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DEVOTED TO REXIGIOH, UTEfeATTTPP, COMMERCE, pLUMB IX- BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, SATURDAf'MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1869 AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. NEMBER 48: \t'\ .tIiTmTrL ssell, TEH> is - _..$ 50 hath Botbi— 1 00 2 00 3 00 Advertises R jles ' iheraW« t0 wb,ch '* d_ L '.Uowiog «• * Rising, or where I (..lUostrtatsto withoutinstrac- ^'''“•TTAdvenw^entseUlbechurS- t M- CITY DIRECTORY. Dry Sue. R OCKWELL & WEST, dealers in staple and fancy dry-goods, etc., 8onth-Broad street. Dry-Goodj and Grocerieu. A A- ALLEN i, CO., Dealers in Drygoods and Groceries, at Vaughn A Gibson’s old stand, Corner Broad and Brunghton Street*. T B. HUNNEWELL k CO,, wholesale and retail • dealers iu dry-goods and groceries, broad street Guardian*, &.c. „™thciw»r. the following are the ^^^ ioriin.rie. *e-» »« p an> IN $ ■akcc • # . v Hays’ NoticS". • ■ hyD».v»' Soticea... 4 00 5 00 5 00 7 00 . 10 00 w.inths' Notice* o OO pV. «ir. of te- lines. - - - » flalca, per «]Uar«. | h ,t..gn,. *re charged for the earn* r rtlnenienOL^ mmmmt |)KII1 k ISON, wholesale and retail dealers in dry- goods and groceries, at Baggs’ c P atterson & McNair, dealers in grsceries, west aide coart house square, west A. 15 D. SMITH & CO., drygoods and grocery- mer- fj chants, south-brood street, „ J J. TOMLI.VBOiV, dealer in staple and ftmey dry goods, boots, shoes, hardware, fine liqno.s, Ac., south side court house square, bronghton street. M A. RUTHERFORD, wholesale and retail grocer and commission merchant, east water street. DAVIS A CO., wholesale and retail dealers in dry-goods, groceries, etc., east water street. M M. COHEN, dealer in dry-goods and groceries, north side court house square, water street. B ELCHERS a TERRELL, dealers in dry-goods, groceries, stoves, tinware, etc., east water street. J B. HELMS, grocer and commission merchant, corner clay and market Btreets, T y nes. HO Pc ON, dealer in dry goods and' groce- south-broad street. Boot Makers. 1 7V ]N. HIATT, boot and shoe maker. Repairing V neatly executed. West street. w T. SVITH, boot snd shoe maker. Repairing promptly and skilfully executed. East water st. Drags, Medicines, &c- T R.WARDELL, druggist and apothecary* east aide court house square, broad street. 5.00. i other U R. J. D. HOYL A BRO., dealers in drugs, medi cines, toilet articles, perfumery, etc., south* broad street. ili. HUNTER 1 still treating all private diseases, ner- L, dvhilttr. hunters,and bluoil pcisuns, affcc- r„, the'thrnsi and bond, dis-trdsrs or the |>tul« gland.!«-. with unparalleled success, nut only the «dmiratbui nBd nslnnish- |||> if loading citizen.*, but of the medical 1'at'ient'—male and female, married or single |t ,fr„m imprudence, »nco!i$McraieneS!»or re. tiny rcul aasurcil ot tho ?nmc zeal, «s- . iirreev and attention being p.nitl to ,«-« which heretofore has s*. succes.-fully wished I)r. II. in hi« peculiar department |tu’>licdl pr»c«ico Those suftering fnau old p*i uplicatcd di cases or the sad effect*? of M-reii’Mis in youth, whose eases liaV’o been ractcd or mismanaiied by tho willul Jeprav- •r handling ignorance of medical pretenders, retjncsust t • call. Medicated vapor, elec- . and .ither \»:»vhs adiiiiniifere<l when neccs- ( •titi lciui.il i-Mmultalions. in person or c.tcr. freu. .If -dieines sent anywhere. No r.iry or oiuucmu* dni*»« used. Cures war- »rsi. Office N<1. 183 Third st., bet. Green and nut, near the posh dice. Louisville, Ivy* t* hours 0 x. H. to 71*. m : Snodavs. 10 a. m. i 12m. July 10. 