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IT. sitting with thin little worn out shoe
And scarlet stocking lying on my knee,
I kisew Uui Uttlo feet told guttered through
Thepunri-aet gates that tie ’twiit lieaven and me,
I could be reconciled and happy too,
And look with glad eyes toward the JaspeT Sea.
If in the morning, when the song of birds
Reminds roe of a music far more sweet,
I listen for his pretty broken words
And for the music of his dimpled feet,
I conld be almost happy, though I heard
No answer, and but saw his vacant seat.
I could be glad if, when the day is done,
And all its cares and livart-aciies laid away,
I could look westward to the hidden sun.
And, with a heart full of sweet yearnings, sav:
“ To-night I’m nearer to my little one
B, just the travel of one earthly day.”
If I could know those little feet were shod
In sandals wrought of light in better lauds,
And that the foot-print- of a tender God
Ran side by side with his, in golden sands,
I could bow cheerfully, and kiss the rod,
Since Benny was in wiser, safer hands.
If he were dead, I would not sit to-day
And stain with tears the wee sock on my knee;
I would not kiss the tiny shoe, and say,
“ Bring back again my little boy to me!”
I would he patient, knowing ’twas God’s way.
But 0 ! to know the feet, once pure an! white,
The haunts of vice had boldly ventured in !
The hands that should have battled for the right
Have been wrung crimson in the clasp of sin !
And should he knock at heaven’s gate to-night,
To fear my boy could hardly enter in !
The Maid of Presidio Del Norte.
The Spanish settlement on the Rio
Bravo, called the Fort of St John the
Baptist, or Presidio del Norte, was, in
1014. commanded by Don Pedro do
Villesea, a noble Spaniard, who lived
in a style of elegance befitting bis sta
tion, and indicative of the gorgeous
taste of bis nation.
One beautiful daughter, the Donna
Maria, was all that remained to him.
His wife and two noble sons rested, a
long while before, near the banks of
their own golden-sanded stream in sun
ny Spain.
Notwithstanding the pomp and splen
dor with which Don Pedro sought to
invest his home; there was something
insupportably dull in their establish
ment to the mind of the romantic girl,
whose mind was filled with tales of
lords and knights coming to woo ladies
fair.
She had watched from the age of fif
teen, for the hero who would come on a
coal-black steed, and throw himself at
her feet ; and she had more than once
imagined the scorn with which she
would turn away from him, and the
trials to which she would subject him,
at last to bo rewarded with her beauti
ful hand.
Donna Maria had not studied old
Spanish poetry and romance for noth
ing, but the brave cavillier who was to
win her heart had not yet come. She
was surrounded only by old, ceremo
nious officers, who considered her a
mere child, and who like better to dine
with her father than play the carpet
knight in her boudoir—who preferred
the sound of the hunting-horn to the
melodious tinkle of her lute; and, in
observing all this, Donna Maria grew
spiritless and sad, and thought herself
the most unfortunate and desolate mai
den in the world.
Cheer up, little lady, who sit’st in
thy bower alone on this bland and
gonial day! Braid up thy raven hair
and don thy richest garment! Out up
on the broad prairie a little fleet jennet,
black as thy tresses, bears a young and
noble cavillier, and to complete the
charm, ho his clad in male armor—a
veritable knight. No fiery dragoon or
infuriated knight has ho mot in his
way, hut from the hunting-grounds,
there have been pointed hundreds of
arrows, discharged by Indian rage and
ferocity, and yet the hero rides on free!
* * * * * * *
La Motlie Cadillac, the Governor of
Louisiana, has sent out a small band of
Canadians, under the direction of'Louis
St. Denis, in the hope of establishing
some commercial relations between
that State and the Mexican provinces.
Young, brave and romantic, St. Denis
accepted the service, delighted to have
an opportunity of beholding those
grand features of the Western world,
which lie had long desired to see.
With a friend named Jallot, who was
a surgeon, St. Denis set out on his ex
pedition, protecting his splendid figure
with a suit of armor, and selecting an
animal, for his own special riding, that
could scarcely be matched on this side
of Arabia for strength and swiftness.
A balmy evening succeeding a warm
day brought the travelers to Presidio
Del Norte. Don Pedro performed the
part of a most hospitable host, and the
daughter fairly aroused from her dull
ness, signified to her duenna that she
was now old enough to see company.
To the dismay and indignation of
the old woman—who had designed to
call her a child, for five years to come,
Donna Maria dressed lierself magnifi
cently, and entered the room where her
father's guests were conversing with
him, and took her place at the table.
The father turned liis eyes upon her
with an expression of love and pride,
and introduced her to his guests To
the young surgeon, Jaliot, who was
wholly devoted to his profession, the
lady possessed no charms. It was said
of Jaliot that he was never in good
humor except when he was tending a
wound; and the beautiful form of Don
na Maria was probably far loss inter
esting to him than if it had been pierc
ed by an arrow from the Comanche
Indians, who had troubled them so
much in their journey hither.
A mightier arrow than the Indian’s |
had pierced the heart of the girl. From ;
the moment she looked upon St. Denis !
she loved him; and happily, the senti
ment was mutual. Literally, it was j
love at first sight with both ; and it !
was not long before Donna Maria, who i
had never before had an offer, except
from the old Governor of Caouis, Don j
Gaspardo Anaya, received the full as- !
surance of the most devoted affection
from the hands of St. Denis.
To this very person had Don Pedro j
referred the ambassador of Governor i
Cadillac, as a superior officer to himself, 1
and who could arrange any commercial j
relations much better, and while wait
ing for the answer of Don Gaspardo,
St. Denis had ample time and opportu
nity to prove the strength of his love.
The Governor of Caouis received
A illesca’s message, and inquired care
fully ot the messenger tho appearance
and bearing of St. Denis. Stung with !
tho description of his handsome face
and figure, and with his recent dismis
sal by illesca’s daughter, he forward
ed instructions to tho latter to deliver
up his guest to a band of twenty-four
men, whom he sent to bring him to
Caouis. Arriving there, he was thrown
into prison.
One day St. Denis was pacing his
cell, nnd devising a hundred schemes
for his escape, when the door opened,
and a man, somewhat advanced in life,
and of a most ferocious aspect, entered.
His rich dress and haughty air told the
prisoner who was his visitor. He
knew at once that it must be Don Gas
pardo Anaya.
“ You desire freedom above all other
things, do you not?” ho asked St.
Denis.
“ Certainly.”
“ You shall have it. You can be free j
this very hour, ifyou will it so.”
For a moment tho heart of St. Denis
believed it true. Ho stood aghast at
the next words uttered.
“ Give up the daughter of Villesea,
restore to her the faith she has plighted
you, and I will free you within an hour.”
St. Denis made no answer.
A single glance of his eagle eye told
Auaya what he might expect; and,
abashed in spite of his assurance, the
Governor of Caouis withdrew to give
orders for more severity toward the
prisoner. j
“ Beautiful Maria,” he wrote to the
unhappy girl, “your low-born lover,
now a prisoner in Caouis, is shortly to
be put to death. You alone can save
his life. Be my wife, and I will release
him to-morrow.”
