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VOLUME XLII.j
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 15,1871.
NUMBER 16.
t $ t fa e r a 1 Snioit,
IN
18 PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.,
BOUGHTON, BARNES & MOORE,
(Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Streets,)
At $2 in Advance, or $3 at end of the year.
S. N. BOUGHTON, Editor.
ADVERTISING.
Transient.—One Dollar per square of ten lines for
firstinsertion, and seventy-five cents for each subse
quent continuance.
Tributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies,Obit
uaries exceeding six lines, Nominations for office,Com
munications or Editorial notices for individual benefit,
charged as transient advertising.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Sheriff’s Sales, per levy of ten lines, or less, $2 50
“ Mortgage fi fa sales, per squ ire, 5 00
Citations for Letters of Administration, 3 00
Guardianship, 3 00
Application for dismission from Administration, 3 00
“ “. “ “ Guardianship. 3 00
“ “ leave to sell Land, 5 00
“ for Homesteads, 1 75
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, ........... 3 00
Sales of Land, &.C., per square, 5 00
“ perishable property, 10 duys, per square,.. 150
Estray Notices, 30 days, 3 00
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per sq., each time,. 1 00
Applications for Homesteads, (two weeks,) 1 75
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land, Ac., by Administrators, Executors
or Guardians, are required bylaw to be held on the
first Tuesday inthe month, between the hours of 10
in the forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court
House in the County in which the property is situated.
Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga
zette 40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must be
given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell Land, &c., must be publish
ed for two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guardianship,
&e., must be published 30 days—for dismission from
Administration, monthly three months—fordismission
from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish
ed monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa
pers tor the full space of three months—for compell
ing titles from Executors or Administrators, where
bond has been given by thedeceased, the full spaceof
three months.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, uniessotherwise ordered.
Book and Job Work, of all kinds,
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
AT THIN OFFIfE.
MACON CARDS.
HARNESS & SADDLERY.
SMITH, WESTC0TT & CO.,
102 Cherry St., Macon, 6a:
Manufacturers and Dealers in
SADDL28 AWD HARNESS,
Carriage Material,
Shoe Findings,
Trunks, Valises and Satchels,
Leather of all kinds.
GIN BANDS,
LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING,
Saddle, Harness & Carriage Hardware
CXZXZiBRUItf’S CARRIA6ES,
Id Great Variety, from $8 00 to $50 00.
Macon, Oct. 17, 1871. 12 3m
From the Banner of the South and Planter’s Journal.
LIFE,
DIXIE WODIiS.
X&ACON, GA.
Guernsey, Bartrum & Hendrix,
Proprietors
Dealers in
Boors, Sash, Blinds, Brackets,
Mantels, Windows and Door Flames.
WHITE PINE W ORE
Scroll Work, and all sorts of Turning done to order.
Ready Dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Rough Lumber
and Lathes in any quantity always on hand.
Orders solicited and promptly filled.
Oct. 15. 1 F*71. 12 3m'
MIX & K1RTLAND,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
SAVANNAH CARDS.
HiB m
Leather Findings, Lasts, &c.,
No. 3 COTTON AVENUE,
and 66 THIRD STREET,
MACON, GA.
Oct. 17,1871. 12 3m
BEHIND BROTHERS,
64 Third St., BSacon, 6a.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Saddles, Harness and Collars.
AND DEALER8 IN.
SADDLERY HARDWARE,
Saddle, Harness and Shoe Leather.
BUY HIDES, WOOL AND WAX.
Sept 2, 1871.6 3m
C AltPETS,
Oil Cloths, Mattings, Window Shades,
LACE, REP & DAMASK CURTAINS.
Diminsions being given, no charge for catting or
fitting.
LATHROP & CO.,
Corner of Congress & Whitaker Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
12 3m
Oct 17, 1871.
L. J. GUILMARTIN. JOHN FLANNERY'
L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS AND
General Commission Merchants,
Bay Street, SAVANNAH, Ga.
Agents for Bradley’s Super Phosphate of Lime,
Jewell’s Mills Yarns, Domestics, Ac., &c.
Bnfiging, Rope A; Iron Tici, nlivnyeou hand.
nr Usual Facilities Extended to Customers.
Aug 15, 1871. 3 6m
WM. II- STARK, H. P. RICHMOND.
WM. H. STARK & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers, Cotton Factors,
AND
General Commission Merchants
SAVAtfSTAK, GA.
Carefnl attention given to Sales or Shipment of
Cotton and all kinds of produce. Liberal Advances
made on consignments.
ARROW and EUREKA TIES at Lowest Agents
Prices. Keep constantly on hand a large stock of all
kinds of BAGGING. Agents for E. F. COE’S SU
PERPHOSPHATE OF LIME.
August29, 1871. 5 6m
COTTON
Our Experience as Cotton Seller
Warren In us iu Nolicitiug Consignment*.
Liberal advauces on produce sent us, and remit
tances promptly made.
W. F. SIMS & CO.,
Savannah, Ga.
August 29, 1871. 5 Cm
1NOKRSOLL WASHBURN,
l&to with Lamar Al King.