1809-40-ly N OEL GAINEY A CO , dealers in harness, Ac., east water street. ESCOTT H. COLEMAN, plain and ornamental house and sign paiuter, coruor broad an brough- tou streets. W lVl L THE ■ 4 Itnow prepared to fill all orders for Mar- Jx hie, and to lurui.su liomiiiicnts, Toombs, >. Ac., finished in the host style and at V'ices than the sarno work done with brthurn Marble. I Oar Marhlc if eipial »o the hest AMERICAN paler* can be supplied with Blocks and Slab? I any dimension. * any information or designs address J. A. BlSANER, Agent U». Jluvb c Works, Jasper, Pi.-kens Co., Ga. h*pt 28-4 ?-1y. n Saddles and Harness. BOIt.V, dealer in saddles, harness, bridles and leather, west street. bridles, Painters. . J V CKSOX. house, sign, and carriage painter, over T. B. Hunnewell A co»s, broad street. Milliners and Dressmakers. its. Al. J. REYNOLDS, fashionable railiner and dressmaker, corner water and crawford streets. IRS. C. A. PARSONS, fashionable milliner and ‘ dressmaker, corner of broughtou and clay sts. Attorneys at Law* LLEN a HINES, attorneys at low, office over the storeof.J. P. Dickinson A Co,. gouth-broad street LEMING A RUTHERFORD, attorneys at law. tice over J. A. utts A co’s drug store. c AMPHELL A GURLEY, attorneys at law and sol icitors in equity. Office in court house. IMS A CRAWFORD, attorneys at law. I courthouse. V IIITELFY A DONALSON. Attorneys at Law. Office iu Sanborn's Block, Brough- street. Miscellaneous. 7 MERY JOHNSON, dealer in stoves’, tinware^ [j hou*f!-furuiKhing goods, Ac., south-broad street; a. E. J. J/ORGAN, oflers bis professional services - to the citizens of the city and vicinity. Office in Bower's block, up stairs, -south-broad street. D RS. FARRAR A JONES, offer their professional services to the citizens of Bainbridgc and vicinity. Office over E. H. Smith’s store. T\R* M. L. B.tTTLE, snrgeon dentist. Office over " Rockwell A West’s store, south-broad street. \\ r C. STTBERS, dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry, M musical instruments, etc., west street. WEEKLY FAMILY Sc MISCEL LANEOUS JOURNAL* IS rCBUSHED S7SS7 SATUBDAY MOSKINff, in the errr of BAINBRIDGE, GA., — bt — WILLIS M. RUSSELL, Editor and Proprietor. A S J,nWV""- TIIE AR GCS is (,r ciicabl,. txr% Eac *' “irober, when t™^ n • , a ‘" s an iHeresling and i n . 0r . , S ,n * 1 w Selected Tale. Origins' b, f,J„’d l a^“ n . 0f F:lC< ‘' i! ’ ! < in wilT not *P"n ih* f S ,ri * n1 '-profane word,orrefleefion C b C Rtr. , 'VV ASriCU L ,Ur V “ nd “rfuwwi Utest Xews ^rri«. R r C A.7i'l!A e ' ,ib r li w ie,i ^ ,he Pwscnt ««xto L • h , d . 4J of March - 1? 5«; and has tad man worth," 1*,'“"’ C, ‘ k ' fl - V am “ n R the be '‘ ^irrloCh and L‘r”~ SUCh M adverli8 "» inking »f, cr ' d wbose Patronage is worth '•wied^t'the^r/" ^ T evti»*menU papers ord ‘n»ry rates of established —.. June. 19, 1869. J P. DICKINSON A CO., dealers in confectioneries * au d family groceries, south-broad street. [ EWIS KO/?B, barber and hair dresser, broad st., 1 j under Exchange saloon. W 8. ROBERSON & CO., dealers in freeh meats of descriptions, such as beef, veal, mutton, pork, kid, etc. Every day. Corner broad and bronghton sts. J J. COOPER, dealer in country, produce,* fcysh w meats, Ac., west street w N OEL GA NEY a CO.* Wbole»ale mrd re tail dealers in ready-made clothing, cassi- meres, Ac., Ac, Bast Water street. c °rn 3 Away From Chills And Fever. INSTITUTE, Talbotton, Ga. High School for Boys & Young Men. Pa "Term begins Aagnst 9tb, 18G9. rt*Yr-. —'. — " LX ia ( I^n»ry Department * 9 00 * "Mhtuar •• 13 nr. ^•BOARn 1Rh fkho ° l M .V.y.V.V.'