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DEVOTED TO REXIGIOH, UTEfeATTTPP, COMMERCE,
pLUMB IX-
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, SATURDAf'MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1869
AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
NEMBER 48:
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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. ■ ■
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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.
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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.
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