E. A. SILVA,
late with Bryan Sl Hunter.
WASHBURN & SILVA,
99 BAIT STREET,
GrA.
Stock and Bond Brokers,
AND
DEALERS IN REAL ESTATE.
Correspondence invited-
August 23,1871. 4 3m
CLAGHORBi & CUNNINGHAM,
Wholesale and Retail
880I1IS;
and Dealers in
Fine YVines, Liquors and Segars,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Sept 6,1871. 6 6 m
J. W. LATHROP. J. L. WARREN. J. W. LATHROP, JR.
J. W. LATHROP & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
Commission Merchants,
98 Bay St.,
Sept 2. 1871.
TRUMAN A GREEN,
v \vV.Uf/A.s
Sole Agents,
Sept 2, 1871.
MACON, GA.
6 2m
E. J. JOHNSTON,
Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry,
SILVERWARE,
FANCY GOODS, CUTLERY, &c.
Particular attention given to repairs on Fine and
Difficult Watches.
JEWKLRY REPAIRED.
Corner Mulberry and i
2d Streets, opposite [ MACON, GEORGIA,
new Court House. )
Sept 2, 1871. 6 6m
AGENCY
Savannah Bank and Trust Co.,
rvSAcosx.
CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS,
ALL PAID IN
ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON,
Exchange Bought nml auiil.
Deposits received, on which Interest will be allowed
as agreed upon.
I. C. PLANT & SON, Agents.
Investments made for parties in Bonds. SiooUs.
&c., for a small commission, by
I C. PLANT & SON,
Sept 2, 1871. 6 3in'
\V. R. SINGLETON. W. C. SINGLETON. T. J. HUNT.
SINGLE TON, HUNT & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks
VALISES, UMBRELLAS,‘Ac.,
49 Second Street A
and [ MACON, GEORGIA.
2S Cotton Avenue )
Sept 2, 1871. 6 3m
Sailing o’er life’s troubled ocean
In our frail and battered bark,
Heedless of its giddy motion—
Sailing without guide or mark—
Dreaming, but of present pleasure;
Floating onward, careless, gay,
Seeking for no higher treasure,
Though we’ve dying day by day ;
Drifting onward—drifting over,
To the gaol whence none return ;
Hoping ever—looking never.
Far beyond our earthly bourne.
With the pretty bubbles playing,
As they swiftly pass us by.
Emblems of our owngdecaying,
As we quickly lade and die.
Heeding not the beckoning fingers
Pointing out our dangeious way—
Nor the warniug voice that lingers
In our hearts so light and gay.
We live to day—we die to-morrow—
Seldom do we think of this.
And each heart must feel it’s sorrow
E’er it tastes of heavenly bliss.
Soon will onr mortal tide ebb low—
Soon will our bark be on the strand—
Soon will our life-stream cease to flow—
Soon will we reach that other land.
Standing Committed) of tlic Georgia State
Senate.
Judiciary—Reese, Chairman ; Brown. Candler,
Wellborn, Nuunally, Hiilyer, Nichols, Hoyle,
Brock.
Finance—Simmons, Chaiman; Hinton, Can
dler. Burns, Hiliyer, Lester, Heard, Nichols,
Bruton.
Enrollment—Hoyle, Chairman ; Welborn, Hili
yer, Peddy, Brown, Kibbee, Welch.
The State of the Republic—Wellborn, Chair
man ; Reese, Hiliyer, Brown, Kibbee, Hinton,
Brock.
Education—Nichols, Chairman ; Kibbee, Jervis,
Reese, Lester, Clark, Campbell.
Internal Improvements—Nunnally, Chairman ;
Burns, Bruton, Erwin, Black, Hinton, Jervis.
Banks—Lester, Chairman; Hiliyer, Simmons,
Burns, Erwin, Welch, Steadman.
Privileges and Elections—Brown, Chairman ;
Heard, Griffin, Kirkland, Kibbee, Hicks, Esteo.
Petitions—Estes, Chairman ; Hoyle, Black,
Cone, Cameion. Column.
Public Buildings—Erwin, Chairman : Kirkland,
Lester, Black, Burns, Bruton, Cone.
The Penitentiary—Kibbee, Chairman ; Nichols,
Jones, Cone, Candler, McWhorter, Wallace.
Lunatic Asylum—Hinton, Chairman ; Simmons,
Erwin. Smith, Kibbee, Mattiiews, Welch.
Military—Jervis, Chairman; Kirkland, Cone,
Erwin, Brock. Estes, Deveaux.
Printing—Hiliyer, Chairman; Candler, Sim
mons. Hinton, Wellborn, Richardson. Clark.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum—Burns, Chairman ;
Jones, Black, Richardson, Hiliyer, McWhorter,
Jervis.
The Institution of the Blind—Jones, Chairman ;
Simmons, Hoyle, Cone, lUnry, Kirkland, Mc
Whorter.
Agriculture and Manufactures—Steadman,
Chairman; Jones, Matthews, Jordan, Erwin
McWhorter, Anderson.