With a proud gesture, the noble girl
said to the messenger.
“ Tell your master that I cannot
marry him, because I love St. Denis,
and that if he dies, this little Moorish
dagger, my mother’s gift, shall be
planted in Anaya’s dastardly heart
whenever or wherever he shall ap
proach me.”
Steadily regarding the messenger,
without changing countenance, she de
livered these words in a calm, clear
voice, that, when reported to Anaya,
made him pause before deciding upon
any rash measure.
Meantime, the Castilian maid was
planning her lover’s escape.
She found means to inform the vice
roy of the captivity of a Frenchman
supposed to be a spy—whom Anaya
was suspected of keeping secretly in
prison for tho sake of a ranson. The
ruse was successful.
Anaya received an order to send his
prisoner to Mexico, at the peril of his
head. Arriving at Mexico, he was
again thrown into prison. Hope de
serted him, and he became weak and
emaciated, both from grief and priva
tion.
One day there was a confused noise
throughout the prison. It was whisp
ered outside the cell, so loud that St.
Denis caught the words, that the vice
roy had sent an officer to examine into
the condition of the prisoners and re
port. He entered the cell.
“ Who is this prisoner ?” he asked of
the jailor.
“ Please, excelletiza, it is a fellow
whom the Governor of Caouis—”
Before he could finish the sentence
St. Denis had started to his feet.
“ I am a prisoner by oppression,” he
declared. “I am Louis St. Denis, a
gentlemen by birth. I seek justice
from the viceroy 1”
The officer ran toward him, put hack
tho long hair from the prisoner’s face,
and said in a voice quivering with
emotion :
“St Denis! St. Denis of the Royal
College of France ? He who left France
for Louisiana ?”
“ The same.”
“My heaven 1 is it you, my friend ?
Do you remember De Damage, your
companion at college ?”
“ Remember De Larnage! he was my
best friend!”
“ 1 am he. I entered the Spanish
army and am now the viceroy’s aid-de
camp. Jailer, strike off these chains.
St. Dennis, you are free.”
What a moment for the wasted and
hopeless being who stood, half tottering,
before the speaker! The pen has no
power, the painter no color to give an}’
representation of tho scene.
* * * * * * *
In the hall of Montezuma, all gor
geous things were assembled, that
could please the eye or pamper the
pride of Mexican power. There were
talent and chivalry, diplomacy and
romance, fair ladies and noble men, sol
diers, statesmen, authors and heroes,
glittering gems, rich garments, and all
the gorgeous paraphernalia that pride
loves to deck itself with. It was a festi
val day—the viceroy’s own festival.
The guests walk through tho hall,
dazzled by its sumptuousness, only half
content with the viceroy’s absence; but
when a sliding door is drawn aside and
displays him sitting at the table, with
a select few around him,whom do we be
hold, sitting at his right hand, but the
prisoner of Caouis and Mexico! Not
pale and wasted now, but restored to
the full vigor of his strength and beauty,
for St. Denis has attained, through the
interest of his friend, De Larnage, to
the dignity of the viceroy’s favorite.
Lodged in the palace, and attended
like a prince, St. Denis enjoyed the
fullest confidence and friendship of his
patron, a friendship which the wonder
ing Mexicans could not understand.
An offer from the viceroy of a high
commission in the Spanish army did
not tempt St. Denis from his allegiance
to France. He confessed that he loved
a Spanish lady, and the viceroy pledged
himself to insure her father’s consent,
if he would but attach himself to the
cause of Spain. In vain. The brave
Frenchman remained true to the king
he served, and trusted to himself to win
Donna Maria from her father.
“ You will not? Then, if you must
leave me, may heaven bless you! Take
this gold. It is your wedding gift.
Yonder is my horse, valued beyond all
price. Ho is yours, too. And now,
chevalier, farewell.”
And officer and dragoons escorted
St. Denis to Caouis, where he experienc
ed a great triumph, and found great
pleasure in the appearance of the sur
geon, Jallot, who had remained there,
waiting for the fate of St. Denis to be
known. He had practiced largely in
his profession, and had once been sum
moned to the house of Don Gaspardo
Anaya, who was ill. He found him in
a terrible state, and told him plainly
that he would not live a month unless
an operation was performed, which he
described as being very severe. Don
Gaspardo consented to have it done, and
asked lnm when he would perform it.
“Never!” said Jallot; “you may
die first. 1 will not aid you. Ivemem
ber St. Denis!”
No threat or entreaty could make
him perform the operation. Just befofe
St. Denis arrived, the governor had
sworn to hang Jallot, but the people
would not so readily give up their be
loved physician, and therefore threat
ened to hang the governor himself if
he persisted.
St. Denis waited upon Don Gaspardo
immediately on his arrival.
Surprise, rage and dismay were pic
tured on the governor’s face. He was
in bed when he entered. St. Denis
opened a paper, and read the viceroy’s
command to inflict any punishment he
chose, short of death itself, upon Anaya
for his breach of trust. His wild eye
looked up in terror, and he besought
St. Denis for the mercy he had refused
to him.
After he had begged long enough,
St. Denis generously destroyed the let
ter before his eyes. Then turning to
Jallot, who had accompanied him, he
requested him to perform the operation
on the governor, which he had before
refused.
Jallot groaned aloud.
“ Must I cure him, my friend ? That
is hard.”
“ But it will oblige me, Jallot.”
“ Will it ? Oh. then I consent.”
lie did it admirably, giving almost
instant relief. The governor profered
an ample nay', a princely fee, which
Jallot threw back indignantly*
“ I only saved your life out of spite,”
said the surgeon, contemptuously. “ I
have only cheated the gallows for a
short time.”
* * * * * * *
It is noon at Presidio del Norte. The
beautiful Donna Maria looked forth
from her lattice, and saw a horseman
coming up the long hill that lead to the
palace.
The beauty of the animal caught her
eye. Such perfect symmetry and such
paces she had not seen since the old
time in Spain, when shea light-hearted
child, used to ride on her brave little
Spanish jennet, with old Juan bolding
the bridle. As it approached, her at
tention wandererd from horse to rider.
An air of mingled nobleness and grace
distinguished him. and she thought he
resembled St. Denis. But months had
passed, and she knew not where he was
who shared her brief dream of happi
ness.
He came nearer—nearer ! It was he !
Donna Maria uttered a joyful shriek,
and the next moment she was in the
arms ot St Denis.
There was trouble when St. Denis
arrived. The Indians of the five fron
tier villiages had become irritated by
the outrages of the Spaniards, who had
been accustomed to annoy them. Don
Pedro owned himself to blame for his
lax government, and apprehended that
the viceroy might punish his neglect.
St. Denis offered to go alter the Indians
and induce them to return. Don Pedro
received his proposal with the most
lively gratitude.
“ If you succeed in bringing them
back I will refuse nothing which you
can ask me,” said tho distressed old
man.
