it from the spring?” “Day afore yistiddy.” “Whv haven’t you brought some since ?” Cause this ain’t give out yit.an’ an other reason is, wife she’s down with the chills.” “Can’t you leave lier long cnengh to get water?” “ Tain’t that. She ain’t able to go arter it. She ’tends ter the water.” “How far is the spring?” “’Bout three miles.” “Which direction ?” “Fnstonean’ (hen tother. Path's powerful crooked. “Why uon’t you dig & well ?” “Weather’s too hot.” Why don’t you dig one when it’s ■cold ?” “ ’Cause the the ground’s friz.” “How far is it to the next house?” “Thar ain’t none.” “What’s your name, my friend ?” “Paterson. What’s your name?” “My name is Grace.” “What!” exclaimed the squatter, dropping the ground. “Air ycr the feller they sings about at church? Yer ain’t old amazin’ Grace airyer? Well, dog my cals! Git down. I’ve been waitin to meet yer since I heard ’em sing about yer so much. I reck on yer air a powerful hand at rasolin,' hain’t yer? Jist git ofTn fling me down once. I never were flung yit, and daddy did tole me ’fore he died that Grace would come ’long arler while an’ fling me. Yer wus a mighty long lime ccmin,’ but yer air here at last, tyhat, yer ain’t gwine ter leave? on’t reckon daddy knowed what p man I’d lie agin yer got here. Wall, /good-by Grace; don’t reckon I’ll ever see you no mo.” While brother Beecher’s pew rents are smaller than for several years, his congregations are growing larger every Sunday, and often more people go to Plymouth church than can be admitted, r WASHINGTON, GA„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1885. THE DAVIG-SHEBMAN MATTBB- It is obvious that if the plans of those who organized secession had not miscarried, I hey would not now lie described ns conspirators, any more than treason, when it prospers, keeps the name of treason. It is small business, therefore, for senators to wrangle over words which borrow their whole significance from the for tuitous results of war, and which merc'y affirm iu an offensive way the notorious failure of the attempt to break up I lie union. We should add, in simple justice to Jefferson Davis, that from all tlie evidence thusfarbe fore the world, he seems to have been reluctant rather than eager to precip itate the rupture, and to have held alout for some lime from the active measures taken to give effect to south ern discontent by organizing a sepa rate government. As to the famous discovery which Genera! Sherman bcltoves himself to have made in a private letter, this may be coarsely designated as a marc’s nest. He alleges that in the dying throes ef the rebellion, Presi dent Davis threatened to coerce ene of the confederate states (said to have been recalcitrant) into forwarding the help imperatively needed to save Richmond, which, as the event proven had come to be the sole bulwark of the confederate cause. But suppose this to be true of Jefferson Davis, will any southern, or indeed, any northern man think less of him for Hint ? Amid tho harrowing anxieties and par amount demands of war, Mr. Liucoln himself did sumo things which he afterwards regreted and for which the most inflexible opponents of ex ecutive usurpation have cheerfully forgiven him. Although the expedient is sanctioned neither by our constitu tion nor by that of the confederacy, there are times when the instincts of mankind justify resort to the old Ro man practice by which in supreme an officer k i.-iz.iw com missioned to violate) alt laws. Sml had Davis, iu his desperate struggle lo break through the circle of fire and iron that was tightening around Richmond, coerced the state of Geor gia into enforcing a conscription and supplying him with re-enforcenioni, he would have done no more than Lincoln would have been praised for doing under like appalling pressure in New York or Indiana. There are fewmennow living in this country whodesireto slay the slain, or who can derive any satisfaction from assail ing Jefferson Davis. The difference of opinion wtiicli, under the sharp stress of invasion and exhaustion, are said to hare arisen betceu the ceutral administration of the confederacy and the governors of Georgia and North Carolina, will not, as we have said, beheld by gcncrous'andj candid men in any section of the union to cast discredit upon any of the parlies. Govenor Brown and Governor Vance did their sworn duty in the posts witli which their fellow citizens in trusted them, and on his part Presi dent Davis obeyed a law written in the heart, and which overrides all stautes —the law that bids a cause save itself from annihilation.