Auditiug—Candler; Chairman; Bruton, Nich
ols, Peddy, Heard, Kibbee, Wallace.
Engrossing—Jordan, Chairman; Hiliyer, Cam
eron, Ilicks, Cone, Black, Brock.
Journals—Cone, Chairman ; Cameron, Hicks,
Matthews, Welch, Bruton, Wallace.
State Library—Heard, Chairman ; Biack, Estes,
Jervis, Welch, Coiman, Wallace.
New Counties and County Lines—McWhorter,
Chairman; Kirkland, Jordan, Anderson, Smith,
Cone, Crayton.
Miami! ng
Committers of the
Keprescnluti tea.
House ot
From the Constitution.
Our State Currcuej Bonds.
The following letter has been received by the
State Treasurer :
“Fulton Bank of Brooklyn,
Alex. G. Johns, President; Daniel McCabe
Vice President; John A. Nixon Cashier
Brooklyn, Nov. 3, 1871.—N. L. Angier, Esq•
—Sir: This bank loaned II. I. Kimball &, Co.’
in June, $35,000 on $50,000 Georgia 7 per cent-
currency bonds, issued under act of August 27th.
1870, said to be temporary issues, to have gold
bonds substituted for them instead. We under
stand that the lo; n was made for account of the
State of Georgia. The loan was not paid at ma
turity, October 27th. Will you inform me if the
State will give us instead gold bonds, and how
the exchange can be made.
J. A. Nixon, Cashier.
In addition, the Secretary of State has received
a letter on the same subject, from which we ex
tract the following paragraph:
“ I understand from Mr. Henry Clews that these
bonds were issued temporary, to be substituted by
gold bonds. That nearly a’i except $50,000 hail
been withdrawn and gold bonds issued instead.
That this loan was made by II. I Kimball Or Co.,
in behalf of the State of Georgia, and that the
proceeds of said loan did or should have gone into
the Treasury of the State.”
We have time and again called attention to the
fact that a million and a half of currency bonds
authorized by the last Legislature to be issued for
hypothecation to borrow money to pay that body,
and issued without registry in any office at the
Legislatme has been paid, and gold bonds to tbe
amount of three millions have been since issued
by Gov. Bullock to pay such money aud all other
money due by the State, tbe fact that these cur
rency bonds are still out, and the refusal of Bullock
to enlighten anybody about them, has created the
belief that tiiey were being used for private in
terests.
Exclusive of the million and a half of currency
bonds still out, there were six hundred thousand
dollars of tbe same bonds returutd and cancelled
to the Treasurer’s office.
The above letters throw some light on the sub
ject, and confirm tbe suspicion that Guv. Bullock
has been using these cuirency bonds for private
purposes. Gradually facts are coming to light that
may show up the whole matter. Kimball & Co
the agents of Gov. BullocK, obtained a loan of
thirty-five thousand dollars in June last on fifty
thousand dollars currency bonds for the State
Treasurer Augier knows nothing of this money. If
Gov. Bullock received the money for the State,
where is it ?
While North in August the editor called on Mr
Clews, who seems to have known enough of these
currency bonds to post the Brooklyn Bank about
them. Mr. Clews professed absolute ignorance of
those bonds to the editor.
There has certainly been some most rascally
juggling in the city ef New York with our State
securities during the last year, and we trust that
the Legislature will put some sharp men on the
track with ample power over persons and pa
pers.
We asked Mr. Clews if it was not possible tor a
confederate of Bullock in New York to borrow
money on this million and a half ot currency bonds
and use it until tho bonds must be forthcoming at
thedemanJ of an honest Legislature, when the
money could be repaid, the bonds taken up and
returned, and the profits divided. And it would be
difficult to show that our securities had been used
for such private speculation. In other words, by
collusion with Bullock, large capital could be
gotten with the State bonds for temporary use.
Mr. Clews admitt d this to be a possibility, but
denied tlmt it would be done, at tbe same time,
also oenying knowledge of tho currency bonds
that could be so used. The statements of Mr.
Clews to the Broolyn Bank show that he did know
something about them.
There are some curious features of this matter.
We shall allude to it again.
From the New York World.
THE BURNING WOODS.
Thrilling Narrative of a Wisconsin
gee.
A FLIGHT FOR LIFE THROUGH A FLAMING
FOREST—DEATH STRUGGLE WITH A
MANIAC—A RAIN OF FIRE—THE RES
CUE.
LANIER DOUSE.
N. BINSWANGER, Proprietor.
Mulberry Street, - Macon, Georgia.
The above named Hotel has been recently refur
nished 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 coining to the city for business,
or l.>r a sojourn ot pleasure. An ELEGANT SAM
PLK ROOM has been fitted up for the special use of
commercial travelers.
The table always supplied with all the luxuries of
the season, from Urst markets, and can be surpassed
by none iu the South*
Omnibus to convey passengers to and from the
Hotel aud all trains, free of charge.
N BINSWANGER, Proprietor.
October 18.1870. 12 t>m
Savannah, da.
6 3m*
A. M. SLOAN-
J. H.SLOAN.
A H. SLOAN & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants,
Claghorn and Cuiininghain’a Range,
BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GA.
