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VOLUME XXXVI.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESBAV, JUNE 19, !8««.
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Publishers and Proprietors.
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Editors.
Ok Jfrtetal Simon
J* published Weekly, in Mil/edgeri/le, Ga.,
Corner of Hancock <^* Wilkinson Sts
At $3 a year in Advance.
ADVERTISING.
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Tribut -s of respect, Resolution* by Societies, (Obit
uaries exceeding six lines, Nominations for office Com
munications or Editorial notices for individual benefit,]
charged &» transient advertising.
Legal Advertising.
fiharifTs sales, perlevy often lines, or less,
“ - Mortgage fi fa sales per square,
Tax Collector’s Sales, persquare,
Citations for Letters of Administration,
“ “ “ Guardianehip,
Letters of application for dism'n from Adm’n
•• “ . “ “ “ Gnard’n
Appi’n for leave to sellland,
Notices to Debtors and Creditors,
.Sales of laud, 4*c., per square,
•' perishable property, 10 days, per square,
Estray Notices, 30 days,
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per sq . each time,
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. {
Sales of Land, Scc., by Administrators, Executors or
Guardians, are required by law to be held ou the fiist
Tuesday tu the month; between the hours oflO in the
forenoon aud three in the atteruoon, at the Conit house
in the couuty in which tne property is situated.
Notice of these suits must be given tu u public ga-
•stte 40 days previous to the day ot sale
Notices for the sale ot personal property must be
given iu like manner 10 dav> previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be punished 40 days. ~
Notice that application will be made t > the Courtof
Ordinary tor leave to sell Laud, Ac., must be publish
ed for two mouths.
CUalion* for letters of Administration Guardianship,
Ac., must be published 30 days—for dismissiou from
Administration, monthly six months—’for dismission
from Guardianship, 40 <tays.
Rules for foreclosure ot .Mortgage must be published
•monthly for four months—tor establishing lost papers,
for the full space of three months—for compelling titles
from Executors or administrators, where bond has
been given t»y the deceased, the lull space ot three
mouths.
I’ublirations will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, uuless otherwise or-
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Of tins City of MilledgeviHe.
Grocery and Provision Stores.
T A CARaKER, Agt., Groceries, Hardware
&c.—old stafld of Scott & Caraker
S KINNER & WALLS—Store recently occu
pied by W. II Scott.
i\f S. STETSON Sc BRO., at old stand of D
* * • B. Stetson.
I4TALKER & JOHNSON, in Fort*8 Brick
TV Building.
A BROWN, opposite MilledgeviHe
B ROOKS a MOORE, Hancock st., (Jos. Duncan’s
old stand.]
M. EDWARDS, Wayne st.
IEPEERS A VAUGHN, 1st door south of Tele-
•9 graph office.
i^ITTMAN A PERRY, Wayne st.
It J. GREEN, opposite MilledgeviHe Hotel.
Dry Goods.
JJOWARD TINSLEY—under New ell’s Hall.
J OSEPH & FAS8—3rd door MilledgeviHe Ho
tel.
ROSENFIELD & BRO.—4th door Mil-
ledgeville Hotel.
B ISC 11 OF & MONHEIMER—5th door Mil-
ledgeviile Hotel.
YYT G. LANTERMAN, Dry, Fancy and MU
TT • littery Goods, opposite MilledgeviHe Hotel.
M RS. G. LEI KENS, Fashionable Milliner
and Dress Maker.
BARNETT—Ciothiug and Dry Goods.
Druggists.
N ICHOLS &. AIAPF, 1st door MilledgeviHe
Hotel. ♦
C tLARK & IIERTY—Drugs, Books and Sta-
J tionery.
Dentist.
R. H. A. BARNWELL.—Office over the
Store of W. 8. Stetson A Bro
Hardware and Tin Shops.
JOSEPH STALEY.
I V T. WINDSOR—Tin and Harness Manufae-
• turer & Repairer A house furnishing goods.
Confectioners.
W T. CONN—Family Groceries, Confeciion-
• ery and Fancy Articles.
LK1KENS— Confectioneries, Lager Beer,
Ac., Ac.