.17 00 1 Institute tIS per monUi-_e* l.j , P^b^alars apply to, circular. “prnmrtCT.. IAS WATT, practical.gunsmith and dealer in guns, ° pistols, ammunition, etc., west street. makers, upholsterers and undertakers. Fisk’s rial cases always on hand—cor. west and water Sts. I OUIS ARMSTRONG, carpenter and cooper, solic- -J patronage; Shop on clarke street. L. ADAM5, capenter, broad street. Solicits pat ronage. Contracts promptly executed. Savannah Cards- Jo*. B. POXBAXOBC, JOSEPH FINEGAN & CO., ent:iHSRK ▲HD prrcbimt.0, BAY STREET, tavoaosh, - - . Ocorgla. /^.Libesrt .Advances nsds.n CoHsn con signed tu ns or to oar Correspondents in New Yurh and Liverpol, jnlv3l 3m U. BERRIEN OLIVER, (Late Editor and Proprietor Tallahassee Sen tinel,) COTTON FACTOR Com’sion Merchant, NO. 97 BAY 8TEET, fOVER WICOX, GIBBS ACO.) JAYANMAH, PA. Consignments of Cotton Corn, Syrup, Wool, Hides. Tobacco, Rice, eic., solicited. Personal attention given to the sale of alt Produce. Ja9n,1869 I4-ly ESTABLISHED 18^4* Wm. M. Davidson, 150 Bay Street, Savatmab., Geo. Wholesale and Retail Dealer In foreign and Domestic Wines and liqours O K the FINEST QUALITIES; also sole Agent, for the Statosof Georgia and Flori da. for the sale of Massey, Huston A: Co *s Cele brated Philadelphia Ale. Orders solicited. sep'26-49- Iy. ROBERTS & TILLMAN, GENERAL COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS, Office North side o(*Bay Street,Second Door West of the City Exchange, SAVANNAH. ' PLCIAL attention given to the sale of Cotton in * this market, and accounts roudered promptly; We will also ship Cotton to LIVERPOOL and have it sold for account of owner. In all cases where the owner desires, liberal cash advances will be made. ROBERTS & TILLMAN. HuiamRoderts, 1 D. L, Roberts, J Joseph Tillman, Madison, Florida. scpt2C-49-ly WH. E. ALEXANDER ^M. A. HUSSEL Ai EXANDER & RUSSELL ttTTOI 2S,.LE COR. ABEBCORN AND BRYAN STREETS, SAVANNAH, GA. sep26. 1868 . GEORGE N. NICHOLS, Job Printer, Binder & Blank Book MANUFACTURER, Bay Street, Savannah. Georgia •Tune 23 H. C. McKEE. S4-tf w J. BRENNER, dealer in line wines, liquors, 8egar8, &c., & , corner broad and water streets* & B. CRA. FORD, blacksmiths. Patronage solicited. nop on east water street. J C, GLOVEK «fc OO., Butchers »nd Dealers in country produce, next door to Exchange Saloon, TYater street^• R T. WEATHERS, Proprietor of Boarding House, Corner Clay * Planter’* streets. N ELSON * HONE, Eating houee,^R r °agh- uu street. ■ ■ w Livery and Sale Stables, Brood street.! D. M. BENNETT. RIoKEE A BEOETT, DEALERS IN Carriages, Buggies, Harness, Ac., Ac., Ac. ■, Conor Wett Brosd and Bay Streets, SAVANNAH, GA. At thj* Extensive Repository and Manufactory will always he found a large variety of all the most fashionable Carriage, Eockaway and Baggie Now in use. All work sold and worraoted at this Establishment will be protected. REPAIRING EXECUTED IN BEST MAN NER, AT REASONABLE RATES. . Jan9,. 1869 !±^— OSCAR JACKSPN. Warehouse atjd Com- i mission Merchant, Bruton A Wharf,fbotol ter street. ' . Plantation for Sale- T HE subscriber hereby.offers for sale ti e plantation wheke he •urtrWdes. lying immediately west of Spring Creek, in 1 nr county, the land line crossing said erfea at Cloud’s bridge; the Belvne rosd runs through it. The place contains 600 acres. •>ihi cleared and under gmui gubsUnUal fence; new Gin llnnse nnd Sjerew on the p ace, be -ides dwelling house and cabins; good well of water; peach and upple orthur.ls. Ac It is an ex-el lent Blond for a count ry st*re. blacksmith shop. Aa ■ rtaeehMdthy . ju ’ r f5T"! *T Wl1 pr0 ’ e T VdENSAJU' 0 " BatuHi.lgc T. O..Julv^ -3m Change of Schcdnle. A- & G. RAILROAD. Tfniummift, 30, 136®. I /ws and altsw Monday Paaaenger Ikmin* on Q this rtrnd will run *s foBowa: c4#fcm . Leave Savannah (Sundays ex«»ptod) - • • " 1015 p jTTiveatBalDbnmie..... .... 