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Newspaper Page Text♦ VOLUME XLili] M ILLEDGE VI LLE, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 20, IS71. NUMBERS. gJit Jftbera 1 Slnion, IS PUH LI SHED WEEKLY IN MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., liY BOUGH TON, BARNES & MOORE, (Corner of Hancock ami Wilkinson Streets.) $2 in Advance, er $3 at end of the year. S. N. BODGHTON, Editor. ADVERTISING. Transient.—One Dollar per square of ten lines for first insertion, and seventy-live ceutsfor each subse- queiit continuance. Tributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies,Obit- nsr jes exceeding six Hues, Nominations for office,Com munications or Editorial notices for individual benefit, chargeJ as transient advertising. LEGAL ADVERTISING. Sheriff '- Sales, pci levy of ten lines, or iess, $0 50 “ Mortgage (i fa sales, per square, 5 on Citations for Letters of Administration, 3 00 “ “ Guardianship, 3 00 Application for dismission from Administration, 3 00 “ “ “ “ Guardianship, 3 00 “ “ leave to sell Laud, 5 00 “ for Homesteads, 170 Xutiee to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00 .snlea ol Land, &c., per square, 0 00 ■ perishable property, 10 days, per square,-- 1 511 K-itrny Notices,30 days, 3 00 p„r"i:losurc of Mortgage, per sq-, each time, - I 00 Applications for Homesteads, (two weeks,) i 75 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land, &c., by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are required bylaw to be held on the tirst Tuesday in the month, between the hours of 10 in the forenoon aud 3 in the afternoon, at the Court House in the County in which the property is situated. Notice of these sales must he given in a public ga zette 10 days previous to the day of sale. Notices lor the sale of personal proper! v must be given iuiike manner I" days previous to safe day. Notices to the debtots and creditors of an estate must also he published It) days. Notice that application will be made to theCourt of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, &c.,musl be publish ed inr two months. Citations for letters of Administration. Guardianship, to., must be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly three months—fordisinission from Guardianship, 10 days. Kales for foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish ed monthly for four mouths—for establishing lost pa pers lor tile full space of three months—for compell ing titles from Executors or Administrators, where bond has been given by the deceased, the full spaccof three months. Publications will always be continued according to these,the legal requirements, unlessothcrwise ordered. SAVANNAH CARDS. L. J. GUILMART1N. JOHN FLANNERY L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO., CCTTD3T FACTORS AIf2 Geiifral Commission Merchants, Buy Street, SAVANNAH, Ga. Agents for Bradley's Super Phosphate of Lime, Jewell's Mills Yarns, Domestics, A.C., dire. ■tugging, Cope A- Bi-oix Ties, nlwuTnon linam. rs” Usual Facilities Extended to Customers. Aug 13, 1871. 3 3m at ten, , and dance WM. H. STARK, H. P. RICHMOND. WM. II. STARK & CO., Wholesale Grocers, Cotton Factors, AND General Commission Merchants SAVANNAS, GA. Careful attention ^iven to Sales or Sliijnnent of Cotton and all kinds of produce. Liberal Advances made on consignment*. AKROVV r and EUKEKA TIES at Low-efc Agents Prices. Keep constantly on hand a lav. • k of all kind« of I5A(»G1N T (5. Agent* for E. F. C' l L'S SU- PEUPIIOSPHATE OF LIME. August 29, 1871. 5 8m Our Experience as Cotton Seller Wnrmiift u* in Nolirilin^ CoiiMigiimrn t*. Liberal advances on produce sent us, and remit tances promptly made. W. F. SIMS & CO., Niminnali, (<a. August 29, 1871. 5 8ui IXGKRSOLL WASHHURN, lat«*. with Lamar &l Kills. E. A. SILVA, late with Bryan Ac limiter. Book aud Job Work, of all kinds, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE. BALDWIN COUNTY. NEW LAW FIRM. Crawford k Williamson, ATTOS.2NT:SVS AT law, AMO MH.It litoKN 5N BA.tHKt l‘TCV. MILLEDGEV1LLE, GA. It’’ILL practice tlu-ir profession in the countie' ■ t composing the Ocmuigee Circuit—the countiet el Hancock and Washington, and in the U. S. Circuit nud District Courts. CTIAS. P. CRAWFORD. WM. \V. WILLIAMS! >N. Feb 11,1871. 2i> ly STEW LAW FIRM WASHBURN & SILVA, S3 BAY SSHSET, Stock aud Boud Brokers, AND DEALERS IN REAL ESTATE. Correspondence iuvited- August SKI, 1871. 4 8m (LAGHORN & (iNNINGHlM, Wholesale aud Retail m m o § i n s and Dealers m Fine Wines, Liquors and Segars, AVASTNAH, GA. WOIWA2J. t Oh ! Woman, what would this world be without thy kind and gentle sway ?