Detail of Ziqnors.
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COUNTING HOUSE CALENDAR, 1866.
N. CALLAWAY—at his old stand.
G LYNCH, Bar Room and Bowling Sa
loon.
Hotels.
W ASHINGTON HALL—Hancock street.—
N. C. Barnett.
A milledgevjL’LE hotel—s. a r. a.
A McComb.
Buggy and Wagon Shops.
V1TM. A J. W. CARAKER—opposite Federal
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WOMAN.
DISSECTED KY A HAN.
“Nec tecum possum vivere. nec sine te
“I am peculiarly interested to know whether
women will rise in the latter dej as women; fbr
k is to’ be feared in that case that they may con
tinue to tempt us before the throne itself.’ - St.
Augustine, in the second century.
A woman is like—but stay—
What a woman ia like, who can say T
Tbere’s no living with or without one ?
Love bites like a fly.
Now an ear, now an eye;
Buz—buz—always ^uzzing shout one.
When she is tender and kind.
She is likely to .my mind,
‘(And Sally was so I remember]
She"s like to—Oh dear !—
She’s as good very near.
As a ripe melting peach io September !
If she laugh, and she chat,
Play, joke, and all that,
And with smiles and good humor she meets me,
She’s like a rich dish
Of-venison and fish,
That cries from the table ‘‘come eat me!”
But she’ll plague you and vex you.
Distract and perplex you ;
False-hearted and ranging,
Unsettled and changing,
Wbat. then, do you think she » like t
Like a sand, like a rock '
Like a wheel, Hke a clock T
Aye, like a clock that is always at strike?
Her head is like the island folks tell on.)
Which nothing but monkey* can dwell on 1
Her heart’s like an orange so nice
She carves for each lover a slice '■
In truth, she’s to me.
Like to wind, like to sea,
Whose raging will hearken to no man.
Like a mill, like a pill;
Like a sail, like a whale;
Like an ass, like a glass.
Whose imape is constant to no man !
Like a flower like a shower ;
Like a fly, like a pie ;
Like a flea, like a pea ;
Like a thief, like—in brief,
She’s like nothing on *aith—hut a woman !
—
THE HOC VO.VDK9T DOCS!
BY BRICK POMEROY.
Durn tbe dorg! There goes a three
out for two or three days! Once he of the mourners
came in with a wooden leg in bis
teeth. That night a wooden-legged
soldier was missing, but, as cripple
soldiers were of no aceount, he did’nt
4a Csan Sera*.
But when we found J _
that the graves were dug and one day The report of a late trial ia Cincinnati
saw hit kennel filled with silver plates, contains one bright passage:
try to keep shy a bit. He brought us
the leg, no doubt thinking it the kind
ofclubwelike for The Lacrosse Dem
ocrat. And be used to find money!
He’d go into a store and snatch green
backs out of a cash drawer just as
handy! One day be came in with a
contribution box he’d stolen from the
entry way of a close communion
oburch.
He carried the box behind the end
of the sideboard, broke it open*—and
looked sick ! John Brown never stole
a contribution box again, and after
that, when we’d point to that box and
smile, he’d drop his tail, what there
was of it, and look just Hke Ben But
ler does when hating his picture taken!
And he’d steal halters, bridles, saddles
and such stuff. And as be grew old
er, he’d actually unhitch a horse and
lead him across the line into Minne
sota. When any one would call out
“John Brown,” he’d go for a horse
sure! And so we had to change his
name. Wbat to call the cuss we
did’ut know. But as he had chawed
up so many books, and was always
meddling with what was none of his
business and grew to be sort of dog
matic, and radical about the bloody-
jaws, we left off calling him John
Brown, and called him Charles Sum
ner. For awhile he seemed to like it.
