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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, SATURJSlY MORNING, MAY .29, 1869.
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Mr. Simmons, a worthy and respected
citizen, had made a movement for re
trenchment in the expenses of the town.
Luke’s employer had been in the habit
of furnishing certain articles to the town,
===—-—, - and under the new system was likely to
3- £ ry Saturday^ Morning-, f] , 1<ft1ow tlieamoun t he had received
l0 - iS *'' —■ , uMH ; " jin former years. So he thought Mr.
1 Simmons had meddled too much‘in
2 oo ! town affairs, and Luke took up the
3 W Strain and piped freely upon it. He
':X' " '=*=-:=== =: I knew nothing of the causes which led
Tnnariably in Advance. | to Mr. Simmons’ course—he only knew
that that gentleman’s character was be
fore the public and he went into it. A
man who can speak recklessly of one
individual, will speak in the same man-
ncr’of others; and a man who can thus
thoughtlessly speak at one time, is likely
to speak at any time,
Luke Wharton had been anxious for
some time to go into business on his
own account, and the opportunity at
I length presented itself; or, at all events
I he saw a good opening to make arrange-
| ments to that end. His old employ*,
who had done business enough, was
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for every lifa,
which has suddenly and strangely
changed his mind. He simply tells me
that he will not trust you where my
money is at stake. He says farther that
(pardon me, I must speak frankly) a man
who uses his tongne as you use yours,
would be sure to ruin any business
sooner or later.
Will yon see him and talk.with him ?
I may see you this week.
Tours, Thomas Lyon.’
The hand which held the letter sank'
by Luke’s side, and a smothered groan
escaped him.
“What is it?’ asked his young wife,
springing to his side.
“Nothing—nothing now,’ he whisper
ed; and then he seized his hat and has
tened from the room.
What a blow was this! How high he
had built, his hopes upon the bright
prospects before him—how prondly he
had dwelt upon the flattering promise of
the future—and how heavy was the fall.
He paced to and fro in the garden, and
finally he reasoned calmly on the subject,
At.first he muttered deep imprecations
Where are the brave who I
A bulwark for their couq
Who bowed, and sealed J
To stand the foremost :
Where are the eyes that
The Southern “Stars ant
Oh ! where arc tBey who
The host which came t?
Where are the hands that-*!
And raised"the Southern I
When Freedom’s piercing t
Who echoed back the
■ die Argus.
[ stood,
r’s right;
fvow with blood,
ht?
I with pride
7 to see?
f deflied
ain the freo ? ,
»d the s word,
g on high ?
iek was heard ;
icrjs?
We call them, but they M*#« nets
Alas! they sleep in lWewm’s gfave;
Bright Honor ! guard eachigiredspot
Where sleep th^ relies
Then let ns plaoo fee,
ABbve the trte’Cnnt .
Whose deeds andhrtenes we fain weald shrine
To live ’till Time itself be fled.
Isoms*.
Yaldosta, (la.
willing to sell out. He" told Luke if lw upon the head of Samuel Lovejoy; but
could find a partner who would pay cash "Vhen he came to read the letter again
rips nor square, $5.00.
»ro ctargod for the same as other
A SKETCH TOIt EVERYBODY.
“1 tliiirk lie would sell himself cheap,”
1,1.1 Like Wharton, and he spoke very
family.
•What do you mean ?” asked Rosana,
: wife.
I mean just what I say. lie would
I'dl himself for money; and I believe he
would sell his best friend, too,”
•Of whom do you speak, my son ?’
,rd his mother, looking up from her
prurk, and raising her spectacles.
‘•I speak of Mr, Simmons,’replied
down for half the store, and -its good
will, the other half might remain for
several years on a mortgage. So Luke
cast about himself, and was not long in
fiuding the man he sought. Thomas
-Lyon, a-yauag_man of a neighboring
town, was ready to'enter into sucb part
nership, and he considered that the
thorough knowledge of the business, and
the intimate acquaintance with the cus
tomers which Luke might bring to him
would offset the interest he might have
to pay for the money he would bo oblig
ed to hire.