-for all we have we owe to thee; how can we e’er thy love repay ? fur don’t you 8«>wr our buttons on, and darn our socks and mend our clothes and spend our stamps till they’re aii gone? but can’t tell how the money goes. “Mother Winslow,” of Canton, Maine, .aged one hundred and five years, is claimed as the oldest Meth odist in the country, if not in the world. Grace Greenwood writes that the women who go from this part of the country to Colorado become so healthy they are singularly courageous and cherry, and don t mind the loss of Eastern comforts. In this we can see how much of our happiness depends upon good health. The ladies at White Sulphur Springs ri* play cro met till luncheon, sleep until dinner, * until midnight. One of the toasts drank at a recent celebration vra® “Woman ; she requires no eulogy—she speaks for her self 77 The woman that inakoth a good pudding in silence is better than one *hat innkttU a tart reply. Mrs. Mary Michael, aged 110 years and residing near Petersburg, Va . committed suicide, a few days since, by jumping into a well. Thought she had lived long enough and was of no use to any one. The Fashions—The style of wearing hair will be higher in front, at the hack it falls lower down. Waists made of linen, with pleats, like gentlemen’s shirts, are coming info fashion. They ;ln taste dictates either with studs on the centre pleat or with plain buttons. Deep flounces seem to be more generally liked than the narrow ones. One long curl on each side of the head takes the place of the curls at the back. A Heroin* —A girl nine years of age arrived at a town in Central Iowa recently, having traveled all the way from Western Kansas, anti bringing with her two sisters—one an infant, which she carried in her arms, and the other three years old. Her parents had emi grated to Kansas, and had both died there, and she de termined to return to Iowa. Young ladies suffering from a pane in the side may relieve it by wearing a sash. Bullock and Kim call.—Our Governor has gone West, and H. I., East. Kimball is said to have gone to Europe, on Railroad business, and Builock has gone to California, for what purpose, we are not informed. The Executive of Georgia has been without its limits two months, and it is a question whether a single one of the orders he lias sent back, while beyond the lim its of the State, is binding. The fact is. that State Bead investigation is making a great many of oar pub lie officials, as well as private citizens, very uneasy. We fear we never can catch these huge rogues ir. At lanta. They steal so much that “offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice/’ We fear that many of our State officials hav* appropriated a little, in days past, hut the only attempt at a very largo swindle—the Ya zoo transaction—was finally defeated. Those steady going old fellows reminded us of the man that Bill Na pier used to say was a “clever sort of grand rascal— would only take enough to relieve his immediate ne cessities. a bushel of corn or a small p g.” So of the former official rogues. Now, though, these fellows Blodgett. Bullock, et ul. % are cormorants, horse leeches, or what you will. They have taken a* much in a few yeais, as the rest did since the revolutionary war. On the whole, we believe the McDuffie people are right, aud the seat of Government had better go back to Miiledgeville.—Press 4* Messenger. CAMILLA. MACON CARDS. BEK AD BROTHERS, Ihird St., Z&acon, Ga., MANUFACTURERS OF Saddles, Harness and Collars. AND DEALERS IN. SADDLERY HARDWARE, AND Saddle, Harness and Shoe Leather. BUY HIDES, WOOL AND WAX. Sept 2, 1871. G 3m An exchange says: “It is an extraordinary fact in this world that every man or woman who wants some tiling done tor nothing, goes straightway to the pub lisher of a newspaper- He is the bridge over which merit or demerit propose to pass over the stream of trouble. He is the free horse that every man proposes to ride iuto the greeu pastures of prosperity and ease.’’ The people of McDuffie county are clamorous for the restoration of the Capitol to Miiledgeville. They held a sneetiuga few days since instructing their Sena tor and Representatives to that end, aud call upon oth er counties to do likewise. Woe was the day for Georgia when her Capitol was stolen for (not by) At lanta. It has been the means of millions of the peo ple’s money being squandered and the end is not yet- [Sand- r sc ilk Georgian. 9 TRUMAN & GREEN Sept fi, 1ST J. \\ . LATH KOI*. J. L. WAltKEJ W. LATH it or r lMlE CNDERSIGNED have formed a co-partncr- J- ship for the practice of Law. under the firm of SANFORD A FIRMAN. Tlii-y will bestow prompt attention upon all business ' .'/'insted to their eare in this and the surrounding counties. Office on Wayne street over Stetson’s Store. D. B. SANFORD. F. C. FURMAN. Miiledgeville, Jan'y 5th, 1871. 21 ly T. W. WHITE, jlLta /- /z at jf/LciLii, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., a IT ILL practice in this and adjoining counties. M Applications for Homestead Exemptions, un der the new law, and other business before the Corn t of Ordinary, will receive proper attention. Miiiedo-pviller Oct. J2, 1808. 11 tf W. G. McADOO, Attorney I Counsellor at Law, »IIiI,ED»EVII<LB GEORGIA. Will give prompt attention to business entrusted to him in any part of the State, and will regularly attend tiie Courts of Baldwin, Hancock, Futnarn aud Wil kinson counties. Miiledgeville, Marcli 25, 1870. 35 tf TAII J 0]LlIKr&! 0'll E undersigned lias removed his TAILOR SHOP To 'IV a y n c Street, Up Stairs, over Store of MESSRS. C. II. WRIGHT & SON, Where he is prepared to cut and make gentlemen's clothingin the LATEST STYLES, and respectfully •diets a share of the public patronage. Old Clothes made as good as new. He will also clean aud repair old clothes making them l"ok as good as new. fiF*All work warranted. Miiledgeville, Jan 23. 