He was an ambitious dorg, and to keep
his name good, meddled with so much
that was none of his business that at
Inst he got a dog-goned caning which
so affected his back bone that we had
to send for Anna Dickinson. After
she strengthened up his spinal verte
bras, he howied and ranted around so,
plates
screws, etc., gnawed from coffin lids,
we knew what a vehement mourner
Ben Butler was. A funeral proces
sion just passed the door—and that is
what the dog goned dog went out for
so quick! i _ -
If any body wants a red and brindle,
square jawed pet of this kind, whose
keeping will not amount to over six
hundred dollars a month, unless we
have to pay his stealing, we’d like to
sell him. He was a sweet pet—just
such a purp as some poor man who is
not able to buy a window curtain or
a book for his wife to read would
want. He cau eat a horse and chase
his rider up a tree any day, and were
it not for his peculiarities, would be a
fine dog: He’ll eat anything, from an
inkstand to a linen night shirt—from
a pound of candles to a baby—from a
magazine to an india rubber boat, and
grows handsomer every day he lives.
We’ll sell him cheap. For particulars
address with revenue stamp to repay
return postage on the dog, which is
such a handy thing to have about,
your most dog goned truly.
by five pane of class out of the door. ... ..
and th.ele goes the cussedest and wus- we - had to ct,an * e hls ,,alLe ?« a,D ’
sedest piece of excitable canine we
ever saw! Four years ago, the day
after a chap on the cars had the upper
end of his snute punched for calling
us a traitor, Po. Hatcher gave us that
So we called him General Curtis.—
And that seemed to please him might
ily. He’d stand on his his hind legs,
poke the hair out of his eyes, and
when he went out doors, strut about
as though he was going to fight a Pea
Juion office.
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T. CONN, Agent—office at Conn's
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SPRIJftr & SUMMER ROODS !
A NEW Stock, just received, at
II. TINSLEY S,
Agent.
MilledgeviHe, March 12th, 1866.
J. W. RABUN & CO.,
a’a/oir'SYJts
AND
140 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH,
J. W. Rabun,
P. II. Wood.
April 24th, 1866.
GA.
38 tf
L. CARRINGTON,
General ig*nt at MilMgefill*!
1-
9.‘a°t eVL'hssM™
.1, X* o' *»5 5SS
by the Legislature, will «“ m ‘ ue / nd | i ; e
inf..rmaiion of the Land Books, &c., &c. ierms
moderate.
MilledgeviHe, April 2d, ltJob.
35 Ijr
removed.
DARIEN BANK BUILDING,
where liecati he found at all h°urs , J l ° f t j, p
any claims due bin., and receive F»CMd.1 of the
same, many of them being old enong
an, uni, ms to settle all old ^coon^s and have my
B.nkt balanced 1 »h»ll eryt » ^ We to
last Christmas day. ’ ^
April Dth, I066.
w riety Store.
Printing Offices.
(gOUTHER RECORDER—R. M. Oraw A, 8on.
F EDERAL UNION—Bougbton. Nisbet, Barnes
and Moore.—Cor. Hancock & Wilkinson st*.
Harness and Saddles. _
E J. HOGUE—1st door McCombs’ old Bo-
• tel.
Note.—Merchants and Business men of the city
whose names do not appear in this Directory can
have their business published by calling on os, at
the Federal Union office.
Officers of the State Government of Georgia*
at niUedgevtlle. ,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMEKT.
Chari.fs J. Jenkixs, Governor.
K. L. Hunter, Secretary Executive Dept.
H. J. G. Williams, ” M “
Z. D. Harrison, Messenger.
STATE HOUSE OFFICERS.
N. C. Barnett, St c’y of State & Surveyor Gen.
J. T. Burns, Comptroller General.
John Jones, Treasurer.
J. G. Montgomery, Librarian.
Jesse Horton, Capt. State House Guard.
Judiciary.
Judges of Supreme Court.—Jos. H. Lumpkin,
Iverson L. Harris, Dawson A. Walker.
Reporter.—L. E. Bleckley.
Clerk.—C. W. Duboae.
Deputy Clerk.—If. G. Grieve, office at Ifilledge-
ville. '
Penitentiary.
W. C. Anderson. Principal Keeper.
C. G- Talbird, Assistant Keeper.
A. M. Nisbet, Book Keeper.
Rev. F. L. Brantly, Chaplain.
i ana tie Asylum.
Dr. T. F. Green, Supt. and Resident Physician.
Dr. T. 0. Powell, Assistant Physician.
City Government.