No words can describe the emotions
which St. Denis experienced at hearing
these words. What had he to ask ex
cept the one treasure which he scarce
ly dared to mention ? And if that
were denied, what was all the wealth
of Don Pedro Villesea, or even of the
viceroy himself worth ? But he gener
i ously forbore to speak of his own love
now, and springing on the good stead
which had brought him, he went off in
, the direction of tho Indians.
On the brow of the hill St. Denis
; looked down upon a long train of men,
women and children who were strag
; gling painfully along, and apparently
fainting with fatigue. He took out his
handkerchief and waved its white
folds. A moment more and he had
dashed down the slope, where the
Indians, who had seen his signal,
awaited his coming.
He pleaded in the language of nature
for their return; assured them that
' leaving the graves of their children
would one day make them sad and sor
rowful, when it was too late to return
to them, and assured them that tho
governor had already seen his error and
would repair it. His eloquence and
noble appearance vanquished them
completely. In half an hour they were
ascending the hill, and St. Denis was
riding at their head. Eeturning, he
met Jaliot, who had set out upon the
ugliest and slowest animal he could
find, and which he was now urging for
ward with desperate struggles.
Don Pedro met St. Denis with all
that gratitude and cordiality he could
desire, and when Donna Maria came
into the room without waiting to be
asked, he took her small hand and
j placed it in that of her lover.
The little church of Presidio del Norte
to is crowded with eager faces. The
aisles and galleries bend with the
weight of persons collected to witness
the bridal, and long before the appoint-
J ed hour they sit waiting, or throng
around the doors of the church. Every
; where is plenty. On the green arc
long tables loaded with abundance.
W ino flows freely, and rich fruits and
delicately made dishes abound. It is a
day of jubilee.
And lo! at the eastern door the
! handsome cavalier leads in his vailed
bride—fit representatives of youth and
beauty. They kneel at the altar, and
the white-robed priest clasps his hands
above their heads and proclaims them
a wedded pair.
At the feast the viceroy's gifts decks
the board in quantities of gold and sil
ver plate, and at the conclusion, when
St. Denis rises to offer his thanks to
his assembled friends, the viceroy’s
health is drank, standing by the whole
company.
In August, 1710, St. Denis returned
to Mobile with his beautiful bride,
where he received a commission as
Captain in the French army, as a re
ward for the perils and imprisonment
he had encountered in the service of
the Government.
MY GREAT MISTAKE.
I cannot tell how it happened—cer
tainly there seemed no especial reason
why it should be so but I had reached
my twenty seventh year without re
ceiving an offer, or even a lover-like at
tention from any man. My young ac
quaintances had “beaux,” and more
serious pretenders to their favor in
abundance ; one after another they
married, and departed to homes of their
own, whence they returned to visit us,
bringing with them various matronly
“jewels; ” but I still remained alone
unsought. It was difficult to under
stand, since if not particularly pretty, I
was by no means unusually plain ; I
had tolerable temper, an affectionate
disposition, and a good knowledge of
household affairs. Why then should I
be so singularly overlooked?
I make no pretence of being entirelv
indifferent about the matter. I did not
quite enjoy the feeling that I was
slighted; considered less agreeable,
less loveable than my compeers. Thus
my home, where a rather stern, though
not actually unkind, step-mother pre
sided, was not a very happy one. I
had no great trials, but possessed few
pleasures; above all, I had the con
sciousness ot being in no degree what
ever important My father,
so long at his table and wardrobe were
attended to, and his physical comfort
generally provided for, troubled himself
for little else; and Mrs. Meroyn, I
knew, would like it a good deal better
if I were gone, and she could have the
house to herself. So that a home of
my own looked more attractive to me
tnan it might to every girl. I felt
within myself the capacity to make a
good man happy, and it would be so
delightful to have someone to love,
someone for my very own, to whom I
should be the dearest aud the first on
earth. Was this unmaidenly ? It it
wore, I cannot help it, for it* was just
so that I felt. However, you are not
to suppose that the subject distressed
me at all, or that I gave much more
thought to it.
It was only once in a long time, when
the flatness and insipidity of life made
themselves unusually apparent, that
my mind reverted to the matter, and I
wondered why the common lot had not
fallen to me too.
We lived on the outskirts of a con
siderable town, in a large and handsome
house, very nicely furnished, and sur
rounded by well-kept grounds. We had
carriages and horses, several domestics,
and the usual adjuncts of people of
means. The society in which I mingled
was of a staid and elderly sort, consist
ing mostly of my parents’ friends ; sox 1 ,
as has been stated, my own young com
panions had married away from me,
and I was not quick to form new ac
quaintances ; and when the girls return
ed to ‘ visit, bringing babies and nurses
with them, I never dared propose that
they should stay with me. My step
mother was the most immaculate of
house-keepers, and the noise, contusion
and general topsy-turviness which the
presence of children induces, would
have driven her wild.
So I staid at home quietly, attended
to my various duties as well as I knew
how, kept up my music, studied a little
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
German, and had a general conscious
ness that youth was slipping away
without its due enjoyment; and that
the world was acquiring a sober, mo
notonous tint, very different from what
it used to wear when I was eighteen.
Not far from our house was one
which had been quite the great place of
the neighborhood, but had latterly fal
len out of repair, owing to neglect and
impoverished means on the part of its
owners. Business or necessity having
called them to some other region, it
was offered for sale, but for a long time
unsuccessfully, since few eared to en
cumber themselves with a property
needing such thorough aud expensive
renovation. At last, however, a pur
chaser appeared, and of course we all
felt interested to learn what could be
known about him. It seemed, on in
quiry. that he was somewhere between
thirty and forty—and a widower—his
wife having died some two years pre
viously in Italy, whither he had taken
her in the hope of restoring her health.
He was said to be very handsome, very
reserved, and very rich. The improve
ments which he soon commenced cer
tainly indicated both taste and means
I used frequently to look toward the
house, half hid in its embowering trees,
and feel a kind of sympathy for its in
mates ; 1 was rather romantic, perhaps,
since 1 imagined that memories of the
past must everywhere accompany him,
and the voice of a buried love call after
him through the lonely rooms and si
lent walks. You need not smile at this
sympathy! for I had nwt the slightest,
idea of trying to console him. I did
not even think it probable that we
should meet, except in the most casual
and unimportant way.
Fate, however, ordered it differently.
I was a tolerable horse woman, and
used frequently to drive out by myself
in a little-one-horse carriage, which
was among our possessions. As 1 was
going rapidly and carelessly down hill
one summer afternoon, a portion of the
harness broke, throwing the wagon
against the horse’s heels ; and spite of
all I could do in the way of soothing or
restraint, he took flight and ran. I dare
say there was no great danger; very
likely he would have come to his senses
presently, and stopped of his own ac
cord. But I was a good deal alarmed,
and very glad to find his course cheek
ed by a gentleman, who had dismount
ed from Lis horse for the purpose. He
assisted me, very pale and trembling,
to escape from my perilous seat, and I
sat down by the road-side while he in
some impromptu manner repaired the
harness; then introducing himself, in
sisted on being allowed to drive me
home. I was only too glad to accept
the offer, for the fright had quite un
strung my nerves; and we proceeded
in a very leisurely manner, he driving
with one hand and leading his own
steed with the other. This was my
first meeting with Meredith Lloyd.