It was all arranged, and Luke "Whar
ton was happy. Thomas Lyon would
raise the four thousand dollars necessary
to be paid down, and he would soon be
in a position where he could not only
enjoy the honor and satisfaction of do
ing business for himself, but where he
could lay up money. And he was the
more satisfied because another party had
been talking of purchasing the store.
••1! it wli.it have you against him ?’
sitmed the old lady.
"1 have nothing against him. I was
ly speaking of him ns I thought.’
‘•lint do you know we should not ai
rways tell just ivlmt we think, my son ?
(it is not safe.’
‘ I believe it is always safe to toll the
rath, no matter where it hits,’ resumed
Luke.
“Then it would bo proper for me to
o out and tell tilings I hear yon and
your wife say, and all that I see you ilo,
1 matter what may be their character?’
“Ah—but that would be. infringing
•ou the sacreducss of the domestic
feh*,’ said tbu youug man.
“So it would,' continued his mother;
‘and this shows you that there must be
ptions to your rule. The domestic
|rcle is no more sacred than is a man’s
aracter. When you must speak, then
ah the truth, and fear not the conse-
euces; but be careful when yon speak
id how you speak. I know you are
ry careless, at times, iu your manner
fa speaking of others, and I am sorry it
s so. Now answer mo this: Would yon
ant Mr. Simmons to know what you
said about him ?’
“I shouldu’t care,’ replied Luke; and
he spoke hesitatingly.
“les, you would care,’ continued the
■old lady. “lou know that he is a man
of much influence in this place, and that
ho has never wronged*yon in any way
or shape. And your estimation of his
character is only formed from what
others have said. Now answer me truly.
Would you wish that some third party
should go* and 1 whisper into his ear the
-scandal you have spoken of him ?’
^ oil I <lon t know as I should; but
there’s no danger.’ *
Ah, my son—you do not know how
much danger there may be. I am afraid
you are as free in speaking to others as
you are in speaking to-ate. Have you
Dot spoken ofMr. Simmons thus ?’
Luke wa^ obliged to admit that he
uad; but still claimed there'was no dau-
Sfr, and that he had a right so to speak.
‘Ton have no right to speak against
wour neighbor,’ said Mrs. Wharton.—
‘To* will find as you advance in the
world, that you will have difficulties
enough ts encounter with without mak
ing enemies ceedlessly. If you prosper
and move along through life with honor
1tmd respect, let one of your first cares
he to see that you speak uo evil of your
neighbor. Speak ill of no man, when
duty does not absolutely call upon you
to do so. You will find it by far the
safest course.
Luke Wharton was a vong man just
harried, and was clerk in a retail store.
Te meant to be honorable and truthful,
hut he had contracted that habit which
“I would not trust him as far as I
could throw a fat hog by the tail up hill!’
asserted Luke Wharton. He spoke of
Mr. Samuil Love joy,-a njamwho lived
in a distant part of the town, and who
was the individual that had some talk of
purchasing the store.
“What do you mean by that ?’ asked
Mrs; Wharton.
“I mean just what I say,’ returnel
Luke. “I wouldn’t trust him au inch.’
“But what <lo you know against him,
my sou ?’
“I know enough. He would have
bought our-store if he could; aud he
meant to do it in an underhand way.—
Ho knew that I wanted it, and yet he
tried his best to work me out.’
“But how do you know this ?’
“bow do I know ?—why I know it
well enough. I know that lie went to
my .employer, Mr. Green, offered to
pnrehase the whole; and I know that he
intimated that I might, never be able to
pay my -half. I tell you.' he isn’t to be
trusted.’
“I hope you have not thus spoken to
any one else,’ said the old lady with
much earnestness.
“Why do you hope that ?’
“Because it would have been very
wrong. I know Mr. Lovejoy .is an ec
centric man, and very set, and even bit
ter in his prejudices; but I never heard
a lisp against his character for honesty
and uprightness. Have you spoken of
him out of doors ?’
“I have spoken my mind of him,’ re
plied Luke somewhat stubbornly, “aud
I shall speak so again.’