Liberal Cosh Advances made on Cotton. Bagging
aud Ties at Lowest Cash Prices.
Sept l, 1871. 6 3m
JOHN H: COOPER & CO.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Books and Stationery of all kinds,
.New* and Book Printing Paper and Ink,
SCHOOL FURNITURE,
AND
SCHOOL MATERIAL,
Furnished at Manufacturer's Prices.
Send for Catalogues.
JOHN M. COOPER,
GEO T. QUANTOCK,
S. S. F. LANCASTER.
August 29, 1871. 5 3m*
JAMES R. SHELDON,
Genl Commission Merchant,
144 Bay St. Savannah, Ga.
Liberal Advances made on Consignments. Bag-
Ring and Iron Ties Furnished. Consignments re
spectfully solicited.
Oct 4,1871. 10 3m
DAVANT, WAPLES & CO.,
FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants
U, J - Havant, Jr., )
W.D Waple., t SAVANNAH, OA.
wuiiiia Meyer. j
fl»V.30, 1871. 14 8t*
Judiciary—Hoge of Fulton, Chairman ; Win. D
Andersou of Cobb, Phillips of Echols, Graham of
Dade, Bacon of Bibb, Snead of Richmond, Sim
mons of Gwinnett, Murphy of Harris, l’ou of
Muscogee, Scoit of Floyd. Edwards of Elbert,
Peeples of Berrien, Dell of Screven, Hunter of
Brooks.
Finance—Rawles, of Effingham, Chairman ;
Cumming of Richmond, -Crittenden of Randolph,
Netherland of Rabun, Barksdale ef Warreu, How
ell of Milton, Jackson of Fulton, Nutting of Bibb,
Cato of Troup, Gray of Bartow, Butts of Hancock,
Ormond of Houston, Hunter of Brooks.
State of tbe Republic—J. W. Wofford of Bartow
Chairman; Clark of Troup, Jones of Terrell, Hall
of Upson, Goldsmith of DeKalb, Bush of Miller, j
Hoge of Fulton, Goodman of Campbell, Wofford
of Banks, Lang of Lincoln, Johnson ot Jefferson,
Guyton of Laurens. McWhorter of Green.
Military Affairs—Baker of Pike, chairman;
Watters of Jasper, Chaucey of Early. Paxton of
Charlton, Mattox of Clinch, C-irltou of Colquitt,
Sargent of Coweta, Reid of Union, Renfroe of
Washington, Bell of Webster, Jenkins of Worth.
Banks—Cumming of Richmond, chairman;
Scott of Floyd, llarvey of Marion, Bowie of Wal
ton, Wynn of Wilkes, Morris of Talbot, West of
White, Trammell of Paulding, Griffin of Twiggs,
Beaseley of Jefferson, Clark of Richmond, Booth
of Pulaski, Paulk of Irwin.
Privileges and Elections—Phillips of Echols,
chairman ; Pierce of Hancock, Russell of Chat
ham, Rutherford of Crawford, Sellers of Appling,
Allred ot Pickens, Floyd of Morgan, Williams of
Decatur, Smith of Oglethorpe, Fiynt of Taliaferro,
Slaton of Wilkes, Heard of Haralson, Colby of
Greene.
luternal Improvements—Hall of Upson, chair
man ; Woodall of Ta bot, Wood of Walker, Sum
A Prophecy Fulfilled.—A short
time ago (says the Knoxville Press and
Herald,) a remarkable verification of
one ot Horace Greeley’s prophecies,
twenty years ago, was noticed by the
press throughout the country. Gree
ley may not be a prophet, nor the son
of a prophet, but still another predic
tion of the Tribune, more than eight
een months ago, is being so accurately
fulfilled in each Southern State in suc
cession, that it deserves attention.
In June, 1S70, one of the editors of
the Tribune—probably Greeley him
self—sent from Washington, the fol
lowing, which was published at that
time iu the Tribune :
“The manner in which partisan tel
egrams from the South have been
manufactured and published in the
North, to further the personal designs
of unscrupulous and ambitious men
was well shown up on the develop
ments brought out in reference to the
Washington Chronicle during the pro
gress of the recent Georgia investiga
tion. The same game is now going
on in connection with the internal af
fairs of other Southern States. It is
believed that the ensuing elections in
tho South will result, in some instan
ces, not perhaps in the defeat of the
Republican party, but in the defeat
of certain individuals who are and
mers of Newton, Heidt of Chatham, Richards of j i iave been using that party as a means
Cherokee, Woodward of Dooly, Rountree ot , , . “ . v
Emanuel, Barron of Jones, Pentecost of Canol
Riley of Lumpkin, Hudson of Schley, Jones ot
Hart.
Agriculture and Manufactures—Davis of New-
tou, chairman ; Buun of Polk. Andersou of Cobb,
Biyant of Henry, Jones of Gwinnett, Cox of
Burke. Davenport of Oglethorpe, Johnson of
Clay, Murphy of Burke, Brady of Sumter, Brad
only to their own selfish advancement.