1870. J. \Y. LA THROP A €0., COTTON FACTORS — AND — Commission Merchants, 9S Bay St., Sept 2, 1871. Savannah, Ga. G 8m* V. M. SLOAN. J. H.SLOAN. A. M. SLOAN & CO., COTTOJf FACTORS Commission Merchants, C’lagliorti :tn<l Cusinitsghaiik's llaiijr, BAIT ST., SAVANNAH, Gil. Liberal Cash Advances made on Cotton. Bagging aud Ties at Lowest Cash Brices. Sept l, 1871. G 3in JOHN M. COOPER tfc CO., SAVANNAH, GA. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Books and Stationery of aii kinds, Newi* a ml Book 5*t*iiilisig Pnper ami laiit, SCHOOL FURNITURE, AND SCHOOL XttATE B. I A L, Furnished at Manufacturer's Prices. Send for Catalogues. JOHN M. COOPER, T. QUANTOCK, August 2!>, 1871. GEO S. S. F. LANCASTER. 5 3m" AUGUSTA CARDS. J. H. SPF.AR8. W. H. POTTER. FRANK FOARD. Application for Letters Vismissonj. GEORGIA, Baldwin County. r P T. WINDSOR, Administrator of Richard V. I . Jones, deceased, having made ids final returns and applied for Letters Dismiesory: This is therefore t" cite all persons concerned to appear ami show causa on or before the first Monday in November, I s ' 1, why such letters shomd not be granted. M. R. BELL, Ord y B C. Inly 14, 1871. 51 3m Krxa'w- shop. O R. JAURATT has opened n TIN SHOP at B • the Xnr Store of Messrs Proof:S 4* E Uer son, <»n Haneoek street, where he is prepared to do all kiiuis ot Tin work to order aud repair old Tin ware, &lc. lb* also has the Celebrated Non-Explosive Estrella Oil, AND LAMPS FOR THE SAME. This oil is safe aud is rapidly taking the place of Kerosene. Gun, Pistol and Clock Work done bv J. A- Jarratt. Miiledgeville, July 3,1871. 4!) 3in A. A. BEAI.L. BELL, SPEARS & CO., COTTON FACTORS, Warehouse & Commission Merchants Continue their business at their old stand, the Com modious Fire-Proof Warehouse, No. fi Campbell Nit.—Oliiee ami Safe- =£00111 No. 177 Reynold* St., AUHNTA, G A. Agents for Standard Fertilizers and Universe 1 button Tie. Liberal Cash Advances made on Produce in store. Commission for selling Cotton 11-4 per cent. Sept 6, 1871. 6 3in THE MERCHANTS & PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK, 223 Broad Street, AVGVSYA, GEORGIA. STAND FROM UNDER!!! If you want Good Bargains for the Cash, call at the Store of C. IV. Cause .y Co., \\7HERE you will find Goods, consisting of every- ** thing usually kept in a first class Family Gro cery Store, as cheap as llio cheapest and as good as tlie best, and all we ask is a trial to convince any of onr friends and the pnldic generally of theYuot. Store ou east side of Wayne street. n. VV. GAU8E & UO. Miiledgeville, Nov 28, 1870. 13 tt GEORGIA, Baldwin County. lathe Superior Court of raid County. r |MlE Petition of William McKinley, LaFayette A Carrington, John S. Thomas, Arthur I. Butts. Samuel Whitaker, and sixty other associates, shews ’not for promotion of agricultural and the kindred iu- ’ e r<-als, We j, ave fi nned ourselves into a society to be known by the name of “ The Farmers’ Club of Buld- JV n Unnnty, : ” with place of business at the County burnt House in Miiledgeville, aud doiug no business ? n t'fedit, or capital, except little cash contributions foin time to time, fot cash currant expenses. We fay for an order of corporation for twenty years by ° ur Society name aforesaid. Mckinley & barrow, Attorneys for Petitioners- " lrue extract from the Minutes. .. S..J KIDD, Clerk. "®Pt6,1871. C 4t Baldwin Sheriff Sale. \V r ILL he sold before the Court House door in Mil- ’ lodgeville.ou the first Tuesday in OCTOBER • '/ 'he following property, to-wit: Vue acre of Land. Not No. 2, in Square No. 21, in ,f I*"!*? Miiledgeville. Levied on as the property ('.,11 u Strother to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of L. N. iel ‘T y ' I’rt'perty pointed nut by plaintiff. Lev- ' ou by John Gentry, Constable, and returned to me. , 0 O. ARNOLD, Sheriff. Au gust 8, 1871, 6 , d CURRENCY ACcevrtTs, GOLD ACCOUNTS, Augusta, Ga., September 20, 1S70. To Merchants,-Administrators, Executors, Planters and others: ^ This B ink will 1m pleased to receive {business on ou the following terms: ^ \ 4 Per Cent Interest a! 1 lowed on daily balance of account. Statements ren “v dered monthly. I i Per Cent will be al- L lowed on Deposits re maining a given time. C GOLD received on De- ! posit and paid on SIGHT j CHECKS at the counter. 4 Per Cent Interest in i Currency allowed on dai- j ly balances when same I are paid by Gold Checks A. on New York- v Collections made through- COLLECTIONS, ) / voiable terms. Cold, United States Stocks, and OtllCf -a eut'ities of all kinds will ... j receive our prompt aud (Securiues - l careful attention. CHAS. J. JENKINS, President, T. P. BRANCH, Vice-President, JOS. S. BEAN, Cashier. The Directors of “ The Merchants and Planters National Bank" recommend all Country Merchants, contiguous to Augusta, to keep their accounts at this Bank and to have ail their notes and drafts made pay able here—it will save them great trouble, aud they will be getting interest, on their balances- Planters, Executors, Administrators and others should not fail 10 avail themselves of this opportunity to eet interest on their money ; nor is it safe for them, in the present state of the country, to keep their mo ney at home, as it may be lost, stolen or burnt up. A Dollar Sated, ts a Dollar Made. DIRECTORS: Hon. CHARLES J. JENKINS, ex-Governor ot ° Hon. JOHN P. KING, President Georgia Railroad Hud Banking Company. , „ Hon. H. F. RUSSELL, of Russell k Potter. JOHN D. BUTT, Esq., of J. D. Butt k. Bro. HARPER C. BRYSON, Esq., Cotton Factor WM. H. GOODRICH, Esq., Builder and Contrae U W. HENRY WARREN, Esq., of Warren, Wallace k Co. T. P. BRANCH, Esq., of Branch, Sous k. Co. i October 4,1870. 