“Stop!’ said the mother. She spoke
sternly. “Do nqt so. You are too free
in the use of that tongue of yours. You
are not sure that Mr. Lovejoy has spoken
one word against you, and you have no
right to speak 'so against him. If this
should go to his ears it might injure
you. If you are going into business,
you should endeavor to make friends and
not enemies. Let me assure you, my
son, that you should break yourself of
that bad, bad habit. Just look at it in
this one light, and you ought not to look
farther. It is a habit from which no
good can possibly flow, but from which
evil must result. Isn’t that reason
enough for giving it up ?’
While they were yet speaking the door
bell rang, and tbte servant soon handed
in a letter for Luke Wharton, saying
that the postman had jnst left it.
The young man broke the seal and
read as follows:
he was forced to think and feel somewhat
differently. a , ,
A week ago he had arranged plans
in your favor,’ he read.
“I was mistaken,’ he said to himself.
“While I thought he was trying to work
me out, he was in reality trying to help
me.’ He was really to let Thomas have
four thousand dollars to be my partner.
What a fool I have been 1 Whv could I
not have known that he was Lyon s
uncle, and my friend.’
“My son!’
Luke started—turned and beheld his
mother.
“What is this ?’ she asked.
He handed her the letter, and then she^
read it.
“ What shall I do ?’ he asked.
“What have you proposed to do ?’
“Nothing. I know not what I could
do.’
“You can give up the store, and all of
the bright hopes you had based upon it. ’
“Oh—I cannot do that, mother.’
“Then yon can do better. Go to Mr.
Lovejoy, and tell him frankly, tliat you
have been at fault, and that henceforth
yon will do so no more.-?
“I cannot.?
“Then you must do the other thing—
give up all. Yon have done very wrong,
and if you have not the courage to ac
knowledge it to him against whom the
wrong has been done, then yon deserve
no favor that he can grant. Think of it,
my son; and as you do, remember this: If
you come lidfcorably out of this, it may
prove the best lesson you have ever re
ceived.' God be with yoU, Luke, and
may good sense and reason prevail,?
She left him, and he remained alone
in the garden for half an hour. Then he
went to the stable and got a horse, and
rode away to see Samuel Lovejoy. He
found the. old gentleman at home, and
after ho had overcome his embarrass
ment, he stated the object of his visit.?
You thought that I meant to work
against you, eh ?’ said Samuel Lovejoy.
It makes no difference what I
thought,’ frankly returned Luke. “I
have done wrong; for I had no right to
question your motives; nor had I any
right to speak as I did. It w(is spoken
thoughtlessly, and I am sorry for it.?
Sorry that I heard it, eh ?’
No, sir. I am glad you heard of it,
for it has opened my eyes to the greatest
fAult in my life. But I am sorry I said
it, because it was wrong.’
“Well, well,’ said the old gentleman,
come in. If you really feel that way,
perhaps"we.can talk.’
They went into the house and the
matter was freely discussed. "In the end,
Luke had pledged himself that he would
cast off the evil practice of a loefee tongue
forever; and Samuel Lovejoy. had prom
ised that he should have half of Mr.
Green’s store,, with Thomas Lyon for a
partner.
Once more was Luke Wharton hap*
py. He went home with bis resolution
firmly fixed, and when he told his wife
and mother what had transpired, they
were happy with him.
Within two weeks ibe great store
bore above its entrance the names of
“Lyon & Wharton;” and business flour
ished and the new firm prospered.
Luke wrote a few words upon a piece
of paper, and placed it where his eyes
fell upon it daily. It was a Life Lessor,
which he wrote there—a lesson which
thousands of us should learn and prac
tiee :
.“Suffer no word to escape tbee of thy
n clobber, which.tbou wouldst not have
MARRIAGE OF JEFFERSON
DAVIS.
From the New York Democrat.
BY HUMANITY, IB.
It may not be generally known that
Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, late
President at the Confederate States
of America, was first married to a
daughter of the lamented Zachary
Taylor, who was elected President of
the United States in 1848. Much less
are the peculiar incidents and rojnan-
tift circumstance attending Mr. Davis’
marriage to Miss Sarah Knox Taylor
known to the world. I propose to
make up this chapter of history,
During the ‘Black Hawk War,
more than a third of a century ago,
Col. Taylor commanded Fort Craw
ford- at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin,
(then Michigan,) and his family were
with him, [Jefferson bDavis, then
sweets from flower and field, Got Tay
lor was aroused from his slumbers.