4.45p.m. Arrive at Live 9.45 p. m. Arri-te at Jacksonville 9.50p. m- Arrive at Tallahassee- .12.00 p. m- Arrive at (Juincy, Leave Qniney at [Written for the OUR. MOTHER’ I lore to go when the shade Alone to her grsve ss the When Angelic voices seem To holy communings, wW Tsai Life's rosy morn, ua When Home’s sweetest * She fled Uke some tender, dear'. And we laid her with tears, * When all is hushed save the windSi plaintive weep- Mytootetepq unbidden the spat pert to tread. Alone there to kneel where our stdT To offers tear for the loved sad Loving bonds nurse the willow. The cypress that clings There the rose and the viefet Of our mother, the Haw blest there to linger to When dew drops are low sobg ; - - ‘ When bright opening buds, hfl Beyond earthly woes in that celestial throng— There recalling her connaeL iu sweet meditation. There to think of her love, her trnderest core ; A talisman hallowed through Life’s tribulation A star o’er Life’s billows undimmed, ever there. She sleeps ’neeth yon tablet where vineleta are Where garlands of immotelles, tributes of love— Loving hands fondly bring, in their hearts e'er A dear mother’s virtues, now an Angel above. A tender bloom fading in the sunbeam of sadness. She fled from our home, to heaven's bright charms ; In fields of Elysia, where the Christian’s blest gladness. Through ages eternal is free from alarms. T. B. W. Strange Poison. THE PLANT BY WHICH THB : EMPRESS CAR- LOTTA BECAME INSANE GEN. LESCA ALSO POISONED. By telegraphic dispatches it ap pears th.it Gen. Lesca has been poi* soned. It is uncertain whether the deed was perpetrated by some one of the insurgents or by some Spaniards who feared that Lesca was using *oo much clemency toward the Cuban forces. Certain it is that Lesca has beeu poisoned, and that his mind bus become sadly injured. The probabili tyis that he will live, but become in sane. Tlie decoction by which be has been thrown in this sad plight, it is certain, was the same by which the inteies'iug widow of ihe unfortunate Maximilian was thrown from the do main of rea-on 'into the depth of lu nacy. To us this unfortunate widow has always appeared like Shake- pear’s Ophelia, who with darkened mind strewed fl avers ou'tbejstream- Tliis puisoD, which maddens with’ out bringing death to its victim, is derived from a herb which grows in Cuba, South America and few other places in Mexico. The plant is one of the most wonderful of natures pro ductions. It resembles the century plant in many of its features. Like the century plant, it is a member of the cactus family; still further, it blooms once in many years and at reg ular intervals. The bud is large and resembles that of the horse-chesnnt in the peculiar glnten surrounding it. —From this the natives derive the poison. The flower is of a gigantic size, and contains a purple center, snrronnded by blue and white circles. The per fume is delicious, but deadly, and the The Confederate Generals and the Gettysburg Gathering. We are much gratified to find, not withstanding the telegraphic dispatches and newspaper rumors to the contrary, that General Lee and the great captains who commanded the Confederate army at Gettysburg have declined to accept the invitation to follow the triumphal chariot of General Meade, and take part in the show in honor of their conquerors, originated by the shrewd hotel keeper who owns the Gettysburg spring, and who wants to get up a sensation which will pay. There is no conceivable good reason why General Lee and his lien ten ants ahonld expose themselves to the certain mortification and probable insult of such a meeting. Bat there are a hundred ex cellent reasons .why they should refuse to do so. It is pretty certain that what ever account of the battle of Gettysburg will best suit the purposes of General Meade and his followers will be that which will be writteu, published and accepted at the North. Were Gen. Lee or any of his officers to dispute any as sertion made by Meade or his officers, beyond all question the Mende version would prevail, and Lee would be insult ed by attributing to him false and un generous motives. Were they present, Lee and his comrades would necessarily