10 Sole Agents, Sept 2, 1871. SffACON, GA. G 3 in E. J. JOHNSTON, Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, SILVERWARE, FANCY GOODS, CUTLERY, &c. Particular attention given to repairs on Fine and Difficult Watches. JEWELRY KE1MIKED. Corner Mulberry and j 2d Streets, opposite > lYIACON, €21?OK<41 A. new Court House. ) Sept 2, 1871. G 6m AGBKTCY Savannah Bank and Trust Co., MAC OK - . CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS, ALL PAID IN ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON, Hxchsaagr Itoaiglal 2111a! Mold. Deposits received, ou which Interest will be allowed as agreed upon. I. C. PLANT & SON, Agents. Investments made tor parties in Honda. Slocks &.C., for a small commission, by I- C. PLANT k SON, Sept 2, 1871. 6 3m* W. R. SINGLETON. W. C. SINGLETON. T. J. HUNT. SINGLETON, HUNT & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks VAZalSES, UMSaELLAS, etc., 49 Second Street ) Riid [ MACON, GEORGIA. 3S Cotton Avenue ) Sept 2, 1871. C 3m LANIER HOUSE. K. BIN8WANCEB, I'aopricaor. Mulberry Street, - Macon, Georgia. The above named Hotel has l^eu recently refur nuhed and fitted up for the accommodation of tran sient as well as permanent Boarders. Persons will find it to their interest to stop at this House, as its central location makes it a very desirable place for merchants and families coming to the city for business, or tor n sojourn ot pleasure. An ELEGANT SAJI PLE ROOM has beeu fitted up for the special use of commercial travelers. The table always supplied with all the luxuries of the season, from first markets, and can be surpassed by none in the South- Omnibus to convey passengers to and from the Hotel aud all trains, free of charge. N BINSWANGEIi, Proprietor. October 18.1870. 12 ton F. R-EICUEK-T, Manufacturer and Dealer in FURNITURE, CARPETS, MATTRESSES, &C. Paper Hangings, Window Shades AND COUNICES, GOXaB AND BlaACIC V7ALWXJT ICOULiDIlT G-. F'ull 'assortment of Metalic Burial Cases aud Caskets. Also Coffins in Rosewood. Mahogany & Walnut. All orders filled with dispatch aud at the lowist prices. 30 Third Street, MACON, La. Jan. 14,1871. 25 ly A contemporary, whose unpaid bills would no doubt encase his body iu complete armor, get3 off a doli ful ditty of which the followiug is a very fair sample: Come sinful debtor, in whose breast Somo conscience may i evolve, Come with your coward fear oppress’d, And make this wise resolve; I'll seek the Printer though my debts Have like a mountain rose, I know his wants. I’ll pay him off, Whatever may oppose. A Heartless Villain—The New Era brings us a melancholy story. The facts are brieffy these: Oue Robert Iianzy, three months ago came to Flat Shoals, near Griffin, and immediately laid seize to the heart of Mrs. Reeves, a w idow with three interesting children. They were married and left Gtiffin on Thursday last for Selma, which Uanzy said was his home. Mrs. Reeves had sold out all she possesse 1. and of conrsj her husband carried tho purse. Arrived at Atlanta he checked all the baggage for Kingston, left her aud the coil dren in the waiting room and started on the 3:25 tiaiu. The telegraph was put in motion and the ia.gage secured at Kingston, hut the scoundrel escaped. Capt >8ki es a v ry acute detective is after him and it w ill he difficult tor him to avoid capture. 'I b s broken-hearted victim has returned to her father at Flat Shoals. Remarkable Surgical Opera rios.—The Rev Dr. Hartzell. w ho recently preached in this place, w as once the sulject of a very remarkable and dangerous surgical operation. He was but twelve years of age. A bone cancer appeared on his chin, (tf tweuty three surgeons and physi cians who examined, but one gave hope of arrest ing its probable fatal progress. The advice ot that one was followed. His entire under jaw on both sides of his face was taken out and a silver- one inserted. The two years follow ing he couldn’t speak a word, and when he finally n covered, had to articulate again. He is now one of the finest speakers among pulpit orators and ranks among the distinguished clergymen of Ins denomination. Bellows Falls Times. Charlotte ani> her Gown.—Many years ago, ill the village ot Troy, there was only five free masons, the village curate, a tailor, a cobbler and a carpenter. The latter being desirous to intro duce his son to the same mystery, who was of lawful age, caused a lodge to be called for that purpose at a lonely building, where the ceremo nies were proceeding, when a knock was heard at the door. The carpenter, whose name was Russell, went to the door to see who it was, and found au old woman named Charlotte Peck, who addressed him as follows : “Do the Masons meet here to-night ‘•Yes.’’ “Well can you get my gown which was stolen last week ?’’ Why. Lot,” (the old woman was known as Lot Peck) “what business hag your gown with out meeting?” “ O, you know you’ll be raising the devil here to-night, and I wmuld like if you would ask him, as you will have nim with you at any rate—who stole my gown.” "O, all right, Lot; you go direct home, and we will see what we can do.” Mr. Russell then closed the door and relumed to the interior of tho cottage, the room where the rest of the Masons were, and mentioned what had passed between him and tho old woman. The cu rate rebuked him severely for conceding to the superstitious notions of (ho old crone, and said, he feared that it would end in trouble.” “ No fear of that.” said the carpenter, “just leave it all to me." The next day, “ Lot Peck” called upon Mr Russell ; he informed her that the devil would not directly tell him the name of the thief, but bad stated that if tho gown was not returned to her before one week, the house the guilty party lived in wouhi fall upon him in the night-time, and all in the house would be killed. This, said he, is a great secret, and you must not communicate it to more titan one person. Lot left Mr. Russel perfect ly contented, as it never occurred to her that the prediction of punishment to a thief was not exact ly a characteristic piece of conduct on the part of Old Nick. The secret was imparted to another old gossip o< tho village, her nearest neighbor—before Lot returned home—witli all the many injunctions as to the necessity of letting it go no further, not withstanding which it was told to the whole vil lage before night. The next morning each one was silently, cautiousy and fearingly strolling through the village, gazing at each other’s houses. On the second moruiug Lot Peck found her gown lying at her door. Curiosities of Earth.—At the city of Medi na, in Italy, and abcaut four miles around it, wher ever the earth is dug, when the workmen arrive at a distance of sixtv-three feet, they come to a bed of chalk, which they bore with an auger, five feet deep. Then they withdraw from the pit before the auger is removed, and upon its extraction the water hursts up through the aperture with great violence, aud quickly tills the newly made well, which continues full, and is affected by neither rains nor drought. But what is tho most remark able iu tins operation is the layers of earth as we descend. At the depth of fourteen feet are found the ruins of n ancient city, pared streets, houses, tioors and different pieces ot mason work. Under this is found a soft, cosy earth, made up of vegeta bles, and at twenty-six feet large trees entire, such as walnut, with the fruit still stuck to the stem, the leaves and branches in a perfect state of pres ervation. At twenty-eight feet deep a soft chalk is found, mixed with a vast quantity of shells, and the bed is eleven feet thick. Under this vegetables are also found. The Advantage of Printing —Mr. B , a well-known Metropolitan printer, once told us that on one occasion an old woman from the country came into tire printing office with an old Bible iu her hand. “ 1 want that you should print it over again,” said she. "Its gettin’a little blurred, sort of, and my eyes is not what they was. How much do ) ou ax t” “ Fifty cents.” “ Can you have it done iu half an’hour ? Wish you would—waut to bo getting home. I live a good way out of town.” When the old lady went out, he sent around to the office of the American Bible Society, aud pur chased a copy for 50 cents. ‘ Lor’ sake* a massa !” exclaimed the old lady when she came to look at it, ’ “ how good you’ve fixed it! 1 never saw nothing so curiuus as what printers is.” Paul Smith was a poor old man. He had a back room in the top of a noisy: lodging-house, where he slept nights, aud munched his meals of bread aud cheese, (or Bologna sausage when he could afford it) and irorn whence he crept- as harmless and unno ticed as a Dy, down the corner of the dingy street, to the little music shop of Carl. Bertmann, a German settler somewhere in Soho. There he tinkered all day on broken violins and other musical instruments, never absenting himself for a moment, save on Saturday afternoons, when he went to the house ol a small trades man to teach the piano to three or four very stupid girls. Sundays he curled up in his den, and amused him self, nobody knew how, until Monday morning. There are a few certainties ; lie nev er went to church; but he picked ragged children from the pavement when they fell near him, and gave them half pennies when he had any ; shared his dinner often with a mangy, dirty cur, w bo acted as a sort of escape- valve for tiie ill-temper of half the men and women in the street; and he roused Pat Kyan from his midnight snooze in the gutter many aeold night, and literally carried hi in home to Norah and (he “children.” As for his honesty, a neighbor re marked, “ If he found five shillings in the street, he’d wear out ten shillings’ worth of strength and shoe-leather to find the owner.” One cold night Paul was returning from his work, with a loaf ot bread under one arm and a violin under the other, when at the street door he stumbled, and nearly fell over a small object crouched on tiie step. “Bless us! What’s this!” cried Paul, striving to regain his equilibri um. “ Only me, sir i” and the small ob ject stood up anti became a very pale, thin and ragged child. ‘ Are you hurt, little girl ?