Its unceremonious nature placed us
on a more friendly footing than months
of ordinary intercourse would have
done. Mr. Lloyd became a frequent
visitor at our house; welcome to my
father, with whom he talked polities in
the most deferential manner, appearing
greatly interested in his views of natio
nal affairs; welcome to Mrs. Meroyn,
who considered it altogether suitable
and becoming that we should be on inti
mate terms with our wealthy and influen
tial neighbor. But the person who said
least —who hardly looked up to greet him
when he entered —was perhaps more glad
than all the rest to see him.
i wonder if perfect friendship be possi
ble, at least in our day and nation, be
tween man and woman? If one heart or
the other will not give or crave more than
it receives? The French, whom we are
rather apt to look down upon as frivolous,
have shown us many beautiful examples
of this attachment, which lias the tender
ness of love without its exactions or ca
price. But I doubt if two minds, bred in
American habits of thought aud feeling,
can ever enter into such relations. - r ~
At the time doubts troubled me;
as a friend I regarded Mr. Lloyd ; a friend
of the family; more particularly mine,
perhaps, since we were nearer each other
in years. Friendship! how much I iiad
read about it iu the course of my life in
albums, sentimental poetry, and the like.
It had always seemed to me a rather cold
and abstract sentiment, but now I recog
nized its beauty. How much it compre
hended ! —what devotion, fondness eveD !
What happiness in being together—what
coutiuual recurrence to another’s will and
preferences when apart! All the sombre,
gray line vanished from life, and it glowed
with (lie rosiest colors of youth.
Seldon did more than two or three
days pass without a visit from our neigh
bor. He came in familiarly of an evening
as a cousin might have done, sat down by
me—perhaps played with ray scissors, or
emery, till I was obliged to take those im
plemeuts away’, lest their usefulness
should be impaired. He laughed unmer
cifully at my worsted work; the most
brilliant hues, and the most perfect loves
of patterns could not win a moment’s tol
eration. He called my embroidery a siu
fui waste of time, aud wondered I could
have the patience to cut so many holes iu
the musiin for the mere pleasure of sew
ing them up again. If we had a game of
chess together, lie was sure to lie master
of the field iu the first ten minutes; yet I
never refused to play with him, though
he made no secret of the very low esteem
in which lie held my powers. But if he
wore a little uncomplimentary in such
matters, he atoned for it iu others. Hav
ing learned, in some way, that I was a
great admirer of German authors, aud
even tried to read them a little in the
original, he offered to assist me, if he
could be of any service; and by degrees I
became his regular pupil. He praised my
industry aud ready comprehension of dif
ficult passages; lauded my taste and dis
cernment. But the lies', the most deli
cious flattery he offered me, was that of a
kindly’ interest in all that interested me.
After we had known each other awhile,
he began to speak to me of his wife—his
dead Louise—and all he had lost in her.
Oh ! it was worth suffering for, worth
dying for, I thought, to he recalled with
such a tenderness (She had been—l judge
from his account alone—a rarely beautiful
and notable character; devoted to him,
whom she had loved almost from her
childhood. What it must have been to
possess such a heart, and alas ! how terri
ble to lose it. And I asked myself oce
day, with a sudden consciousness, if it
were possible that after such an experience
any man could care fora woman who at
herbestwas never beautiful, aud was no
longer in her first youth—a woman uncul
tivated, unused to the world,aud o der than
her years ?
The discovery was made ; I acknow’-
ledged to myself that I loved him. As for
his feelings—l could Dot tell—l hardly
cared. It seemed enough to go as we
weie, seeiug him often, secure of his re
gard. I was iguoraut euougii and weak
enough to think that it might always be
so.
About this time a little cousin came to
visit us. Kitty McGowan—for that was
her name—was an orphau, and not very
well endowed with this world’s goods, but
no one ever ueeded them less. Her cheer
ful temper made suushiue for itself, while
her affectionate little heart clung to every
oue w’ho treated her with tolerable kind
ness, and found a home with them. She
was very young, not quite seventeen, aud
beiug of the smallest stature of woman,
looked no more than a child. She was
pretty, very, though at first sight you
would hardly do her justice; a blonde of
the most perfect type; delicate features,
pearly skin, with a soft blush shining
through blue eyes aud yellow hair.
Twenty-seven aud seventeen! Ten years
difference, you see. As I still con-idered
myself a young woman, it was not won
derful that I thought Kitty only a child,
and supjK>sed that every one would see
her in the same light.
“For how b>ng a time, pray, is this little
lady to be with you?” asked Mr. Lloyd of
me a few evenings after her arrival.
“I can hardly tell; for some months, I
presume. We shall like to keep her as
long as she is willing to stay.”
“Bhe will not interfere with your stud
ies, I hope, Miss Alice? You will not
make her an excuse lor neglecting les
sons?”
“Oh, no,” I replied; “she is quite one
of us. There will be no need to make any
difference on her account.”
“In that raise.” he observed, smiliug, “I
will give her carte btanche to remain.”
I pretended a little displeasure, and
asked si nee when be had taken upon him
self to limit the stay of our quests; but my
heart throbbed with gladness at the
thought that he cared if our intercourse
were altered or restricted.
He came as usual, and I was quite
amused in watching Kitty’s mauuer to
ward him. Having heard from me some
thing of bis attainments—in particular
that lie could speak four languages “like
a native”— she regarded him with great
respect aud awe. hardly dating to opeu
her pretty lip 9iu his presence. Noticing
which, he was at some pains to draw her
cut, and make her talk, even against her
w ill; after a lona course of such treatment
on his part, she got so far as to address a
remark to him now aud then, though
always with the greatest seriousness aud
deference.
With the rest of us, she was by no
means so ceremonious, but chattered like
the veriest little Magpie. My father, wuo
was commonly buried in his newspaper of
an evening, watched her over his specta
cles by the hour, and responded iu the
most ‘obiigiug manner to the huudred
questions she addressed him; while Mrs.
Meroyn, not usually an admirer of fluent
speech in the young, listened most com
placently to her remarks. They were not
very “deep” certainly, hut thtu nobody ex
pected depth from her —little narratives of
events; speculation as to the next part .
the number of guests, and if there would
be daucing; accounts of engagements,
marriages, and so ou ; with ap|>eals for in
formation on various subjects to the older
and wiser heads of the party. A good
deal of it was gossip, but of the most
harmless type,entirely free from malice,
aud not uutinged witii humor.
“Isn't she a dear little thing?” I said to
Mr. Lloyd, as she sat busily knitting a
Sontag, or some such useful article ; her
‘fingers flying, her cheeks quite scarlet,
with the energy she put into tier work.
“Why, yes,” he admitted, charily as I
thought; “I suppose so—where one is re
lated to her.”
“Iteally you areextreuiely cautious. I'm
afraid you haveu’t very good taste, Mr.
Lloyd ; you don’t half appreciate Kilty.”