occupy a position of galling subordina tion to which they should not be sub jected. This would be so whether they were snubbed and treated rudely as “rebels and traitors’’ by some lofiy spirit like Logan, of Illinois, or whether they were patronized by the less vindic tive but scarcely less offensive characters they would be certain to meet in such a crowd If they were to stand apart nnd de cline to participate iu the “gathering” further than to point out the Confeder ate lines and explain their movements, they would be accused of sullenness and bad temper. If they were to join frankly and cordially in the show they would be denounced for their unbecoming as snmption. And then they would be severally and collectively “interviewed” by the whole corps of reporters, thous ands of whom will be present, and what ever they might really say or leave unsaid they would bo represented to have said whatever suited the reporter’s ■peculiar tAafe ortheVeqmrements ofhisr well proportioned and developed, and grew considerably after her affliction. piper. It is impossible that with such a crowd as assembled at Gettysburg, under tho auspices of the tavern keeper, Confeder ate officers could escape mortification and humiliation. /Such an idea as asking them to come at all never would have entered the head of any people on earth with any sense of delicacy and refine ment. Fancy Wellington, four or five years after the battle of Waterloo, invit ing Napoleon and his Marshals to come to the battle field to “st ike out” the French lines, for the avowed purpose of writing accurate history, but for the real purpose of putting a few thousand dol lars in the pocket of an enterprising inn keeper. No, let Meade drive his “stakes” where he will. Let him write the history to suit his tastes aud his purposes. Let Him be content with the fame which accident bestowed upon him, and let nat.ves shun approach as the sailors not desire to humiliate the great of Old the songs of sirens. To inhale j commander to wbose misfortune he is sweet, but to remain is'death. The owes lus prominence. A v TT ' 11 ,a ,1 ‘ sorcerers, or medicine men, take the bud of this singular plant, and, first roasting, place them in a pot with sweet olive oil over a fire and dance aronnd with strange ceremonies till ihe oil and the juice of the herb min gle, when they cease their strange in cantations and pour their decoction, then resembling honey, into shallow plates, from which, after the lapse of a few days, it is again taken and kept in minature jars. The poison when first taken in sufficient quantity, first places the brain in a delightful delirium, resem bling that produced by fusil oil; this is succeeded, in a few days, by an uncontrolable apathy, which at last culminates in insanity, in which the patient is at times s'rangely rational, then wildly insane, again rational, bat greatly exhilarated. This po.sou is not destroyed by being mingled in victnals before being suljected to heat, but its immediate effects are somewhat deadened- They are sure to appear, however, in the lapse of time. This is the manner in which tlie poison is-generally administered. 'Vhen the victim is of no great in flneuce, and it is improbable that he can turn npon his poisoner, tba d ? coction is administered in a glass of wine or a cup of coaca. The poison manifests itself shortly, and in course of a week all the various phases of delirium appear. The sad fata of the Empress Oarloita is known to all, bat this description of the poison from what it is deciisd, and hew it acts, may aid in forming a more correct » appreciation of the horrible troubles to which she is subject. Gen. Lesot ^ has been poisoned by the sameherb, a.00 q-ia} is subject to the same freaks ot Carlotta, ArTiT£ » S. H.4INE* Qoo.1 Star-t- Anixc MforS 31-Hb