*’ “ No, sir.” “ What are you doing out here in the cold ?” “ Nothing.” “ Wiiy don’t you go homo f” “ 1 ain’t got any !” “ Dear me! Where’s your mother V” “ In heaven !” At this Paul was dumbfounded ; and seeing that great tears were stealing down the child’s wan face, he thrust the violin under the arm which had on the step, when the animals sprangl tiful, and a cheek as fair as the pure forward and flung her violently from white satin of her sweeping robe; and her foothold. But for the sudden act of your niece, who received my moth er in her strong young arms, the fall might have proved a fatal one. My mother at once entered a shop, and keeping your niece near her, sent for me. 1 came to-day, at my mother’s earnest request, to express our heart felt gratitude and to offer ’’ “You needn’t offer Camilla-a pen- uy, sir. She will never suffer while I’ve a pair of hands to work for her,” said Paul. “ You mistake me. I do not wish to insult you, but would raise this child from her poverty and educate her, that she might be of use to you and to herself, and become a refined woman. Don’t let your selfish love stand in her light, and shut it out from her. She sings like a prima dona, and wishes to study music.” The great lustrous eyes of the child turned imploringly to her new guar dian. “Lor, Camilla, I can’t stand in your way. I know you’re every bit a born lady, if your poor forsaken moth er did die in a hovel among wretches who turned her child into the cold as soon as the breath had left her body ; but dear me, I can’t part with you.” “And you shall not. Let me serve the little Camilla, and she shall never leave you, but shall prove a blessing to you in your old age.” Paul could say nothing, and the strange visitor departed, with no fur ther injury to his darling than an elo quent glance irom an expressive pair of eyes. Then from the gloomy lodging- house to a snug set of chambers, a few streets off went Paul and Camilla, and the poor wretch began to look like another beinsr, in his cleaner work- clothes aud Sunday suit, earned from the increased number of pupils pro vided through the willing assistance of their philanthropical friend Clavering. Day after day Camilla went with her books to the teacher so strangely provided : and after a little time there came days when passers paused to lis ten to the warbliugs of the rich young voice. When she had been there six months she entered one morning to find Mrs. Clavering m the music-master’s room. “ What do you propose to do with your famous pupil V” said her soft voice. “ Madam, Camilla is quite capable of doing anything in a musical way. DEJKTSE’S CHERRY STREET, Opposite Cat hart &. Curd, Macon, - - Georgia. B. F. DENSE, Proprietor. March 21, 1871- 34 12m CUBBElHrE & HAZLEHIRST, BANKERS & BROKERS, MACON, GEORGIA, I DECEIVE DEPOSITS, BUY AND SELL EX- i CHANGE, GOLD, SILVER, STOCKS, 1HINDS. nud Uncurrent Funds. C«llrcti«a> Made on AII ActmiMe Point*. Office open at. all hours ol the day. March 21, 1871. ■» Vi Commenting on the California election the New York Tribune in accounting for the “ unexpected result,” says : Upon local questions there was no appreciable difference iu the platforms adopted by the two par ties ; and the whole canvas, which has been digni tied and manly, has been carried on with alinusf exclusive reference to the shares which the two contending organizations have had or may here after have in the conduct of national affairs. To be sure, there was. The Democrats have been di vided somewhat by the adoption in their plattoriu ol the New Departure dogma ; and the innumera ble tergiversations of their candidate for Governor have embarrased them very much. The Republi cans have beeu united and have pushed the can vass with hopeful enthusiasm. The result is s complete deliverance of the State from the harsh partisan rule of the Democracy by the election ot a lull board of State officers to serve four years from January I, 1872. The victory is decideJ, significant, and full of cheer for the lutore. hrltl the bread, and putting thp other j *^l ,e W, ’D be a songstress of u iiotn this around the tiny figure, he said, “ Oh, country will be proud. Ah, here she I’ve got a home—a really jolly place • ,s : — come up and see.” And this is the way old Paul came to have a neat little housekeeper, and to be buying calico gowns aud shoes out of his poor salary. People wondered at the sight of this bent old man, hitherto alone and un cared for, now walking daily to his work with his hand upon the shoulder of the odd, yet pretty-faced girl, look ing at her with honest pride brighten ing his eyes, and laughing as loud as she wherever the joke came in. But old Paul looked unconcerned, evaded the questions of the curious, and learn ed to love nothing better in this world than the little wail, Camilla. There were many, many days, when rheumatism