By* a strange coincidence, he had
been dreaming of ‘Wild Jeff -upon
his noble steed, withKhox so grace
fully sitting on her blooded pony,
turning from the gauntlet of scalp
ing knives, tomahawks.and poisoned
arrows. ■’Being awakened, he demand
ed to know why he had been disturb-*,
ed at bo unreasonable ah hour.
‘Aye, aye, sir ; it’s only Patrick*4tf
ter coming to tell yer-houor that Miss
Kami’s dnrlint pony .has gone out
through the "key (kay) hole of the
stable, bridled and saddled himself,
and set out on a race with the wild
winds, if ye -judge by the widp-ppart
prints of his hoofs that he was afther
lavin’behint him, sir, and Miss Kncx
hersilf, sar, must have fashtenedjher-
silf in the bonnet-box in her room, for
sure Biddy, the girl, and Salty^the
ception of the real cause of aH this
tumultuous rejoicing until the old pi
oneer, before mentioned, rode for
ward, and in accents oi broken, al
most sobbing eloquence, depicted the
•intense excitement mud grief which
the-discovery of the capture of- the
lieutenants and ladies, by the ruth
less Savages, had occasioned through
out the village. {Lieutenant^Wflson
essayed an explanation, but the old
iffim, motioning the lieutenant to be
silent, gave his order, and away dash
ed the whole party toward the village
—the‘rescuers’ filled With joy oyer
the fortunate turn bf events and hap
py resultsof the morning,'Jwhile the
sides of the ‘rescued’ were splitting
with laughter at the ludicrous mis
take of their friends.
Arriving at the village, the lieuten
ants and ladies, without Being per
mitted a word of explanation, were
nagur, watched time abont botjCh* Rapturously-greeted by men, women
once, after seeing her retire,'find she food children in every manner calcu-
graduate of West Point, bearing
lieutenant’s commission in the regu
lar army, was also under orders at the
same fort. -Handsome, brave and
chivalrous by nature, and possessing
ali the suavity, ease, and grace wbicb
tborougb mtellectualjeulture’and the
most refined society confers, it was"
not strange that his heart became the
target for very many of chpid’s sel
dom-erring arrows. One of those ar-
jlance of
“Friend Wharton:—I am very sorry
to be obliged to inform you that our |
plan for purchasing thas stor§ in partner- , _ _. B
ship cannot be carried out I had so thy neighbor know,
arranged to have the money from my
uncle, Samuel Lovejoy, whom you well
know, but he will not allow me to move
as I intended. I may as well be frank
with you as not He says lie will pur
Another very severe engagment is re
ported to have taken place at Las Minas
on the 3d instant. On the Cuban side
„ i were several American fegiments. The
chase the whole store for me, or*he will. was vel -y severe, culminating in a
roys, .bjri.
Miss Knox Ta;
the mark,’ and it happened that Miss
Knox’s heart went with the missile,
and that the two hearts became indis
solubly connected. Gol. Taylor, look
ing with disfavor upon the situation,
resolved to break the alliance, and
accordingly directed hi3 servant to
say to Knox, as he always called his
daughter, that he wished to see her
in the parlor. She came, and the
following conversation ensued:
Knox, what can possibly be the ob
ject of Lieutenant Davis in visiting
this bouse so often ?’
‘I cannot imagine, father, unless it
is to see and talk to me.’
‘Yqu surely do not encourage his
visits ?’
‘Why not? Lieutenant Davis is
handsome, generous, refined and
courageous. Young ladies usually
feel themselves complimented by the
attention of such gentlemen.’
'This will never do—never do, Knox
I mnst forbid him the house.’
Why, father! what possible objec
tion, have you to Lieutenant Davis ?’
He is all that you claim for him :
my daughter ; but be is too headlong
and headstrong. • Should you marry
him, you will be left a widow after
bis first battle. In truth, there is no
telling to wbat sad fate that this
young man’s rash impetuosity will
lead him. It will not do—it will
never do.