A. P. Hill is dead. Stuart is dead. Ewell is disabled. Longstreet alone of the corps cammand- ere can be present. Let us hope that in this instance be will not make his old comrades blush anew by forgetting what he owes to them and to the fame he won at Gettysburg, and that though be may have “accepted (a) situation,’’ he is un willing to consent to unremunerative humiliation. We expect to see the refusal of Gen. Lee and of hi; officers to attend the “gathering” treated as evidence of their rebellious and nnrepejtant condition. We expect to see them denounced and made the subject of inflammatory and abusive articles in the radical press. But every right-minded man at the North, whatever his politics,—every true soldier—wiU respect their motives, ap prove their conduct, and agree that the •Gathering” is no place for those who “wore the grey.” It is much better for all parties a D d for the sake of peace, that the conqner- should hav3 the field of Gettysburg mselves to deal with as they may think proper.—Macon Messenger. insanity as tfa.e Enijmtt * Alabama Badical Congbf-ssmen.- TheMail says the carpet-baggers and scalawags who have been elected to Con gress from Alabama are singly a disgrace SX™ e df representatives. T they „e debarred from the society of white here, and are looked npon wrih contempt at Washington. Heflin is Mi uneducated man who cannot write two sentences gramuticallj. Back isan un known adventurer who is charged with elieatinff negroes ont of their wages. Bncklev is an ex-Freedman’s Bnrean Chaulain whose ability is abont equal to that of Mullins, of Tennessee. Hays scalawag, was the laughing stock of Montgomery when be figured in the SUte Senate J**t winter. His brain is ae weak as water and his loon * always averted' Fourteen Yean Sleep. DEATH OF THE REMARKABLE SLEEPING WOMAN IN KENTUCKY. Miss Susan Caroline Godsey, the steeping wonder, died at her motbei Y home, some eight miles from Hickman, Kentucky, on Wednesday, the 14th nit The history of Miss Godsey is well known to the public, a statement of her wonderf-tl condition having been pub lished extensively by the press of the United States. At the time of her death, Miss Godsey was abont twenty-six years of age, mm had been asleep, as describ ed, about fourteen years. The existence' of this wonderful case of coma, or pre ternatnml disposition _to sleep, has been doubted by many, but the fact is indis putable. Indeed, some twelve months ago, Miss Godsey was taken to Nashville and other places for exhibition, but we understand that many even of the phys icians of Nashville looked npon the case with suspicion. The history of the case is briefly: When about twelve years of age she was taken with a severe chill, treated accordingly by her physician.— A3 the fever which followed her chill subsided, she fell in a deep sleep, iu which condition she has remained ever since, except at intervals. It was her custom at first to awake) twice regularly iu every twenty-four hours, and singu larly, within a fev. minutes of the same hours each day, but of later years she awoke oftener, so much so that many considered it an indication of her final recovery. She would remain awake five, ten, or perhaps fifteen minntes, and gralually drop off to sleep again. When asleep it was utterly impossib e to arouse her. She never complained of any bod ily pain, though when asleep 6he was very nervous at times, aud appeared to suffer considerably by violent twitching aud jerking of her muscles and limbs, and her hands clenched tightly, as if en during severe pain, but when slieEwoke she did not appear to suffer, except from drowsy, gapiug inclination, and persistent effort to cleanse her throat of phlegm. .She generally passed ioto sleep through violent paroxysm, which would last perhaps five minutes, and she would then sleep awhile os calmly and qcietly as an infant. Miss Godsey was of medi um size, and her limbs and muscle3 were ?