T. F. NeweH, Mayor. “
Peter Fair, Clerk.
P Ferrell, Marshal.
Auctioneers.—White & Wright.
Aldermen.—F. Skinner. F. G. Grieve. A. W.
Callaway. Wui. Caraker, Walter Paines C Vaughn.
Sezton.—Thomas Johnson.
Post Master.—W. E. Quillian.
County Officer*.
B. P. Stubbs, Clerk Superior and Infr Court*.
John Strother, Sheriff.
John Hammond, Ordinary.
S. H. Hughes, Tax Receiver.
L. N. Callaway, Tax Collector.
I. T. Cushing, Coroner.
Jas. C. Whitaker, Surveyor.
Justices Inferior Court.—Dr. G. D. CaiO, O. P.
Bonner, B. B. deGraffenried, A. W. Callaway, W.
H. Scott.
County Court.
Judge—T. W. White.
Solicitor—T. F. Newell.
Religious Denomination!.
Presbyterian Church—Rev. Wm. Fllon, Paator,
Methodist “ -K**. G- W. Yarborough,
t tf
Baptist Church— Bev. S. E. Brook*. Paator,
St. Stephen’s Church—unfilled at present.
Lodges-
Benevolent Lodge No. 3, F. A. M.—B. B. de-
Graffeuried, W. M. t . _
Time of Meeting—1st Jr 3rd Satur. of each mo-
Temple Chapter No 6 — O. V Brown, H. P.
Time of meeting—2d A 4th Saturday*.
. ....-11 1 j ,1 1 on uiuugii uc v\ as uuiiJi; tu iiKiib
red and brindle batdi of a dog, then , P . s y . v , , >
. it- e . ,, : Ridge battle. And what notice lie d
doue up small .die, loakmg so bull | ^ H e became enam, red
doggish Chat wewere afraid ofhis pic- f mu|e6 a „ d often wou|d , ead t|len ,
ture for a week! Fo. said he was an , , ■ - , c , . -,
1 • . xt to the outskirts of the city and hide
A abama bull dog, imported from New ., . , , . ,. J . ^ - .
" . 1 , e ’ 1 . them in the bushes. And he grew into
Jersey rn a basket, ee » sample of the b a togte , ur cotto „. Ne * e , w „ ,
haodeome ol that couotry. But he[ d s0 fond of cottoII . ’TWt safe
™ a P ,lr .P- J 118 tal1 was no i for half the ladies when out promena-
longer than a wicked man s ptayer,, dj in , „ cost „ lr:e t0 meet £ do
nnrl moo full oo ctiinmn * A n/i thnen . o - _ O
in too street. In fact he had such a
and was full as stunnin ! And those
fare ! They looked like the small cor
ner of plug tobacco. And such eyes !
And such eyebrows! When he was
but a child, so called, some monster
•jviust have slung him first against a
stonewall, for his eyelids looked like
Ben Butler’s sorte’r shamed of some-
love for cotton that ’twan’t safe to let
them walk on the street, nor stay in
the sanctum, nor go to any place, so
we called him General Siegel. That
bothered him! He had a tough time
of it. Gracious how he’d twist his
BAR & BOWLING ALLEY.
T HE PUBLIC are respectfully invited to give
the undersigned a e«H, as he ha* aome of th«
vc„ to! uq»>r. X. i* «“
more, he haa just opened a
NEW BOWLING ALLEY
in connection with his Bar, where eTef 7
roan can pass an hour or so in pleasant
Bar and Bowling Alley ou the corner
Opposite the MHMgeriile Hotel.
• U. Q. LYNCH.
Feb. 27tb, 1866. *•
,. . , jaws and bark ! And he loved to get
thmg! Hwjaws were pretty jaws.-, ^ ntoad ii . toa . He’d whip aoy
1 hey were ao severe in their angles- , jn t b he 6 dty . But H took 80 r )6
there was so much jaw in proportion ; t0 * hjm int oa Bght that he was use-
to the purp that we wanted to caH jle ^ YoQ see wh s en we wante d him
him Swisshelm, but he wasn t that ggj,j one do g f we ’d set him on an-
kind of a pet. But he was nigh onto
all jaw.