“ I think,” he said, “ that she is exces
sively like her namesakeon the heart-rug.
When Mis Meroyn’s hall of worsted rolls
along the floor, I quite expect to see her
seiz- it in her teeth, aud whisk across the
room with it.”
“That sort of joy, in just existing, must
be very pleasant,” I said, “ I do not re
member ever to have felt it 1 cannot re
collect the time when there was not some
thing of a weight, a seriousness, ou my
mind.”
“ I can believe it,” lie answered. “ I
cannot imagine you, even as a child, with
anything like tile heedless spirit of our
little friend here. There must always
have been a gentle gracious though (fulness
about you, iam persuaded, from tlie time
you could first go alone.”
“ Don’t he absurd,” I said, smiling.
How happy I was that night! There
was sometliimr in his manner so kind, so
tender, it satisfied every desire of my
heart.
Days went by—just like the formerones.
We were all together frequently, and I
was quite bent ou making Mr. Lloyd do
Kitty justice. 1 thought he only regarded
iier as a pretty plaything, and did not un
derstand the beauty and sweetness of her
nature. I told him various little things
about her; the cheerfulness with which
she bore discomforts that would have
soured many people ; her ever ready wil
lingness to aid all who needed it; how deft
she was in every species of home-like la
bor or accomplishment. 1 have some
times wondered since if he thought I was
trying to “recommend” her to him; to
help my pet to a good match.
“Look at her now,” I said, at the con
clusion of one of these eulogies. “She is
perfectly beautiful at times.”
“At all times, I think,” lie answered,
with an eagerness that surprised me.
“I thought you did not admire her,” I
said.
“My dear friend, I like to tease you oc
casionally, it is so pleasant to see the
earnestness with which you defend yotif
opinion. But I have always considered
Miss McGowan very lovely. “She reminds
me,” he said, dropping his voice and
speaking witii a sudden gravity, “of oue
of whom I have often told you.”
“You mean ” I hesitated. It
seemed almost sacrilege to speak that
name.
“Yes,” he answered, “you are right.
Site recalls Louise to me so often, as she
was in the bright days of her early girl
hood.”
I was silent. I knew’ how beautiful th ! s
buried wife had beeu ; with what enthusi
asm lie had regarded her loveliness, no
less of person than of character. It
ought to have pleased me that lie siiared
so thoroughly my admiration for my little
cousin ; hut I fear it did not.
I took a long s irvey of tuv own face in
the mirror that night. There was noth
ing iu those irregular features, that bloom
already fading, to remind him of the
radiant Louise. Tweuty-seveu ! yes, I
looked it fully. My cheeks were a trifle
hollow, and just the least little lines
faint, but plainly there—showed them
selves about the corners of my eyes. I
sighed. And Kitty was only seventeen.
The first flush of dawn—all the brightness
of her day to come, while mine was
waning. But he was five years older even
than I. True, but men are so much
younger at the same age than women, and
aud then it is not >outh or any charm of
person that oue asks so much iu them.
I gained that night the first glimpse of
my great mistake of thinking that a ten
der friendship meant something nearer,
dearer; that a faded flower iiad been more
valued than an opening oue; that I iiad
beeu the heart’s approved companion, aud
Kitty only a something pretty aud charm
ing to look at.
It was a hard lesson, but I had to learn
it. She had been a child to me, hut she
was a woman to him; the woman on whom
his destiny depended.
Oh ! I marvelled at his choice! I could
not but do it. He who had known, who
bad beeu adored by a noble womanly na
ture! I judged Kitty then, as now, with
out bitterness or envy. Her sunny tem
per, her youth, her beauty, well, all she
had; true, they were much; hut were they
all a man of intellect requires in the
sharer of his life? Could not I —yes, even
I -have given him something higher,
better? Could I not have met his loftier
aspirations, been his soul’s other half far
more truly? Alas! what use in asking
these questions, since he never asked them?
He told his love iu time, aud Kitty lis
tened favorably; she was grateful for his
affection, and returned it as her good little
heart could not help doing with any oue
who was kind to her. Yet I do her no
wrong, I honestly believe iu saying that if
lie iiad beeu some oue else—a man nearer
her own age, gayer, more trifling like her
self—the proposal would have pleased her
better. However, she accepted him, and
they were married. She made the gentlest
of wives, the daiutiestof housekeepers, and
Meredith hasal waysseemed a happy mao,
We are dear friends yet; we have been
ever since. Through firm resolve, and
hard, hard effort, I was ai le to give him
up, aud put his image from its place iu my
heart. Nor has my life been au unhappy
one, despite the sad issue of its oue brief
romance. After the cruel disappointment,
the terrible sense of loss —worst of all, the
struggle to subdue that long habit ot affec
tion—came higher views of life, a purer
ideal of duty. I have striven to think
seldom of myself, aud ofteuer of others;
to demand Jess them, while bestowing
more—and have realized in some faint
measure the joy of wtilch our Lord spake,
when He said : “It is more blessed to give
than to receive ”
LOST OR MISLAID.
TWO NOTES of tl.O 0 each, payable to order ol
Simri Hose, dated March Ist, 1868, due March
Jst, 1869, and April Ist, 1869, given by Messrs. J.
W. Burke & Cos.
This is to warn all parties not to negotiate for
said noies, as application will be mane for their
re establlshmei-t. Macon, (ia„ April 10, 1869.
apl2-*3in MRS, SIMK. KOBE.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands against the late
hIMRI ROSE, deceased, will please present
them for payment to eitner myself or Lr. T. H.
Biount,at Messrs. J W. Burke a Co.’s; and all
who are iudebted to him will confer a great iavor
by sending the amount oue at once,
a; 23 ts L E. ROSE.
NOTICE.
ALL persons Indebted to the estate ot Wood
son Wilcox, dr leased, are hereby notified to
come forward and make immediate payment
and those holding claims against said estate
will present them within terms of the law.
CL AK K WILCOX,
LI BEL FOR Dl VORCE.
April term superior court do~>ly
COUNlT—Thomas YV. Ellis vs J,ne Eli.-—lt
appearing to the Court by he return of the sheriff
that the Defendant does not reside in the county of
lii.o y and it further appearing t: at Dvfendaut does
not reside in this State : It u, on motion of PiaiDt S' s
Attorney, orderrd that aerriee be perf-cted by publi
cation in the Journal and Messenger, a public gazette
published in Macon Georgia.
D. A. GREEN,
Libelant’s Attorney.
The above ie a true extract from the Minutes of the
Court. J. E. LILLEY,
•p*o-w6m Clerk Superior Court.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
BIBB COt/xTV.
CN KOKi.IA—MIBB COUNTY —Whereas, Patru'k H.
K Carroll, admi-nsir.,tor if the esta-e of Eizsbeth
and William I) Tucker, deceased, app'ies to me for
letters of di-missi n : These are theretore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors
of said decease I to be and appear at my office on or
before the first Monday i . June. 1869. to show cause,
if any they have, whv letters should not be granted.
Given under my hat-d . flic-rally,
dcl2-m6t* C. T. WARD. Ordinary.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
Crawford County Sheriff's Sales.