drew Paul up by the fire in the old, back attic, and drew the last penny out of the dilapidated old purse; but brave little Camilla, never forgetting how near death she had been on that bitter night of their meet ing, always found a word to ward off" hunger, and courage to keep them both bright until help came. The winter of 1SG- came in like a lion, as many a poor wretch well re members, and with the first blast came Paul’s enemy. He turned one night a sad face from his warm corner iu Bert- man’s shop among the violins and hobbled up the cold street, feeling the approach of the old rheumatic pains, and wondering what A’ould become of his poor little Camilla. Ilis excitement carried him up to the last flight of stairs, and hearing Camilla’s voice, he paused to rest and to listen. She was singing in that sweet-and expressive manner which made her voice seem to him the sweet est and purest lie had ever heard. At the end of the stanza she took breath, and another voice said, “ Child, you astonish rue. Either I am a poor judge of music, or else your voice is the finest I ever heard. You are right in preferring its cultivation to any thing else.” An electric thrill shot through old Paul’s frame, and quickened his biood to a rapidity that quite carried away his rheumatic pains, and in a twink- g he was up the stairs and in ltis little attic. He was terrified at the sound of a man’s voice, but the sight ot a hand some and polished gentleman, with diamond studs in his snowy liten, a heavy ring upon his dainty white hand, unquestionable broadcloth upon his bttek, in conversation with his Camil la, whose wondrous beauty had of late startled even his dull perception, was more than Paul eould bear. lie w r as a very small man—had been in his youth—and now that Time’s withering fingers had touched him, he was shriveled and dried like wittiered fruit, but in his virtuous indignation he puffed out to his fullest extent, and in his falsetto voice piped, “Camilla, how dare you invite any one bere V” “Oh, Uncle Paul! This is Mr. Clavering, a youug gentleman w hose— whose—” “Whose mother she saved from death. Your niece, sir, a few days since, was passing through our crowd ed thoroughfare, when my mother’s carriage drew up to the pavement. The horses were restive, aud bidding the driver attend to them, she began to descend uuassisted. ller loot was “ You have improved wonderfully, my child,” said the lady, holding out her gloved hand. “ I have come to bring you Richard’s farewell. He leaves for London to-night, and will remain abroad for many years. Here is a little gift, as a token ot remem brance.” She did not understand that Mrs. Clavering had placed a pretty necklace of coral in her hand, and then gather ed up her shawl and departed; but when her teacher spoke, she cried out as if in mortal pain, and without a word, flew down the street toward home. As she turned the corner, she rushed pell mell into the arms of a gentleman, who, on seeing her pale and tearful, said, “Why, little Camil la, what is the matter?” “Oh, Mr. Clavering you are going away!” Richard Clavering’s fine face grew sad and expressive, as the tearful eyes looked iuto his own, and for the first time he comprehended that he w x as a young man, and that his protege was stealing from childhood into beautiful girlhood, and was undeniably a beau- ty. “Camilla, I am going away, but will you wait lor my return ?” “ Wait for you ? I am not going to run away.” r “ You do not comprehend me.— Well, it is better so. Perhaps two years later you may understand me. Good-by, Camilla. Kiss me good-by.” It was a very quiet street, and so Camilla lifted her head and kissed him. In all probability the child would have kissed him in the main thoroughfare as readily as there, and I only mention the fact of the street be ing a quiet oue to silence the startled propriety of those who are shocked at the publicity of it. Well, there they parted. He to go over the sea, she to remain at home and improve the opportunities he had placed before her. • ••••• The great heart of the music-loving public was agitated vrith mingled emotions of joy, pride, astonishment and awe. A new songstress had beeu criticised, picked over piecemeal, ground down to the finest point, dis sected, examined through the most perfect musical microscope, and pro nounced perfect! And now the man ager of a lirst-cluss fashion-patronized theatre had engaged her for a single night, at an almost fabulous sum, and the world was to hear her voice. The night came. The theatre was crowded Irom pit to roof. The orches tra pealed forth a grand overture, the expectant crowd tilled the air with perfume, and soft murmurs of whis pering voices and rustling silks arose in a subdued sound ; and then the broad cut tain rolled up and disclosed the elegantly fitted stage. Suddenly there was a rustle in the vast building, and eyes grew bright with eager anticipation, us from the wing came the debutante. A tall, graceful girl, w’ith gleaming shoulders, and white, perfectly-shaped arms; with a crowm of purple black hair upon the regal head ; with great dark eyes scanning the irowd, and then with almost ^childish shyness veiling themselves