We kept him four weeks in the
sanctum, and all that time hired a nig
ger to watch him. He'd steal—Hiteal
is no name for it. So we concluded
to call him John Brown. And be
kept the nigger mighty busy watching
him, till at last the nigger being such
a smart, mimicky, educational cuss,
other, and then he’d back into the
tother one, and then fight his way out!
But it took so long to learn his style,
and then ’twan’t always convenient to
get up two fights, so we changed his
name again.
He grew beautiful each day. In
fact, he was a handsome cuss*! And
folks took so much notice of him, he
torgot he was nothing but a poor dorg,
got so much worse nor the dog, that | and he actfcd M that we thought b« Bt
we kept the dog to watch the nigger.
Egad! wasn’t it afull team? Strange
how niggers will learn things.
And he was the hungriest dog we
ever saw. A peunv worth ot beef
didn’t last him as long as a ten dollar
bill would a Democrat the night be
fore election. He had a fine voice for
beef. And what the dog would not
eat the nigger would L And the dog
grew large and ponderous about the
jaws. He used to eat papers, books,
mats, vests, old hats, gloves, parent
leather boots, window curtains and
sich. He ate such stuff for desserf.—
to call him Gen. Butler.
You never saw such a change come
over any dog. He grew cuuninger
and cunninger every day. * He’d go to
the butcher shops, rub his paws on the
carcass of dead beef, and come home
to make us believe that he’d been
fighting. And as he growled so when
be came and never bad any outs or
wounds on him we thought he was
getting to be terrible brave. But at
last we found him out. And how that
dog would strut! And he grew mean.
He’d drive small dogs away from their
bone, and go to chasing kittens to.
That dog ate a full calf-bound set of j noint out of harm’s way. And
Harper’s Weekly one day, just on ac-i 8na p an( j g^arl at women—always
4- An 1T A ./I Vw* fan A . . « . . . . sc.
count of the calf. And he ate ten
copies of The Chicago Tribune one
insulting them. And he had half a
dozen pups he’d picked up around the
day, but the lies in them papers made | cjfcVj as mean but not a8 8mart a8 he ,
him so dog goned sick all that week, aQ ^ these pups would chase poor girls
that he would have died if the nigger
in ’em hadn’t emetticked ’em out, and
so he got well ! But he never pined
into some corner where Ben Butler
would scold at, bark at, and then after
rubbin bis dirty nose over them, leave
himself to a shadow hankering after ^ bem some wound upon them.
Republican newspapers any more.— But wben be beard a gun, Lord bless
And he kept on stealing. We always} , ho w he’d run and hold his tail
thought them Republican newspapers - * • ’ *” ’ 1 ' *
aided in tbe development of that com
plaint, for he was sure to steal all the
nigger earned for us.
He’d walk out on a rainy day for
Ms health and always come back with
something he had found. Once it was
& lady’s veil. Then it was half a ham,
with a butcher’s knife sticking in it-
What he wanted io bring the knife
with him for is morer than we know,
uuless he bad to cut and run. One
day he came in with a baby’s cradle.
There..wa8 some blood on the edge of
it, and aU that afternoon the bell men
was out ringing a beH and yelling,
“boy lost!” John Brown didn’t go
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.
Washington I.etler.
The President's Equanimity Tested.
They tell a Story about tbe President
and a very severe test upou his good hiu
nrtor, which will do to relate. The “RigJet
Way” is a small seven-by-nine sheet, sad
ly misnamed, and devoted principally to
abuse of Andrew Johnson, and seconda
rily to the advocacy of the Suinneriau
mode of reconstruction. Lew. Campbell
happened to pick np a copy of it a few.
months ago, which was peculiarly ‘“rich”
in vituperation and scandal, lie toek it
to the U bite House, and in the course of
an interview with his Excellency, drew
it from his pocket, with the remark,
"Now, Mr. President, I’m going to test
your different mental and moral quali
ties. Let me see ho\t you are as to phi
losophy.”
Campbell then read an article entitled.
‘‘Andrew Johnson and Thomas Paine,”
written after the manner of Plutarch's
"Comparison,” and to show that Paine
was a v-.ry estimable man compared
with Johnson. The President listened to
it affentively.