With out awaiting an answer or
word, Col. Taylor strode away rapid
ly in his military boots, with the
imperious air of one^ whose word was
kiw, leaving'SEss Knox to her tears,
and a woman’s resolves.
Lieut. Davis received an intimation
sufficiently pointed to enable him
to understand that .his presence At
CoL Taylor's could be dispensed with
Nothing of unusual interest occurred
during the succeeding month, except
that the health of the Colonel’s beau
tiful and accomplished daughter de
dined rapidly, and it came, to be se
riously feared that the fell destroyer,
consumption, had marked her as an
other victim, while the young Lieu
tenant became so quick-tempered and
irritable that if any one dared even
to regret that Miss Taylor was not
looking so well as usual, coffee and
pistols for two were likely to be call
ed for. A denouncement came, how
ever, as usual in all strategic move
ments, either in love.or in war.
didn’t get out, and she’s not in there
sir, and—’
Silence!’ roared the Colonel. %■
Yis, yis, your servant,’ cried Pat,
placing his ear to the key-hole.
Can you tell me, Patrick, said • the
Colonel, ‘whether Lieut. Davis’ horse
is in his stall ?’. the Colonel at the
same time stepping to the door.
‘He is not, sir, and his servant pro
tista it’s a red-skin as rode him away.
Sure there’s not another rider this side
the ould dart, would get such jumps
from a horse as the lieutenant’s made
when he was lavin/ and that ye can
know be measuring tbe space ‘twixt
his tracks.’ • .
‘Well, well, Patrick, go now.’
Away went the anxious Hibernian
in eager search for father light touch
ing the mysterious occurrences of
the night. The faithful Patrick, wild
with excitement, and trembling with
apprehension regarding the safety of
the ‘darlint Miss Knox,’ as well as for
the well being of bis favorite lieuten
ant, passed hurriedly from place to
eves “hit and * bi S bl ?
’ manner, spreading serious alarm as
a contagion in tbe tropics ; so that
when the Colonel, a little later, reach
ed his front door, citizens were ap«
proaching from every direction, ajid
his practiced eye discovered ihe
whole garison was in commotion, as
if momentarily expecting to be led
forth by him to tbe rescue of bis be
loved daughter and the young lieu
tenant, who were supposed to have
been captured by tbe bated ‘red
skins.’ Tbe general excitement was
augmented half an hour afterwards
by tbe discovery that Lieut". George
Wilson, (brother of Hon. T. S. Wil
son, of Dubuque, Iowa,) and Miss
Street, daughter of Gen. Street, were
among the missing. .The opinion
pevailed generally that the four
young friends had been captured and
scalped, as it was not to be supposed
that’even the courage of those gallant
and chivalrous, youDg officers could
permit them to pass,, especially with
ladies, beyond the picket lines.
Hence, at an early hour the good
French pioneers of the prairie came
from every direction, mounted on
their fleetest ponies, and armed with
guns, pistols, butcher knives, etc.,
while the women wept in anguish
over the I03S of their favorites of the
fort In the miist of all this confu
sion, and before Col. Taylor had de
cided upon the precise course proper
to be pursued, an old pioneer, more
calm and self-possessed than the great
mass about him, descried, far over
the prairie r "two gentlemen and two
ladies on horse-back, approaching the
fort with apparently ah possible
speed. Attention being called to the
joyous sight, and all divining that
they were the missing lieutenants and
ladies who, by special interposition
of Providence, mnst have escaped,
but were hotly parsued by their mer
ciless captors, the whole body of im-
petuons and brave-hearted French
men were rushed with headlong speed
to the resene, and were soon face to
face with the lost ones, whom they
greeted with such shonts of joy, it
was averred, as had never before
come from the lips and hearts of men.
on that beautiful ‘Prairie of the
Dogs-’
To say that the two lieutenants
and their fair companions were great
ly as well as most agreeably surprised
at these unexpected greetings and
cordial congratulations, would be but
Ifttied to .manifest^the great joy of the
population consequent upon their
miraculous escape "from tomahawks
and scalping knives, after passing
that dreadful night in the custody of
savages.