Forseeiug this, the effort is to get up
an excuse to declare martial law, and
local newspapers in the interest of the
men alluded to are teeming with ac
counts of‘outrages.’ This is particu
F. REICHERT,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
FURNITURE,
CARPETS, MATTRESSES, &C.
Paper Hangings, Window Shades
AND CORNICES,
GOLD AND BLACK WALNUT
l£OTJLDIHG%
Fall •assortment of
Metalic Burial Cases and Caskets.
Also Coffins in Rosewood. Mahogany & Walnut.
[y All orders filled with dispatch and at the lowest
prices.
39 Third Street, MACON, Ga.
Jan. 14, 1871. ^
dry of Glasscock, Handley of Pulaski, Putney of, larly the case in North Carolina, and
no surprise need be felt at a daily dish
of horrors from that State, served up
in the Chronicle ; ‘for,’ said one of
the North Carolina senators, ‘we in
tend to use the military, and ^justi
fication, we must get these statements
disseminated through the North.’ ”
DENTSE’S
CHERRY’STREET,
Opposite Carhart &. Curd,
Macon, - - Georgia.
B. F. DENSE, Proprietor-
March 21,1871- a4
CUBBEDGE & HAZLEHURST,
BANKERS & BROKERS,
MACON, GEORGIA.
R eceive deposits, buy and sell ex-
change, gold, silver, stocks,
BONDS, and Uucurrent Funds.
C*lleclira. Hade on All Accessible Points.
Office open at all hours of the day.
March 31,1871. 31 Gl
Dougherty
Public Expenditures—C- A Nutting of Bibb,
chairman ; Kelly of Chatham. Hammond of Butts,
Tarver of Baker, McMillan of Habersham, McNeil
of Randolph. Pou of Muscogee, Griffin of Houston,
Snead of Richmond, Wilson of Fulton. Ballon-
ger of Floyd, Ross of Bibb, Mansfield of Stewart.
Education—Jackson of Fulton, chairman ; Ba
con of Bibb, Wofford of Bartow, Cody of Chatta
hoochee, David of Newton, Simmons of Gwinnett,
Joiner of Dougherty, Etheridge of Putnam, Mc-
Neal of Randolph Bryan of Henry, Morrison of
Ware. Guerry of Quitman, Berrien of Burke.
Committee on Enrollment—McMillan ot Hab
ersham, chairman : Converse ot Lowndes, Craig
of Telfair, Dell of Screven, Cleghorn of Chattoo
ga. Baker of Bryan, Ba'eraan of Taylor, Spence of
Coffee, Stovall of Columbia, Hiliyer of Camden,
Palmer of Dawson.
Journals—Bush of Miller, chairman : Killian of
Towns, Cloud of Warren, Emerson of Wnitfield,
Kennedy of Bulloch, McConnell of Clayton
Payne of Catoosa, Know.es of Pierce, Moreland
of Merriwether, Glover of Sumter, Fields of Mur
ray.
Penitentiary—Goldsmith of DeKalb chairman ;
Baker of Pike, Morris of Talbot, Harvey of Mari
on, Rutherford of Crawford, Dukes of Morgan,
Davenpor of Oglethorpe, Jones of Hart, Brown of
Monroe.
Lunatic Asylnm—Etheridge of Putnam, chair
man; Hughes of Forsyth, Johnson of Jefferson,
Lipsey of Lee, Battle i t Th mas, Joues of Terrell,
Mc-Neal of Randolph, O’Neal ot Baldwin, Cloud
of Warren, Clements of Montgomery, Whatley of
Fayette, Lamkin of Columbia, Chastain of Gil
mer.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum—Bunn of Polk, chair
man; Simmons of Hall, Lipsey of Lee, Gray of
Bartow, Brawner of Franklin, Farmer of Liber
ty, Br- wton of Tatnall, Mann, of Wilcox, Martin
of Johnson, Meadows of Madison, Howell of
Milton, Wilson of Fulton, Balieiiger of Floyd.
Blind Asylum—Patillo of Harris, chairman ;
Collius of Mitchell, Taylor of Washington, Em r-
son of Whitfield, Jones of Macon, Pierce of Han
cock, Hancock of Juckson, Hooks of Wilkinson,
Richards of Cherokee, Goodman of Campbell,
Fra’nklin of Fannin.
New Counties and Caunty Lines- Fain of Gor<
don, chairman; Guyton of Lauiens, Clark of
Troup, Jones of Gwinnett Hendley of Puiaski,
Converse of Lowndes, Meadows of Madison,
Woodall of Talbot, Clower of Monroe, Braddy ot
Glasscock, Patillo of Harris.
Public Printing—Wn;. D. Andersou of Cobb,
chairman : Heidt of Chatham, Carlton of Colquitt,
Cato of Troup, Chastain of Gilmer, Netherland
of Rabun, Richardson of Clark, Johnson of Spald»
ing, McWhorter of Greene.
Auditing- -Craig of Telfair, chairman ; Riley of
Lumpkin, Rouatree of EmauueJ, Franklin ei
Fannin, Atkinson of Thomas.
A good newspaper does more towards building
up a town aud country than any other public in
stitution, and gets less for it.