'I'HK SHERIFF’S SALES OF CRAWFORD
J. County will hereafter be published lu the
Jocknal and Mkssengkr, Macnu. Ok. This Nc
vember 21, 1868. ANDREW J. PRESTON.
nv24-dAw if Sheriff
/ i EORGIA—ORA WFORD CoU % I V-Whereas,
VJT Allen K. Davis, administrator on the estate of
Solomon W. Davis, deceased, applies lor letters
of dismission fiom said administration: These
are therefore to cite and admonish ail persons
Interested to be and appear at my office within
the time prescribed by law, an i show cause, if
any they hive, why said letters dismi-so:v
should not be granted the applicant. Given
under my hand and official signature, February
20ih. 1889. JAMES J. RAY,
feb.'4-fina—p! $7 Ordinary.
eE'jRGIA — .'RAW FORD COUN IY—To ah wnom it
may eon -err—W hercas, Lewis O. Chapman, ad
mirisirator upon toe estate of Giles M. t hapmaa. late
of said county, deceased, applies f r 'otters of di-nvs
sion from toe administration of said estate : There
fore, the kindred and creditors of said deceased are
hereby cited and adraonish-d to file thcr ofjec ions,
i any .they have, in my office in terms of trie law.
Otherwise, letter- di-mi -sory will be granted the an
plicant at the Augu-t term next of the Court of Ordi
nary f ,r said county.
Given und r my hand aud official sisnnture. this Jan
uary 6th, 1869 JAME* J. RAY,
jalß 6m Ordinary.
HOUSTON COUNTY.
guardian s sake.
VI T ILL be sold, btlore the Court House door, in
Ts the town of Perry, Houston County on the
first Tues lay in June next, lot of land No. 155, tu
the 10th District of Houston C lUnty. Hold by
virtue of an orile ot the Court oi Ordinary,
Houston County, a- the property of Robert it
Siripting, minor of Thomas Stripiiug deceased.
Terms cash. JOSEPH S. PUGH,
ap2i-id—pf ♦o 50 Guardian.
Georgia— Houston couniY.—where**, t. j
bazemore, administrator of C J. Bascmore, ue
ceas* and. respectfully show-th that he has fully dis
charged his duties as such, and now asks to be dis
missed : These are therefore to cite all persons inter
ested to be and appear at my office on or liefir the
first Monday in July next, to show cause, if auy they
have, ivhv the request sh-uild not be granted. Given
under my hand aud official signature.this 2Lt l>ecem
ber, 1868. W. T. SWIFT,
dcM-ntd—pf(t O. H. C.
/ i EoK dr—HOUSTON COUNTY. —George 8. h.is-
YT lam, Sr. and John C. Kuinph, administrators of
Miss Euphrot ia C. Rutnph, lately deceated, having
applied for dismission from said tiutt: These are
therefore to cite and admori-h all per-ona interested
to oe and appear at my office on or before the fir-1
Monday in Juiy, 1869 and show cause, if any they
have, why sain lette s dismissory should not he
gr-nt and said app ican's. i-ivcn under my hand and
official signature, tins Dtcember 4th, 1868.
dc'2B mid—pf *8 W T SWIFT. O. H. C.
(P KORGIa—UuU-4i(N COU.x ii l.l.uuuiy s
VT Office for said County—W hereas. Patrick H.
Carroll, administrator de bouts non cum testa
meut « annexo of James Vinson, deceased, peti
tions the undersigned for letters of dismi.-sion
from sai l trust: Tneseare therefore to cite and
admonish all persons interested to he and appear
at ruy office on or before the Ist Monday iu (Sep
tember next, to show cause, If auy they have,
why said letters ot dismission suould not be
granted. Given utidermy official signature, ibis
26th February, 1869. \V. T. ssWIFT,
mr2-td—ptSß O H. C.
/ 1 EO.GI A —HOUSTON cuUNI'Y Whereas.
vT Madison Marshall has applied for letters of
adtrlulstration on the estate of John ti Button,
late of Houston County, deceased : T nese are
therefore to cite all persons inteiested to be an
appear at my office.on or before the first Monday
in June next, to show cause, if »ny, why the ap
p ication should not he granted, olven under
my hand and official signature, this 39th April,
186A mad trt W. T. tsWIFT. O.H C.
SIXTY (lays n lie. date application win m- oia.o
to the Court of ordinary of Houston County
for leave to sell one-half interest in lot of land
lying infrawlord County belonging to the estate
of Uiyses Young, deceased. pril 2, 1-69.
J AS. W. POST S IX,
ar6-fd Administrator.
IRWIN COUNT'Y7~
/"I EORGIA—IRWIN CoUNTY’ Whereas, Reu
VT ben W. Clements, of said county, having ap
plied tor letters of guardianship of the persons
and prop -rt.v oi Unantalissa Paulk aud Man
Jane Paulk, minor orphans of George Paulk, late
of said county, deceased: Now, these are to cite
and admonish all persons Interested to appear
at my office on or belore the first Monday in
June next, to show can e, if any they have, win
said letters should not be granted as praved lor
WJ LEY WHITLEY.
ma4-td Ordinary Irwin County.
CT EUKGIA—IKWIN COUNTY —Sixty days alter
T date, application will be made to the Court
ot Ordinary of said county for leave to sell the
real estaie of David Hanes, deceased. This April
sth, 1869. ELIAS TURNER.
aplO-td—pfsß Administrator.
MACON COUNTY.
( A EOKGIA— MACON COUNTY— Wher«as, Jno
YJ Causey, Administrator ou the estate of
Charles M. Dinkins, deceased, applying for dis
mission from said trust: Tuis is, therefore, to
cite and admonish all persons interested to he
and appear at my office on or tiefire the first
Monday in August next, and show cause, If auy
they have, why letters of dismission should not
be granted to said applicant.. Given under my
hand and official signature, April 26, 1869
JNO. L. PARKER,
ap27-m6m Ordinary.
GIF.ORG I A—MACON COUNTY— Where s, Joan
W els D. Hcarlett, administrator on the estate of
Franklin P. Holcomb, dec’d, applies for letters oi
dismission from thesaid administration : This is
therefore to cite and admonish all persons con
cerned to be and appear at my office by the fi,si
Monday in September next, to shaw cause, ii
any they have, why said letters of dismission
should not be granletl a-prayed for. Given un
der my hand and official signature, March 1 1869
JNO. L. PARKER,
ms3 td—pf 87 Ordinary.
EOP.QIA—MACON COUNTY.—Whereas, ( a
'T lebE. Hill adininistiator ou the estate of t.
J Bryan, late of said county, deceased, appltes
to me for letters of dismission from said admin
istration : This is therefore to cite and admonish
ah persons concerned to be and appear at my
office on or belore the first Monday in July next
and show cause, if any they have, why said let
ters dismissory should not be granted. Given
under my hand and official signature Decembei
22 1868. JNO. L. PARKER,
dc24-m6t—pf #7 Ordinary.