F-ew men have lived. who, at any
period of their existence possessed
stronger self-will or control ever him
self than Lieut. Davis ; «yet, in vain
did he on that occasion exert every
faculty and power to repress the
risibilities of his nature in order t
render an explanation possible,
less was it possible for the over
ry and great hearted Lieut. Wilson
to do so. These ludierious circum
stances, with the exuberatice of pub
lic rejoicing—iall jabbering away in
French and English at the same
time—rendered it utterly impossiole was
for either of the ‘rescued party’to get
in a word edgewise or otherwise, and
so the crowd gradually dispersed
Col/Taylor, however, ‘smelt a mice,’
mad was not long in ascertaining the
time state of affairs—that is, that Jeff
and his daughter Knox had^engaged
in ‘a runaway match,’ with Lieut.
Wilson and the beautiful Miss Street
groomsman and bridesmaid.
Truth would out, and in less than an
hour fivery man woman and child in
the village knew all about the wed
ding ; and as they discussed the
singular affairs and adventures of the
moraine, the uproarrious shouts of
laughter arose frpm every group and
household.
There was, however, one face amid
that wide scene of mirth and gayety
that was livid with rage; two lips
tightly compressed ; two eyes flash
ing with indignation ; and one. strong
hand grasping, now and again, the hilt
of an oft-tried sword. Tbe reader may
weil imagine that I refer to Col. Zach
ary Taylor, before whose angry glance
brave indeed must have been the heart
that did not become faint.
Col. Taj lor having declared, with an
oath strong as he ever used, that under
no circumstance would he ever forgive
Davis or become reconciled with bis
daughter, an alienation thereafter exist
ed as wide as the poles of the earth.
NtJMBEB 34.
President Taylor, tbe wannest friend- "
ship existed between ^ * OBa "
panions iu arms, f wi whew General
Taylor was the Whig president
Uaitnd^- SfifteiftidP'iwthtia Daris •
DemoeratlcUnitedStatesSenator from
Mississippi, mid all the political strifes
of the times, no feeling* other thaff
those of tb» purest pnsellah regard
ever existed between ‘ them.
Let ns trust, through hopnfal
augury, if nought ekt, that another
reconciliation may occur—that toe
people -of opr beloved country may
become again united .under and fid-
knowledge oBedienee to the Conn*
tution. Emulating the example of
the iHusWrieuahMOkOf Been* viatn,
let us truly realize that while ‘to err
is human,’ it befits the brave to be
forgiving and magnanimous.
Change*of Name.—The name of the
Alabama and Florida Railroad,running
from Pollard, to Pensacola, Fla^
has been ehanged to the Pensacola and
Louisville Railroad. '
—
Secretary Seward's eldest son, the
Hon. Frederick ^W. Seward,- has pur
chased Thurlew Weed’s interest in the
Commercial Advertiser, and will, H is
reported, take the editorial chair of that
old and well established journal.
The Democrats in the Indianna Leg
islature made another stampede last
Thursday, to defeat the Constitutional
(fifteenth) Amendment.
Tbc Grapd Jury of Jefferson county
hash rftSTaW bill against Wilson*
nerrro who killed old Ayer.
A Noble Old Geoboun.—We find
the following in the Atlanta Intelligen
cer of Saturday : Uon. David Lewis,
ths Secretary of the State Agricultural
Society, informs us that the report made
to him of tbe officers and members of
tho Clarke County Agricultural Society,
i bv Gov. Lumpkin, as the Presi
dent of the Society, with his own hand
and seal. No wonder that a man wi^h
such a soul, and spirit, can nt near 90
years defy the ravages of time and old
age. What a lesson to.our laggards '.
What an example to our youth 1—Col.
Sun. - - -
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Gen. John B. Gordon will deliver the
iterary Address, during the approach-'
ing commencement exercices of tho
Andrew Female College, at Cuthbert.
♦ », . >
A negro named Floyd Nelson ba»
been appointed Postmaster at Ander-
sonville, Ga.