*c ■) Miss Godsey, on the day of her death, indulged in a little prophesying, which we give, as related, for what it Is worth. She said “the suu would be a total eclipse on the 7th of August.’’ This is remarkable, because parties assert that she could have no knowledge that this was according to calculation. And “that the sun would never shine as bright after that day. That this would indicate the end of the world, which was speedily approaching.’* From Winchestet to Strasburg. A LAUGHABLE EXPERIENCE. Among the many familiar chroni cles of the war, none excells in inter est the “Diary of a Southern Refugee during the war,” {Ha^e & Son, New York 1866 ) It is understood to be from the pen of a gifted lady of Vir ginia, wife of an Episcopal clergyman, and member of a family connection widely known and esteemed. The humorous extract below strikes us as not nnwortby of Dickens : We left Winchester in the stage coach for Strasbnrg at 10 o’ekick at night, on the 24th of December 1861. The weather was bitter cold, and we congratulated ourselves that the coach was not crowded. Mr. McG. and the girls were on the back seat, Methodist clergyman, soldier and myself on the middle, two soldiers and our maid Betsey on the front seat. We went off by starlight, with the prospect of a pleasant drive of eighteen miles. As we were leaving the suburbs of the town, the driver drew up before a small house from which issued two women with a baby, two baskets, several bundles and a box. The pas sengers began to shout ‘go on driver; what do you mean? there’s no room for another; go on.’ The driver made no answer, but the two women came k) .the coach door aud pal in their bundles. The gentlemen protested ihat they could not get in—there was no room. The Etonian with the baby said she would get in; she was ‘gwine to Strasburg to spend the Christmas with her relations, whar she was born and raised, and wbarshe had not been for ten years, nobody had a bet ter right to the stage than she had, and she was agwine, Kitty Grim she was agwine tc o—she s my sister-law; and s is baby, cause baby never did see her relations in Sirasbnrg in her 1 fe. So, Uncle Ben !’ she exclaimed to the driver, ‘take my bag, basket and box by yon. aud me and Kiity and baby, and the bandies and the little b«*ket wdl go inside. "" 11 V - 1 "".I; All this was amidst violent protestaAion* from the men within, “von enn’t get in; 4ri‘' ver. goon.” But, suiting the notion to the word, rhe opened the door, calling, “dome* Kitty,” got on the step and thrust her huad 1 i n, sayi.ig, “If those gentlemen is gentlemen, and has got say politeness, they Will git out and sit with Unets Ben. and let; ladies corns inside.” A pause ensued.. Atlsat B> subdued tone from a soldier bn Um middle* seat was heard lossy, “Madam, If y«H will get off Ihe step, I will get out." * “Very well, sir; and why didn’t you do that at first f And now,” said flb& looking at a man on Mis front seat, “there’s another seat '1 by Uncle Ben; spozen you get nut and let / Kitty Grim have your seat; she’s bound go." The poor man Vjffirtiy’f **«' saying a word, but the very expression of hie' back, os he got out of the eoaeh, was mibf- dued* * “Now, Kilty, git in, and bring the lit 1«- bssket and them two bandies; they wou’t pester the lady much.” The door wm etas* - * cd, and then, the scene living over, the pees-* er.gers shouted with laughtsr. Our heroin? remained perfectly passive until we got vo tire picket post, a mile from- town. Tlie driver stopped; a soldier' came up for the passports. She wss thunderstruck- “Passes! passes for white folks! I'never heard of such a tiing. 