Keep the Heart Alive.—The lon
ger I live the more expedient I find to
endeavor more and more to extend my
sympathies and affections. The nat
ural tendency of advancing years is to
narrow and contract these feelings. I
do not mean that I wish to form a new
and sworn friendship every day, to in
crease my circle of intimates ; these
are very different affairs. But I find
it conduces to ’my mental health and
happiness to find out all I can which
is amiable and lovable iu those I come
in contact with, and to make the most
of it. It may fall very far short of
what I was wont to dream of ; it may
not supply the place of what I have
known, felt and tasted ; but it is bet
ter than nothing. It seems to keep)
the feelings and affections in exercise;
it keeps the heart alive in its humani
ty ; and, till we shall be all spiritual,
this is alike our duty and our interests.
Bernard. Barton.
A Remarkable Family.—There is
a family in Calhoun county, Ga., con
sisting of a husband, wife and five
children. The husband never wore a
suit of “ store clothes,” never took a
dose of medicine, never drank a drop
of liquor, never ate a meals victuals at
his own house cooked by a negro, and
never took but one chew of tobacco.
The wile has never worn any other
than a home woven dress, except on
Sundays, and has never taken any
medicine. The same fact relates to the
children as to tbe parents.
Green Bay, Wis., Oct. 14.
In company with other people who
had been driven from their homes in
the interior of the State by the dread
ful fires of the preceding week aud
more, I reached this city last Wednes
day. hoping to find my husband, from
whom 1 had become separated in the
woods when the smoke was so thick
that it was impossible for us to see
each other when a few feet apart. *
It seems strange to me now, that I can
recall so vividly all that passed during
that frightful afternoon and the night
which followed it, and yet it is all im
pressed on my mind in colors which
can ne.vfir he obliterated. But per
haps I am beginning at the wrong end
of my story, which you must not ex
pect to find at all artistic or elaborate.
Indeed, I would not have written at
all had not Mr. Wilson, who has so
kindly cared for me since my arrival
at Green Bay, told me that I
ought to let the people know what
hardships hundreds and, as I hear,
thousands of men and women and even
poor little innocent children have un
dergone up here in the Northwest, for
both he and I believe that, in some
respects, my misery was paralleled
by that of others.
On the morning of the 11th of this
month, just as we were sitting down
to take breakfast, Mr. Richardson a
neighbor of ours, came running into
the house and told Mr. Mechand that
he must come out immediately and see
what could be done. During the
night the wind had risen, but not so
greatly as to amount to anything like
a gale, but rather did it resemble the
ordinary fall wind. Mr. Mechand did
not seem at all uneasy, and leisurely
swallowed his breakfast before follow
ing Mr. Richardson, who had disap
peared as soon as he had stuck his head
into the room and called my husband.
Mr. Mechand went into the woods and
stayed till about noon, when he came
running back and said that he had
climbed up to the top of Brown’s Hill,
where the wind was blowing a gale,
and from there he had seen the fire
which was coming towards us at a
tremendous pace. Indeed I had fear
ed as much and had been exceedingly
uneasy all the morning, for the smoke
which for days had been in the valley
where we lived had become more and
more dense, and occasionally hot puffs
of wind had blown over the hills,
driving the smoke in a dense cloud be
fore it. I asked my husband if he
thought there was any danger to be
feared ; he shook his head and answer
ed “No,” yet I knew by his face that
he was far from being devoid of fear.
He ate his pinner hastily, and then
ran out again, and was met at the
door by a neighbor who said that the
fire was advancing with frightful speed.
Indeed, the air had now become sultry
as it never had been before except on
some hot days in summer immediately
before the coming of a thunder storm.
The air was stifling, and the smoke
got into oue’s lungs and nostrils in
such a way as to render it exceedingly
unpleasant. Mother sat in a corner
holding little Louis in her lap, and I
noticed that she seemed restless, and
that her eyes shone with a light such
as I have sometimes seen in the eyes
of a wild beast, and had only seen in
hers in the old days when she
was about to have an outburst ot fury.
I was frightened and figety, and didn’t
do anything in the right way. I went
and took the boy away from mother,
who relinquished him readily ; and
then, as I had afterwards {terrible rea
son to remember, although I hardly
noticed it at the time, she went to the
cupboard and secreted something in
the bosom of her dress. Mr. Mechand
stood at the door speaking hurriedly
with the man whom he had met, when
a burning branch of pine fell at his
feet. Instantly the air darkened, a vi
olent puff of wind rushed upon us, and
smoke poured in volumes about the
house. Then, following the gust, a
bright sheet, or rather wall of fire,
seemed to be pushed down almost up
on us, and instantly everything was in
flames. Mr. Mechand cried out to me
to bring Louis with me, and seized
mother by the hand, and we all four
ran in terror out into the woods ahead
of us. I ran on blinded and choked
by the smoke, and carrying Louis in
my arms. He was pale with terror,
and did not utter a single cry, but
clung to my neck as I hurried on
stumbling and tripping almost at ev
ery step. So sudden had been the
rush of the fire that we had no chance
of saving anything but our lives, even
if we had cared to do so. I kept call
ing to my husband to keep in sight,
but, poor fellow, there was no need of
doing so, for I could see that mother
was a great worry to him, and that he
had almost to drag h*r along. She
kept looking from side to side, and
trying to break away from him ; even
then I thought how terrible it would
be if she should become furious again.