Andrew Johnson has been appointed
orator for the next commencement of
Davidson College, North Carolina.
George Hudson, the ‘Rii!wq>. King
of other days, » living in great poverty
in France. A shareholder in one of the
lines Be projected, offers tp join lfl rais-
Inb an annuity of two hundred pounds
a year for tbe dethroned monarch.
One bright morning, ero tho early j io convey a fainL id aa of their asfcon-
had ct oiio- forth to gather his • -shruent. They indeed, .had no con-
Sixtcen years had passed away on
the wheels of time,’ when Gen. Z chary,
Taylor and Col. Jefferson Davis met in
a loreign country, amid the sickeniijg
scenes of blood, carnage and battle, in
defence of their country’s honor, and
over both of whose command defiantly
floated the ‘Star-spangled Banner’—a
flag which at that dale (January 8th,
1848) was in truth and reality tbe em
blem of liberty and equality. Wherever
on that sanguinary field the fierce con
test raged and duty called,, there was
seen the noble and soldierly form of
Col. Jeff. Davis at the head of the
“First Mississippi Rifles,” than which
no more courageous, gallant, and glori
ous regiment ever unsheathed sword for
national honor. This . was tho battle
of Buena Vista, in Mexico, where CoL
Davis was severely, and was at the time
supposed morially, wounded by a can
non ball and by the fall of his horse—
the latter being instantly killed.
*. * .* * * *
It wa* a evening at Bnena Vista; the
great battle bad been fonght. American
arms and valor had triumphed, the
dead were beins buried, aod the woun
ded humanely cared for by comrades's
bands, when General Taylor monnted
his splendid war-horse, ‘Old White?,*
and hurriedly made his way to tbe
markee of Colonel Jeff. Davis. Arriv
ing at the wounded Colonel's quarters,
the Genera! quickly dismounted, stepped
to the Colonel's cot, grasped him by.the
hand, pressed it fervently, and, almost
overcome by emotion, said: ‘Jeff, you
have saved us the day with your glori
ous ‘rifles*—let me confess that Knox
knew your worth and yonr mettle better
than I did.*
•From ‘that moment Throughout the
war. aud. "iudocJ, until. the death of
Fatal Accident to a CircCs Per
former.—At Danville, Illinois, on Fri
day last, as the performers of Joe Rut*
ledge’s circus were performing in ther
tent, one of the athletes, named Charles
Miller, met with an accident which is
expected to prove fatal. Tho aecident
occurred while turning a doable somer
sault through a hoop. Mirier had bean
turning double somersaults In tbe ordi
nary way, when, against the counsels
of his comrades, be undertook to doable
himself through a hoop ^but alas. tus
foot caught in the hoop, and he fell
upon tbe back of his head and shoul
ders, injuring tbe vertebras to the ex ettt
above indicated. Communication Ur
the brain and the lower part cf the
body and the lower Kmbs was instantly
cut off, so that a pin might bare keen
rnn*into biin up to its head without b»
knowledge. When the accident-oc
curred he was laid upon a, pallet, and
physicians were sent for.. The Rev- Mr.
Leaton was siunmooed to the injured
man’s side, when, probably for the first
time, tbe voice of prayer and supplica
tion to the Almighty God, was heard
within that tent. As the athlete ley
his spangled costume, suffering ther
keenest possible pangs of mPrul pain,
and knowing soon that be moat die, bw
lisped his Saviour’s name id tbe meet
agonizing earnestness. Bis comrade*
speak of him in the warmeat term* of
regard. He is 21 years of age. At
about sundown he wes removed to- tho
Galt House, but the exertion was- so
great that he fainted before the task
was accomplished*—Springfield Step***
lican. *
The London Times pays Sumner the
handsome compliment cf saying that
bis Alabama speech is “worthy of his
ability,” being “puerile, unreasonable,
and unstatesman like.”
Tb* Radical members elect from Con
necticut rulbed to Washington asd
were admitted before the tote was
counted. They occupied then seats
three days, and now want eight monlbs
p 8 y—tail thousand dollars- ima
'Yankee thrift,—rhiy$ -"ty*-..
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