GEORGIA MACON COUNTY. Whereas,
Lucv Halliburton, administratrix on the es
tate of David Halliburton, deceased, applies t
me for letters of dismission from said adminis
tration: Tins is tberelore to cite anu admonish
all persons Interested to be and apoeav at my
office on or before the first Monday in July next,
and show cause, if any they have, why said let
ters dismissory should not be granted io said ap
p icant. Given under my hand and official sig
nature, December 22, 18t>8.
JNO. L. PARKER,
dc24-mfit—pf $7 Ordinary.
MACON SUPERIOR COUNT, MARCH
ADJOURNED TERM, 1809.
Mlttie Wise »
vs. !» Libel for Divorce.
Robert Wise.)
IT appearing to the Court by' the return of the
Sheriff that the defendant is not to be found
it is therefore ordered bv the Court that service
be perlecied by publieatiou in ihe Journal anu
Messenger in terms of ihe law.
PHIL COOK,
Attorney' for Libellant.
A true extract from the minutes of Macon Su
perior Court, Aprrl 20th, 1869.
JNO. M. GREEK,
ap2l-la'n4m Deputy (Irk.
MACON SUPERIOR COURT. MARCH
ADJOURNED TERM, 1809.
John F. Williams I Rule ni. si.
vs. [> to
John Kelly. J Forecl* se Mortgage,
IT appearing to the Court by the petition of
John F. Williams that on the seventh day <,l
November, in the year eighteen hundred and
sixt.y-aeven, the defendant made and delivered
to plaintilf his promissory note, bearing date the
day and year aforesaid, whereby the defendant
promised,on or before the first day of January,
1869, to pay to the plaintiff one hundred dollars
for value received, and that afterwards, on the
dty and yea>- first aforesaid, the defendant mort
gaged to pialmlffoOacres of laud on i he northeast
corner of lot No. .30, in the 2d District of Macon
County, the better to secure the nayrnent ot said
note; and it furl her appeariug that said note re
mains due and unpaid, it is therefore
Ordered, That the said defendant do pay into
this Court, on or bes >re ihe fir«t day of the next
term ttiereof, the principal aud interest and cost
due on said note, or show ause to the contrary,
if any he can; and that upon the failure of the
defendant to do so. the eqoitv of redemption in
and to said mortgaged premises be forever there
after barred and foreclosed; and it is further
Ordered, Tnat a copy of this order be published
In the Georgia Journal and Messenger once a
montn for four months, previous to the next
term of this Court. PHIL. COOK,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
A true extract from the minutes of Macon (Su
perior Court. JNO. M. GREEK.
April 20th, 1869. Deputy Clerk.
ap2l m4t
Macon superior court, march
ADJOURNED TERM, 1869.
| John M.Greer. Administrator')
! of David L. Wicker, deceased, | Bill to Marshal
vs. }■ Asiele,
1 Francis Lennard, Wm. W. | Injunction, etc.
i McLendon, et &1.
1 r T appearing to the Court that Thomas F. Tar
L rant, in rignt of his wife, Lou F. Tarrant, and
Henry Coon, two of the delendants io the above
bill, reside without the State of Georgia, u is
tlier fore ordered by the Court that service lie per
fected upon the defendants by th- publication of
this order for four months next In fore the next
term ot this Court in the Journal and Mes-euger
published In the city of Macon, in said State,
ROBINSON & ROBINSON,
Complainants’ Solicitors.
A true extract from the n inutes of Macon Su
perior Court, this the 2uth dav ol April, 1869.
JNO, M. GREER,
ap2l-m4t Deputy Clerk.
/ 1 E .KGIA-MA' On UOUNl'Y—Whereai, Jno. F.
VT M. Harrell, administrator on the estate of I>. A.
Waddell, deceased, applies f r letters of dismission
from said administration : These are therefore to cite
a 1 and sirgu'a'-, the part es interested, to be and ap
pear at my office on or before the first Monday in
August next, and show cause, if any they have, why
said letters of dismission should not'be granted.
Giren under my hand and official s gesture, Januarv
28th 1869. JNO. L. PARKER, J
ja29 m6-—pf $7 Ordinary.
C 3 BORGIA—MACON COUNTY-Whereas Jesse B,
J Barfield, executor of the estate of Jesse Barfield
deceased, applies for letters of dismissioD Pom his
s iid trust, he haviDg settled up the estate of his tes
tator in lull with the legatees: Tnis is therefore to
cite all persons concerned to be and appear at uiy
office on or before the first Mob lay in August next Jto
show cause if any they hav- why In lers of and smis
sion shout I not he erant-d as prayed for. Giren*un
der mv hand and official signature, , hi, A pro 22. 1869.
ap23-3-n JN'J. I, PARKER, Ordiiery*fg
BORGIA—MACON COUNlY—Whereas John R
M thews, of said countv. spp iea for the guar
dianship of Anna. Maiy, and'.Joseph Crutchfield, mi
nor children of Hie ard E. Croici field, d-ceased :
This is therefrre to cite «'d admon sh a'l parties con
cerned to appear at my office on or before the ftr-t
Monday in une next, and show oau-e, if any they
have, why letters of guariadn-hip should not be
granted to said applicant April 22d. 1869.
ap2B-td JNO. L. PARKER, OrdinarX.
PULASKI COUNTY.
FUI.ASKI CoU Nll-» her. as t.e-.rge
f" W Keen applies to me r..r Letters of Dismission
from tie Adnu.tstra’ion of the estate of Joel Taylor,
late of sat I county mcea-eo: The-e are therefore to
ci e and admom h si persons intere-t«d to be and
appear at my office withtu the um« prescribed bv law
aud show ciu-e, if auy they h.ve,, why „ and litters
should not be granted »am app leant Oct 21 ISM
J J sPAKR'HV Ordinary.
| ' BORG I A—PC IivSKI COUNT terns, John
YA F. Mcdloud spph s to m- tor letters of dismis
sion from the executorship c,f the estate of J*ne
Rhey, deceased: The-e are, therefore, to cite and
aim mish all persons imere-ted to be a-td appear at
my office within the time pre-cribed by law to show
cause, if any they have, wny said etters of dismission
should not be granted the applicant Given under my
hand officially, this November 13ifi. 1868.
J J. SPARROW.
nov 16-601 Ordinary.
TWIGGS COUNTY.
JAMES GLOVER, Executor of, BILL FOR DIREO-
Daniel W Shine, accessed, I TION, INiJUNC
u. ’.TION EiC. IN
COLUMBU3L R6DWINE, elal. fTW GGB SUPE-
I.egatees and Creditors of said ! RIOR COURT.
D. W Shine, dictased. J
IT appearing to the Court that Jones and his
wife, Mary Jones and Ida Shine and Sarah -hine,
legatees of.-sin D. W. Shine, reside in the Stale of
Flotida, and are int rested in the estate of said testa
tor ad are de'endants to said bill.