What on earth could we do with her?
We must have gone on in this way
for at least three miles, and I was al
most exhausted, for Louis was a boy
six years old and large for his age,
and I had been carrying him all the
way. The trees were compact, and
in some places the undergrowth was
close and stiff as wire. Mother kept
getting worse, and Mr. Mechand, who
was a short distance ahead of Louis
and me, had the greatest difficulty to
make her obey him, presently he stop
ped, and evidently was waiting for me
to come up. I put Louis down and
told him to keep alongside of me, at
the same time taking him firmly by
the hand. The fire had come much
slower than we, and I believe we must
have been at least two miles ahead of
it, although there was no telling, for
I could see nothing behind or far be
fore me but smoke curling like a mist
in and out of the trees. Behind us,
indeed, it was heavier, and looked a
sullen, dirty white.
We could not have been six feet
from my husband when mother broke
away from him, and with a loud cry
darted off into the woods, and then I
knew that what I had dreaded had in
deed come to pass, and that excitement
and danger had brought back an old
sickness upon her. She was a mani
ac. Mr. Mechand darted after her,
and in the terror of the moment I for
got all else and followed him, leaving
poor little Louis behind. I must have
been crazy to do so, but on I rushed,
and soon saw that mother was cunning
enough to try to escape by doubling
on her tracks, for I saw her dress dart
past the bushes at my side as she ran
“"'o' 7 ’-"* 11 .; - .. ...y -fiwm jnfi. I snrn.no’
after her, and after running for about
five minutes, found to my horror that
I had not only lost her, but Louis and
his father. Madly I tried to retrace
my steps, but there was nothing to
guide me—no path, no blazes on the
trees. The wind shook the trees and
almost bent them double ; the sultry
air filled with smoke, and all the hor
rors of my terrible condition made me
frantic. I rushed about helplessly,
crying and screaming, “Louis! Louis !
Father!” But that last word made me
calm for an instant, and I felt that I
was not alone—not utterly lost in the
burning woods, for the spirit of my
dead father w 7 as near and there were
guardian angels. I knelt on the
ground, took my crucifix from my
t.eck and prayed. In kneeling down
I found to my great joy that my dress
was wet. I had knelt near aspring.
I bathed my face and hands, and soak
ed my hair and the upper part of my
dress. But my boy— my little Lou
is ! I sprang to my feet, and calling
on the Virgin to direct me, dashed on
in the direction of the fire. I had not
gone more than a quarter of a mile
when I found my darling standing
with head erect, and flashing eyes fill
ed with angry tears, trying to beat
away some wolves, which, hungry
though they were, seem bent only on
flight. I cried, “Louis, Louis ! e'est
moi, la mere /” and clasped him to my
heart. It was my boy, and he was
saved. He had not seen his father,
though once he had heard a man’s
voice calling, but the voice seemed to
have come from an immense distance.
“O, Louis,” said I, “we are lost unless
we find him. We must run for our
lives.” The boy began to cry, and
then I was ashamed of what I had
said, and tried to cheer him up. The
fire must have been very near us then,
for I could not only feel its heated
breath, but above my head, among the
tree-tops, sparks and fire-brands were
whirling in the air. I took Louis in
my arms, determined that never again
should he be separated from me, and
pressed onward with some vague idea
that I should soon reach Wolf River.
Night was coming on, and since
noon we had had nothing to eat. I
did not feel hungry, but was tormen
ted with thoughts of what might hap
pen if we should not reach a place of
safety, for I feared that Louis would
give out. arid that was one of the rea
sons which made me carry him. My
arms ached, and my limbs were
scratched, bruised and bleeding. Still
I made “ood headway, and soon came
to a natural clearing, on the thither
side of which we sat down to rest. By
this time night had come on, and what
a night ! No moon, no stars, but the
cloudy heavens lighted up afar with
the horrible fires of the burning woods.
The clearing in which we sat was the
dried up bed of a stream which, for
some unaccountable reason* had not
thickly-wooded shores, and we were
at least two hundred feet from the
edge of the forest in flames. All this
time Louis, manly little fellow that
he was, had not even asked for food,
nor had he cried since I myself fool
ishly frightened him.
We sat there a long time while I
was trying to think where we were,
but I could come to no conclusion. I
had heard my husband speak of a
stream which had run dry, but that
was in a northeasterly direction from
our house, and notwithstanding the
fact that I was lost, yet I had a gen
eral notion that I was approaching the
Wolf river. The stars could give me
no information,^for I could not see
them. What to do I scarcely knew,
but when the heat of the fire became
such that I could not doubt that it
was near, I determined to press on
away from it, and taking Louis’ band
I set out. On ordinary nights it
should now have been dark, but there
was a nameless glare, yet not a glare,
a horrible rejiet which came down
from the sky and mingled with the
smoke. Hardly had I risen from the
ground, when in the direction of the
woods on the other side of the clear
ing, I heard a clashing noise, a min
gled gnashing and hoarse barking
which I instantly recognized as that of
wolves, and I scarcely had time to
snatch up Louis and run behind a
magnificent pine tree whose trunk
was at least six feet in diameter, be
fore I heard them scrambling up the
side of the hill, and felt them rush by
me. I looked out and could see their
eyes coming towards me like the wind.