"How do you like that V* said Camp
bell.
"Well, it’s not bad,” said Andy, good-
humoredly.
"Now,” said Campbell, "I want to test
your patriotism.” And he read an article
showing that as between Andy Johnson
and Benedict Arnold there was a large
balance in favor of tbe Intter in the mat
ter of love of country.
"How do vou like that 1” said Camp-
beH.
"Oh, it will do. This is a free country,
you know,” smilingly replied the Presi
dent. ’‘ r ~
"Well, now prepare fora test of your
fidelity,” said Campbell, and proceeded
to read an artieleentitled, "Judas Iscari
ot and Andrew Johnson,” to the effect
that the betrayal ofhis Master by tbe
former was as nothing compared with tbe
betrayal of his party by the latter.
"What do you think of that, Mr. Presi
dent ?”
"Well, I guess my shoulders are broad
enough to stand it,” replied his Excel
lency, not at all moved to displeasure.
"Now here comes the climax,” said
Campbell, and began to read a double-
leaded editorial to the effect that tbe
Right Way would be circulated through
tbe agency of tbe Ereedmen’s Bureau,
under an order from General Howard.
“How do -you like that, Mr. President V*
inquired Campbell.
Tbe President laughed, looked his
Ohio friend iu the eye, and said, "Well,
now, 1 don’t mind the other things, but
doesn’t it strike you that the Howard
part is a little too steep V }
Campbell said it did really ocour to him
in that light. The President finally took
the paper and made some notes ou the
margin of the order of General Howard—
since which time it is supposed the
Ereedmen’s Bureau hasn’t been instru
mental in circulating the "Right Way" to
a very great extent.
ASK&IOUS QUESTION.
A friend of tbe President was urging
upon him, the other day, the necessity of
his making more removals from office than
he seemed disposed to make, and finding
Andrew a little bard to move on the sub
ject, became indignant at his stoicism, and
finally burst out:
"Mr. President, will you answer me
one question /”
“1 will, if I can,” replied Mr. Johnson.
"Weil, then, in tbe name of God, do
you think yon can kill bogs by greasing
their bellies with butter V’
The President thought it an extremely
doubtful question.
one bright passage:
The case was ohe in-Which tbe heirs of
a Mrs. Schofield’ : —an English lady of
eccentric habits, who died in Cincinnati in
1853—endeavored fo pnrsoade the court
to set aside the will on several grounds.
The principal witness was a 3frs. Clieese-
brongh, aged seventy. She had beeu
asked half-a-dozen times as to the age of
one of Mrs. Schofield's nephews. The re
port continues :
A. 1 tell you I didn’t know his age-
f His birth register is in England, and I
* never went to see it.
Court. Mrs. Cheesebrough, it is perhaps
proper to say to you that you must be pa
tient, and answer all the questions coun
sel taay put to you.
Witness. So I do, but I don’t see any
use of answering the same questions over
and over again.
Court—Some of us may not hear all
your answers, and it is often necessary to
repeat questions.
Witness. I generally speak lend enough
for anybody in this court room to hear me;
and I think if the lawyers would attend
to their business they wouldn’t have to
ask a witness more than onae.
Court. Proceed with the examination.
Q. You say Mrs. Schofield drank a
peat deal of liquor; wbat did she keep it
in—a jug ?
A, No; she kept it in a demijohn, in a
basket. I never look* d int9 the basket
to see whether it was glass or not, but I
think it was. It held six quarts, and I
have carried it a hundred time* for her, if
a strict account had been kept, to Mr.
Smith’s liquor sfoie, to get k filled. I
remember Mr. Smith used often to say;
‘‘Druuk again, Mrs. Cheesebrough 2” and
I would answer: "No; it’s the same
drunk;” but he knew I was joking, and
he knew who tbe liquor was for.
Q. What kind of liquor did sbe use 2
A. Brandy, »ir—the regular old cognac.
Q. How did she drink it—pure or
mixed.