— New York Sun. Bov. Dr. J. P. Newman, Gen. Grant’s old pastor, was the princi pal speaker at the funeral services in San Francisco recently of the late Iceland Stanford, Jr., and it is announ ced ex-Gov. Stanford paid Mr. New man SIO,OOO for his discourse. The services took place in an Episcopal chapel, and SIO,OOO was expanded for flowers for this occasion alone. A Michigan boy ate a bar of soap, drank a lot ol soda water and went to bed cured his cold. The doctor had a hard time to pull him through, hut the boy now says the next time ho catches a cold he will use Dr. Bull’s Gongh Syrup. So Near and Tet ao Far. A story of a clerk in a Main st. store, who had a dollar to invest in the late drawing of The Louisiana State Lottery. Two tickets were pre sented to him, Nos. 58,282 and 58,280. Undecided, he concluded to spend his cash for ticket No. 58280. This deci sion cost him $14,980. The moral is when in doubt on a question that can be decided for sl, always give your self the benefit of the doubt. Pur chase both tickets.—Memphis (Teun.) Avalanche, Dec. 20, aUEKE THINGS IN PAWN- False Teeth, Skeletons and Babies Offered by Impecunious Capitalists. A well dressed man entered Mr ket street pawn shop recently and quietly putting his hand to i.is month took out a full sot of upper teeth, bound together witli a plate of pure gold. After he had rubbed them on his handkorcliief he handed them shyly to the clerk, aud said iu a stage whisper: “Five dollars.” The clerk handed the man the mon ey and a ticket and he slipped quietly outot tlie door. “That man's been here three linn s to-day,” said tho clerk. The first time he left his watch and chain. The second time he loft his diamond stud and ring. I’vo advanced him money on his raise teeth before. He is a poker player. He will be back for these and the Olliers things Mon day or Tuesday.” ••Do you usally loan money on false teeth ?'' was asked. “No not often. Some pawnbrokers do. A cjuple of medical tuen used come hero who got hard lip about once a month. Once they had pawned ail theirspare clothing and all their jew elry and books and instruments. A couple of ni*hts after they came here with a long bundle wrapped in a gossamer coat. Tlioy told me they wanted $lO very badly. I opened the long bun •Ne and found a human skeleton. All Un bones were strung on silver} wire. Knowing them well I let them have the money and carried theskcloton up stairs in the storeroom, where it stood in a corner for a month before they cuino after it. Several times I’ve bad women try to pawn babies. It’s a common thing for men to came iu hero on bitter colds days and take off their overcoats and pawn them. A handsome young fvomen walked in lioro this morning. and, talking toff ■ sealskin sacquc, pawned, it fur $10.” —Philadelphia Times. STATISTICS ON MUBDEB. Ohio is the wickedest slate in the Union. Statistics ef the murders committed in this country during Hie year 1884 show that Ohio leads with 189. Texas following with 181 and Rhode Island’and Delcwarc having each 11, the smallest number. In the prohibition states of Kansas, lowa and Maine the numbers of mur ders were 78, 58 and 16, respectively. Besides Ohio and Texas, the states having more than one hundred mur ders were Kentucky, 178; Missouri, 146; Tennessee, 137; Georgia, 135; New York, 125; Pennsylvania, 220; Michigan, 109, and Virginia, 102. Of the populous states Illinois makes, by all odds, the best showing, having only 63 murders in the year, one-half less than the number in several slates with populations one-third less than hers. Compared with 1883 the mur ders in this country have more than donbled. The lumbers In 1884 being 3,377. Of ttiesc 315 were mysterious and remain so. Forty-eight children were killed by their parents, 83 wiveß by their husbands, and 12 husbands, by their wives. Only 103 legal exe cutions for murder occurred, though 219 lynchitigs were reported. The situation of the Blaines in Washington is a happy one, Mrs. Blaine is not magnetic, site is repel lant. She has taken occasion to snub many ladies in society there who openly rejoice at her disappointment and