They did not stop for an instant, and
when they passed there came in their
track a herd of deer, uttering cries
that seemed almost human in their in
tense agony. They ran blindly, for
something more terrible than wolves
was behind them ; they struck the
tree and were hurled back: by the
shock, some of them falling back upon
those below. Tbe stampede seemed
to last for full ten minutes, and when
it was over, and 1, trembling with
fear, dared once more to emerge from
my refuge and look across the clearing,
I saw the woods at its edge already-
burning—saw it lurid through the
smoke, and felt its terrible heat upon
mv face. I turned and fled, in the
wake of the deer and wolves. My
s loes were stripped from my feet,
and my ankles were torn and bloody.
Fallen trees lay in my way, but I
clambered over and crawled under
them in my desperate flight. I was
agonized with terror and despair, and
finally sank to the ground with my
boy in my arms.
I must have fainted, for I knew
nothing of what passed till I was rude
ly shaken by the shou.der and heard a
wild, glibbering laugh. I [opened my
eyes, and above me stood my mother
with a drawn knife in her hand. The
woods seemed all ablaze, although the
air was not so intolerably hot as it had
been. The forest beyond the clearing
must have been burning at its edge
and the strong wind carrying the
smoke upwarcT ancr over crur ueauo.—
My mother looked down upon me
with eyes blazing with that bated
light of insanity.
Ho, ho !” said she, “fine time of
night for a mother and child to be
running through the woods ! Fine
night this ! Night—it is day ! Look
at the red light—’tis the light of dawn!
Le jour ! lejour Ju judgement est arrive!
And the rocks are burning ! Call upon
them to fall upon you ! The clouds
of thunder and the day of doom ! The
Lord is coming, and the wheels of his
charriot burn with his mighty driving.
Let us go up to meet him in mid-air ?
Let us ride on the smoke and thunder
aud sweep the stars from the heavens!
Come, you shall go with me !” And
she seized Louis who had thrown him
self upon me and was clinging in ter
ror to my breast.
I sprang to my feet arid cried,
“Mother, mother ! what would you
do—would you kill me and Louis ?”
“Kill you! yes! why wait? The
Lord calls arid the devil drives. He
has let loose his imps against the world.
The trees fall crashing in the forest;
for all hell’s demons pull them down
with hooks of fire. I have seen them
as I followed you. I have seen them
all the way. I rode over on a wolf;
’twas a loupgarou, an old friend of mine
brought me over safely, and kept me
from the deer. I will kill you ; would
you burn to death? You burn to
death ? You shall go up—up higher
than the moon, and beyond the fire.
Come let us go!” Again she seized
Louis, while the knife gleamed in the
air.
I sprang at her, and with all the
strength of ten mothers in my arms I
struggled with her. Torn, worn and
bleeding, as I was, the thought of my
childand husband gave me the strength
of a giant. I overpowered the mad
woman, and forgetting that she was
ray mother—that she was anything
but the would-be murderess of my
boy—I seized her by the throat when
she was down rolling on the ground,
and I would have strangled her. Her
insanity had almost made me mad. I
I felt then what a murderess maniac
feels.
But then I thought my mother was
lying almost dead, and powerless, and
the fire would soon advance and per
haps overwhelm us all. My hand
was stayed, and when my mother rose
to her feet all her wildness was gone,
and in its place had returned that calm
ness—almost imbecility—which had
characterized her for the last few years.
She was ready and willing to do every
thing that I told her, but I kept that
knife fast in my hand.
The wind had fallen, anda slight rain
was dropping among the leaves over
head as we went on for an hour or two
longer, and then, overpowered with
exhaustion, and nolongergreatly dread
ing the fire, we lay down in a hollow
and fell asleep When we awoke it was
morning. I was sick and completely
exhausted, and hardly knew that there
were inen around us. Yet there were,
and good kind men, too, who gave us
food and drove us to a place of shelter,
whence, as soon as we were able, we
went to Green Bay, where I soon re
covered from the sickness and terror of
that dreadful night. My mother con
tinues in that same imbecility, which
the doctors say will soon become com
plete dementia. Louis w r as not long in
recovering, but as yet I have heard
nothing from my husband.
Lucile Mechand.
“Manners,” says the eloquent Ed
mund Burke, “are of more impor
tance than laws. Upon them, in a
great measure, the laws depend. The
law can touch us here and there, now
and then. Manners are what vex, or
soothe, exalt or debase, by a constant,
steady, uniform, insensible operation,
like that of the air we breathe in.
They give their whole form and color
to our lives. According to their qual
ity they aid morals ; they supply them,
or they totally destroy them.”
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