beneath the long lashes; a mouth, soft, tender and beau- they had all seen the loug-talked-of and highly-praised beauty. A roar like the rushing of distant waters sounded on her ears, and then swelled in to a thunder of applause ; and coming slowly down in the splen dor of the footlights, her beautiful head erect, her eyes glowing with ex citement, her beauty enhanced by the elegance of her costume, Camilla, the poor little waif, the child of poor old Paul Smith, the protege of proud Rich ard Clavering, received the homage of the assembled crowd. When the acclamation had ceased, the orchestra began a soft symphony, and then through the building echoed the clear, pure notes of a voice that sounded far away, a dreamy mystic voice, full of hope, of doubt, of pain. Nearer, still nearer it sounded, and hope half drowned the doubts, but yet a plaintive sorrow seemed to remain. It came nearer, and the sorrow was a half-expectant, trembling glimpse of something better; and then, suddenly, the strange voice broke forth in a tri umphal strain, and listeners held their breath as the wondrous notes rang out in the air, and then died away. For a moment a deathly silence reign ed, but it was for a moment only, and then the building vibrated with a crash of enthusiasm that came from the music-crazed audience. Men arose in their seuts, and hundreds flung their floral tributes at her feet. In one of the boxes, above the one where the music-master and manager sat, an old, odd-looking man waved his handkerchief and cheered, with great tears falling down his wrinkled cheeks; and Camilla looked up to that one box, and gave him the only smile that crossed her lips during the night. But at length the curtain fell, and Camilla, weary and worn, went on to the dressing-room. Some one stood in tlie shadow of a side-scene, and when she asked permission to pass, caught her by the hands and drew her out into the light. “Camilla, little Camilla, is it you ? Have I been listening to my little girl all this glorious evening ? Speak to me ! I am bewildered and blind.” “Mr. Clavering! When did you come? Oh, I am so glad, so happy !” she exclaimed. “Are you glad? Are you happy? Have you waited for me, my love, my darling ?” She put her hands over her eyes, mourning. “You do not mean your words! I am dreaming ! I am mad !” “ Yuu are here, wideawake, Camil la, and I am asking you to love me, and be my wife.” She drew him away for a brief mo ment, and laid Iter weary head within his arms. Then she passed on to her dressing room, and when she returned she put out her hand, saying, “Oh Richard, take me away! I atn soul- sick of all this.” “And you will only sing—” “In your nest. Come, we must not forget Uncle Paul. He is waiting in the box for me.” The box was near at hand, and in a moment they stood at the door. It was ajar, and Richard pushed it open to allow Camilla to enter, and saw the old man sitting in one of the luxurious chairs, his head lying back upon the soft cushions, and his hands peacefully folded. “Uncle Paul!” cried Camilla.— “Why, you naughty boy, you are fast asleep ! Come, it is time to go home. Ah !” She started back with a cry, for the hand she touched was icy cold and fell back, stiff and helpless. “ Camilla, darling, come away. I will attend to him.” “ Oh, Richard ?” “ Hush, love ! He is beyond us now. Those strains of music have carried him to Heaven, from whence they came.” The poor old man was dead. With the consummation of his heart’s wish, his quiet, unpretending, unoffending life had passed out into the new exist ence. There were loud growls in the mu sic-loving world, but nothing ever came of them ; for Richard Clavering removed their singing bird so deftly, that few knew the cause of her flight; <ind now she sings only to him, and to her brood of young Claveriugs. Since the collapse of the oil specu lations which set the country wild about oil lands and flowing wells a few years ago, comparatively little has been said about petroleum, and lew people have any adequate idea of the important rank that the fluid holds among the productions of this coun try. From the report of the Bureau of Statistics it appears that last year petroleum was the fourth article of export from the United States and ex ceeded only by breadstuffs, cotton, and corn. The total value of the petro leum exported amounted to nearly thirty-six millions of dollars.—N. Y. Sun. Air Beds in the Morning.—The wise housekeeper should see to it that all the beds should be aired immedi ately after being occupied. The im purities which emanate from the hu man body from insensible perspiration are made up of minute atoms, which, if allowed to remain long, are absorb ed by the bed, and will then, to a greater or less extent, vitiate the air for a considerable time afterward.— Let the occupant throw the bed open on rising, and as soon as is convenient open the windows and ventilate tho sleeping-room. One hour’s early ven tilation is worth two hours’ late air ing- Prof. Robert Bentler, the publisher of Temple liar, is dead.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Federal union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1865-1872, September 20, 1871, Image 1