1 ain’t got no pass;: outlier has Kitty Grim.” I suggested to her to keep quiet os the best policy. Just at that time a Tennessee soldier bad to confess: that he had forgotten to get a passport.- “You can’t go oa,” said the .effioiul. and )1 o; soldier got out. Presently the woman's turn came. “Mad am, your passport if you please.” “I ain’t got none; nuther has Kitly Grim,- (that s my sister in-law;) we ain’t,agwine to get out nuther, couse we’s gwine to. Stras burg to speud the Christmas with my rela tions, and I ain’t been there for ten years,, md I never beard of white folks having: passes:” “But Madam,” began'the official. “Yon needn’t ’but madam,’ me, ’cause I' ain’t agwine to git out, and I’d like to see,, the man what would pulXmppal, This is » free c<-autry, and I’se agwine to Strasbnrg tide night, so you migjit as well taka your,’, lantern out cf my face.” . , “But madam,, ray orders,” began picket.- “Don’t tell me anything ’bout orders; I don’t care nothing ’boat orders; end .you needn’t think ’cause that Tennessee man got out, that I’se agwine to get out——’cause I* aiu’t Ain’t I gpt three .sons in the army, great sight larger than yon is l amLthry Ac at Manassas, and they ain’t no cowards nuther is their mother; and! ain’t agwine' to git ont of this stage this night, tint’-I'm gwine to Strasburg, wliar I was bornd and' raised.” The poor man looked non piaffed, bot sm other effort; be began, “My dear madam.’ •’I aiu-t none of yourdear madam;-Pse just a free white woman, and so is Kitty. Grift, snd we ain’t no niggersAo git passes; snd I’se gwine ’long this pike to Stasburg. Now I’se done talking.” With this she settled bersclf on the seat- and lent back with a most determined airj. and the discomfited man shut the door amid the peals of laughter from within and from' without. In a few momenta we were qjiiet’ again and all began to settle themselves for' sleep, when the silence .was' broken' by dar' heroine. “Kitty, it yon sick! “No,” said Kitty. - “Well, itia a.wonder. Gentlemen, ean’fe one of you take Kitty’s ssat, and give her’’ yonru? She gits monstrous sick when she is riding witb her back to the-'horses.” There wss s dead silence, and my enrjjgpi-' ty aroused to know how she would'' manage that point; after a few momenta she begaa again. ‘Kitty, is yon sick f “No,” says Kitty ‘not yiC ‘Weil, I do wish one of yen gentleman’. would give Kitty hi* seat’ Still no reply. A11 was becoming quiet again, when she raised her voieef Kitty Grim, is you eiekl’ - Yes,’ said Kitty, ‘just a little.' •I knowei it; 1 kaowed She was Sick; snrf when Kitty Grim gits sick, she in genera 1]/ flings np.‘ The effect wss eleetrie. ‘liy j sm,’ exclaimed -both gentlemwi^ajt once, take my seat; by all means fake Cj xffitt. 1 The Methodist Clergyman being nearest*'' gave up bis seat and took hers. Tile change was soon effected amidst the nio*t vprodtiona laughter, all feeling that they were fairly out-generaled the third time. * : ' " Accident to a LadV. —Yesterday morning, says tbe Colnmbiis 8*n, oTtba 21st alt, abont 4 o’clock, as Mr. G. 81 "■ Harvey and lady were returning td tbtf city from Mr. Lcdsinger’s residence, in ' a baggy, the horse ran away on Wynn's Hill, during which Mrs. H-, becoming *; frightened, jumped bom the baggy, and ’ by the fall was seriously injured* bnxihgr her wrist broken,' Shoulder dislocated. ’ and severe injnry in thfl left Hrdflflti Hefs condition is considered efilmf H , John Mitcbel, the “Iris* patriot,” h*#c sued Gendfal Dix, in Hnar-York, tot m.000 for confining him in FtottftM woeandunbjaohng bim to • me of bed draft flftd fixed buyditeta., The General bra «i*ra bniltOftM#*; the charges Mr. Mitebei bsto- preforre* against him. M». Mi*M * * energy and determination* and i| Jtoe is any oolor of law for ign General, he wiS ennraittqbnd Batter is coi flair. m ncirtt