humiliation now. Mr. Blaine’s course since his defeat lias been such as such to estrange many personal friends that ho had among the Democrats. In (lie long years of the new epoch that will date from the fourth of March, 1885, the capital of the United States ought to be an uncongenial place for ma lignant disunionists like James G. Blaine. Ayer’s Hair Vigor improvos the beauty of the hair and promotes its growth. It imparts an attracive ap pearance, a delightful and lasting perfume. White it stimulates the roots, cleanses the scalp and adds elegance ts luxuriance, its effects are enduring; and thus it proves itself lo he the host and cheapest article for toliet use. A HICK WOMAN’S WRETCHED DEATH. There ha*lived for many years at Lake Mahopac, says llie Albany N.Y., Argus, a woman named Eliza Baldwin, well known in that vicinity for her eccentricities and stinginess. She was the wife of “Uncle Henry” Baldwin and the sister of the late Iten i>en W. Baldwin, who for years kept •he Baldwin Hotel at Lake Mahopac. Ail hefs-ixlalives art well to do, her husband is..wealtli she was esti mated to ifo worth wßup). Yet sho lived alone, apart (ram her husband, who waslnable to endure her tem per and arrogance. She had two sons, whoyears ago went-West. Latelyono of them returned to see his mother, but was refused admittance by her, she claiming that lie cams after her motley, not to visit her. Her husband at ane tiipe was desirous of selling some property and required her sig nature to the deeds. She refused to sign until he had translerred her one thinl of all his pijoperty. Mr. Bald win indulged her in many ways, and built for her, oil K farm of 30 acres, a SIO,OOO house. aiJ| handsomely fur nished it. She tisik possession, but iiille by little soljl for cash the furni ture and household articles. Sho lived most wretchedly, denying herself enough toeal anil using in winter tho least possible fujl. The people of the vicinity had grewn accustomed toiler oddities, and tkenifore paid no atten tion to the factitliat lately no signs of life or activity! were manifest, in her house. One oflhc neighbors, however, had some btianess to transact with her. She wenl to her house, and, af ter repeated Knocking, was unable to gain admittaire. The door was then broken iu ana Mrs. Baldwin was found sitting in ajehuir before an empty stove, frozen to death. On a slool be side her wa l a piece of paucako and and a cup f containing some frozen soup, the <sily edibles iu the house. After tVg funeral, the Rev. Mr. Tut tle ljun. aj x tpn Smith, the only 'iXon*ln w hum Mrs. paid win placed confidence, made a search of the house, and $76,000 in cash was found, and it is supposed as much more remains hidden in undiscover ed tiooks. THX BIMPLH TRUTH OF HISTORY Gen. Grant's downward career be gan when he, the military idol of hi# fellow-citizens, entered tho partisan service of ths Republicans, and gave up to the party what wao meant for mankind. A* the Bxecutiveof the na tion he became the victim of tho most unscrupulous hand of political scoun drels who ever fastened themselves upon an American administration. During the eight years he presided in the White House there was scarcely a month which did not disclose some deed of rascality on the pan of those whom he called to till some of the most important offices in his gift. One of his private secretaries, now dead, barely escaped expulsion from tho army and a cell in tho peniten tiary. One of his Cabinet officers was accused of high crimes and misde meanors and summoned to tho bar of the highest court known lo the law. The name of another one has become the synonym of all that is bad and corrupt in a had and corrupt age. ■veil Gen. Grant’s own relatives do not hesitate, in their greed for money, to bring disgrace and dishonor to bis name. Grant’s second administration will lire in our history as the most corrupt we ever had. Corn doctors have been skillful enough to kill two prominent citizens of Brooklyn. “Anted Like a Charm.” This is what Mrs. Mayor, of Ba ronne street, New Orleans, says of Brown’s Iron Bitter. A “charm” works quietly surely, promptly, thoroughly and with delightful ef fect. That is just the way this won derful family medicine works on in valids who have been suffering the woes of liver complant, dyspepsia and impoverished blood. Those who know its worth say it is a complete cure fordyspepsia, weakness malaria, neuralgia, cot. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is the most po tent bleod purifier, and a fountain of health and strength. Be wise in time. All baneful infoctions arc promptly removed by this unequalled alterative. W SI3VCS, SUCCESSOR TO SIMS, IRVIN & CO.] The Firm of Sims, Irvin Sc Cos. having dissolved, I will continue to keep alwavs oa hand LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, BRICK, LIME, AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL. My prices will bo low and CASH mint aacompany all orders. Call and consult me before buying elsewhere. Will store Guano and other artieles at. my warehouse and deliver the same. Charges reasonable. A small stock of Builder's Hardware at COST. lam authorized to settle all claims dua by or to the old firm. OFFICE AT ARNOLD OUSK sepl2-6m L.. W. SIMS. 1884. COTTON BUSINESS SEASON. W. jr. MERCIER, COTTON FACTOR. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. MARBLE. ~~ A. R. ROBERTSON, Athens, Georgia. MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER OF Granite and Marble Monuments & Tombstones A largo lot of finished work on on hand ready for lettering. I will pay half freight on Monumoiits and Tomb Stones delivered in 'Washington, Ga. 1-1 V yi. R. ROBERTSON, Athens. On. NEW STORE! a NEW GOODS! NEW PRICES! B. M. WINESTOO K, Formerly of Greenville, S. C., Informs the citizens of Washington and Wilkes comity generally, that ho hav opened at the store on the west side of the public square, formerly •ccupicd by Mrs. Stewart as a millinery store, a well selected stock of Clothing for Genta, Youths and Boys, FROM THE CHEAPEST TO THE BEST. A Good Assortment of— Shoes, Boots, Hats, Caps, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, JEANS, Cassimeres, Umbrellas, Tranks and Jewelry. Large lot of Underwear. Toilet Soaps in great variety. Suspenders, Silk, Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Hosiery and Gloves. A nice lot of Ladies’ Cloaks, all of which we guarantee of Latest styles, and at prices to astonish the natives. These Goods we offer to sell cheap for cash. Mu. G. THOMAS POPE is with us and will be glad to see his friends and neighbors and let them have Goods at VERY LOW PRICES. 30-ora B: M. WINESTOCK, AG’T, THEODORE MARKWALTER’S MARBLE WORKS; BROAD STREET, (NEAR LOER MARKET) AUGUSTA, GA. lilin TOMBSTONES MO MABBLG WORKS GENERALLY always on hand or made to order. A large selection ready for lette andrlng delivery at short notice. Several hundreds of new designs of The Most Modern Style of Monuments, FINE PLYMOUTH ROCK CHICKENS FOR, SALE. They aro pure breed mfl extra fine Tho Plymouth is is very popular be cause of their many superior quali itics. PRICES REASONABLE. Address L. L. CHAPMAN, Talbotlon, Ga. Citation for Letters Administration. GXOKQIA, WILKES COUNTY, rrio all whom it may concern. Whereas, JL Thomas A.Shank, having in proper form applied to me for permanent administration on the estate of B. (Jr. Paschal, late of said county, this is to cite all and singular, the creditors and next of kin of B. G. Pascha to be and appear at my office within tho ti m allowed by law, and snow cause, if any t he can, why permanent admfnisttation sho ul not be granted to Thomas A. Shank on H. G Paschal’s estate. Witness mv hand and official signature this Dec. 9th, 1885. 24t GEO. DYSON, Ordinary W. C. NO. 4. JOHN McPOLAND Contractor & Builder, Plans and estimates furnished a short notice. Strict attention given to all orders entrusted to me. AH orders for stone and brick work in any part of the country promptly at tended to. Address 101 CARRIE ST., COR. MILLER. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. Citation for Letters Administration. GKOBOtA, Wilkes county. TO all whom it may concern : Mrs. Sally Terry, having in proper form applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of George W. Terry, lalo of said county, deceased, this is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin of said George W. Terry, to be and appear at my office within the time allowed by law, anti show cause, if any they can, why permanent administration should not be granted to Mrs. Sally Terry on George W. Terrv’a estate. Witness my official signature, this Dec-2, 1884. GEO. DYSON, 49-4 t Ordinary W. C.