A. Sbe as often took it pure as any
way; when she wanted to she made it into
grog; she used to'drink it out of a black
teapot; that was handier than a long bot
tle; the deuiijohn wes filled every week,
but 1 didn’t fill it always, she bad a little
Englishman w'ho used to go for her very
often.
Questions by a juror. How did she at
tend to her business when she had a store
on fifth street ?
A. 1 don’t know exactly, but as I told
you before, sbe was always well up in
money matters.
Q, Was she sober then 2
A. No, she was never sober. Drinking
had become a sort of second nature with
her. Sbe was like a good many lawyers
I know of, they cant lead a case without
being half drunk. (Laughter.) It’s a
fact. 1 tell you I have seen many a law
yer that never undertook to try a case un
til, as they say, he had “two sheets in tbe
wind and one a flutterin’.” (Renewed
laughter.)
£4
S. )
Stamp Duties and Confederate Mon
ey.—The complexities of the stamp
act are sach as to cause ft to be little
understood. Tbe people of the South
particularly, are ignorant of the bear
ing of the law upon old instruments
requiring stamps to be affixed to them.
The Revenue Collector at Washing
ton, North Carolina, applied to Wash
ington recently for instructions, and
received the following answer
Treasury Department,
Office of Internal Revenue,
Washington, May 2‘J, 1866.
Sir: I reply to your letter of May
14th, that to determine the stamp
duty required for a deed given in 1863,
the consideration of which was paid
iu Confederate money, the value of the
consideration in United States cur
rency, at the time of the execution,
should be estimated as the' basis of
computation.
Very respectfully,
D. C. Whiteman,
Dep. Commissioner.
Mr. L. G. Ester, Collector, Wil
mington, North Carolina.
A Bogus Philanthropist.—The Albany
Journal a Republican journal, says:
Wendell Phillips has an income of $60,-
•00 a year. H e sits under polished ma
hogany, eats-off beautiful china and solid
silver, and buries bis sHppere in Ibe soft
pile of velvet carpets fit for tbe palace of
a prince. If during tbe war he contribu
ted to raise a regiment or support a sol
dier’s family, we have yet to learn it. If
he has made any donation from hi* abun
dant wealth to the fund for supporting
tbe freedatea at the South, wo stand ready
to record tbe faet on snfficient proof.
Albert Sidney Johnston.—The New Or
leans Picayune says .• "It is high time
the grave of Albert Sidney Johnston,
buried in tbe St. Louis Cemetery, should
be marked and honored as becomes bis
rank. There was no man in tbe whole
close between his legs. We had lets
of trouble with him. When he saw
a church, he wanted to go in and steal
something.
And when he saw' a telegraph report
in the office he looked as though lie v ^
.... country, North or South, certainly no otn
wanted to change it some way. cer of tbe old army, who was more be
only thing he was tit for was to waten &ad respected than Albert Sidney*
jewelry stoies! Let that dog go by a j^bnston, and though flowers are almost
show window where there would be daily strewn upon bis_ grave, it ha* yet
some silverware, and he’d stand there ao suitable monn«ent.”
And he’d look into store A editor',“Ilricing” a case of
child, said the child should
careful attention ot
he’d follow a funeral for miles if there bOIne 0 ne< lest it be permanently added to
was a silver plate on the coffin. Most the kingdom of heaven, and thus, peril* ps,
of the folks always thought he was one permanently separated from its kindred.
all day. Ana nea .ou* , uw , A editor, noticing a case
windows, and break into churchee to erU£ jj„ to a
look at the communion plates. And b ^, u id receive the
The Mississippi Index, printed xt Co
lumbus, Miss., says: " The freed men
met at tbe Mayor’s office on Thursday
night to organize a fire company among
themselves* An example for the white
people to fellow. It is a satire upon our
want of public spirit.”
Scarcity of Labor t* Mississippi. —The
Hon. A. M. West, member of Congress
elect, and President of the Mississippi
Central Railroad called on Gen. How
ard a few days since fur the purpose of
obtaining one hundred freedmeu to work
on his road. Gen. Howard referred Mr.
West to the President, wh<*j it i« stated,
is opposed to the introduction of Northern
colored people into the South, believing
that there are a sufficient Dumber of Freed-
men in that region to supply the demand
for labor.