It is therefore, on motion, ordered. That said de
fendants, Jones and wife, and said Ida and Sarah
shine appear at the next teun of this Court, to lx
held on tn fourth Monuay in September next, aud
ai swer. plead or demur to said bill, and that seryiee
of said bill be perfected on said dele dant» by a pub
hcatioD oi tnis older once a month f r four’m ntns
in the Journal asp Missises*, published weekly ,n
the city of Macon, Georgia, before said term of said
Court
By the Court: B. HILL,
Solicitor for Complainants.
A true copy of the order from t e uunu es, of
Twi. gs Superior Court. Apr 1 12th,1869
npU nidm J. W. BURKETT, Clerk
CAT OKG I jUTf-IGGS pOU NTY—Sin y days al t*i
F date, application will be maleic the Cour of Or
al. ary of T wiggs County Georgia, at the first regui r
term after the expiration of two mouths trom this
notice, for leave to sell the wild lands belonging to
the estaie of Daniel T. Kppi late of sail c-umy, de
ceas'd, for the beuetit of the heirs and creditors of
said deceased. Tills April sth. 1869
SI v EON TH t KP,
E. I>. El PS, Adni'niftra'ors
ap'-'d—pf |6 Os L>a iiel 'j*. Epos, deceased.
/ 1 EORGIA—I WIGGS COUNTY'—T<> all whom it may
vTT ooncero Wn-reas. William Bryan, Exe< ut r
up u the estate of Benjamin Bryan, decea-ed. applies
for leib rs of dismissiou Irom the executorship of
-aid estate: meres re, the kindr and and creditors of
-aid deceased sre hereby c.t* and and admonished to tile
their 01. j.-ct uns, if a y they iu my office, in
tenns of the law. otherwise letters dismissory wib e
granted the applicant, at the August t- rm. uext of the
Conn of Oroinary oi said county. Given uuib r my
hand and official signature this January 18th, ISC9.
Ja2l-6m —pf *7 WM S. KF.I.LY' Ordi> >rv
I EOttGIA—TwIGGS ctil'NTY'—lUi-r. 10 Gfeen B.
Vj W ood, executor of the will of Isaac Wood, de
ceased, appl.es to the undersigned for letters douiis
-ory fr .tii (is executorship: Therefore, all p- rsons
concerned are hers by required to show cause if ary
they have, why said executor, on first Monday in Sep
tember next, should not be discharged Given uuder
my hand officially, this Feb,uary 9th, 1569
W M, S. KELLY,
f-*blß-tim—pf 9 7 Ordinary.
Gi i-oRGI i—TWIGGS COUNTY'.—To all whom it may
IT concern—Whereas, Wi liam Bi van, executor oh
the estate if Dimiel Massey, late of said county, de
c-a-i and, app'ies for letter-of dism ssion from ttie ex
ecutorship of said estate: therefore, the kindred ami
creditors of said deceased are hereby cited and ad
monished to file their oljeciions, if my they have, m
m>' office, in terms of thi aw, otherwise letters and s
missory will be granted the applicant, at the August
term. next, of the Court of Orunmry lor said county.
Given under my hand officially, this January D 1869.
ja3l-6m— pfs7 WM.S. KELLY’, Ordinary.
Georgia —twiggs - county'—a. b.'f. Mcwu
liams. administrator on tt.e (state of Jacob W
Collins, havui, petitioned to be discha ged from eaid
adminis'ra ion; all persons who are concerned are
r. qu red. within the time fixed by law. to .how cause,
if any they have, why sanl A. B F. McWilliams amml i
not be discharged, according to the prayer of his e
tition. Given under mv baud, this 11th and o ot Jan
u.ry, 1869 WM.S. KELLY,
ja2l 6m—pf $7 Ordinary.
/ i hOKGIA—TWIGGsTOUNTY—To all w 1«.7717
VjT it may concern—William A. Holland, having
filed bis petition iu pioper form to me p aying
lor letters of administration, vim the will an
nexed, ou the estate of Daniel Holland : ThL is
to ci’e all legally interested iu the execution ol
this application, creditors, legatees, next of kin,
and others interested, to be and appear at i lie
next May term ot the Court of Ordinary of sold
county, and show cause, if any they can, w in
letters of administration, with the will aunt x il.
should not be granted to said William A. Hol
land. Tnis Ma ch 19lh. iB6O
_nn24 Id-pi S3 50 WM. SKf LLY, Ordinary.
KXhUUTOK’ts hA UK.
Georgia— TWiwGH county—By virtue of
an order from the Court of Ordinary ot said
county. [ will sell, ou the first Tuesday in June
next, lief ne the Court House door ol sa'.dcoumy,
wit hiu the iawlul hours ot sale, sixty (60) shares
of the stock of the Macon a> and Brunswick Rail
road Company, . elonging to the esiate of Jamt s
Bryan, late of Twiggs County, deceased. Hold to
the benefit of the c-editors of said deceased.
Terms cash. April 16th, 1869.
MATTHEW E. BLAPPEY,
np!9-td—pf $6 Ex. of Jas. Bry an* dec’d.
GEO TggHCOUNT^yT—Whereas .Ar
chibald McCollum, Administrator of W’illiHin
Chappell, late of said county, deceased, repre- 1
senls to the Court, in his petition, duly filed aid j
entered on record, that he has lully administered i
William Chappell's estate : This is, therefore, to 1
cite all persons concerned, kindred aud credit- 1
ors, to show cause, it any they have, why said i
administrator should not be discharged trom Ins
administration u.d receive letters of dismission, ?
on the first Monday in June, 1869.
WM. H. KELLY, Ordinary,
nnv‘,’6 mfirn—Printer's lee 87 00.
tkltaik couNir• ~
fl EORGIA ;rELFAIR( OUNi'Y-W!ier« a, wT
vX 11am H. Berry hi II applies to me for lett rsof
administration on the estate of Emri
tale ol said county, deceased: These are there
f'»r© to cite aud admonish ali concerned 10 Lm- vil.il
app ar at my office within the time prescrih <t
by law, to show cause. ifauyih*y have, why
said letter* should nor- be granted. Given under
my hand April 7th, lbC9.
art rtrt. w. P. CAMPBELL,
apl2-30d—pf f3 50 Ordinary.
UPSON COUNTY.
tJPtSON MORTGAGE SALE
VI7 ILL bes Id on the first Tuesday In Tune
fl next, h- foie the Court House door li. Thom
aslon, Upson county, Georgia, between the I. t. l
bours ol sale, the following property, io-wlt: Isa
of land No. 258, the west, half ot lot of land No
156, also parts of tots of lsnd Nos 151 aud 156. all
lying in the ltth disirict originally Monroe, n >w
Upson county, containing in all four hundred
and eighteen and one-half acres. Levied on by
virtue of a mortgage fl. fa. issui and from ihe supe
rior Court of Upson county iu tsvor of William
K Mur hy against Doualu McDonald, Adminls
rator ot Charles Wiilet deceasrd, as theproperiy
of said »state The said lands pointed out In the
mortgage fl. fa. March 16,1869
_ o. C. SHARMaN,
mar29—pfl7 sheriff.
GKO KG Ia —UP-ON COUNTY.—Jas. F. w hire,
ot said county, has this day applied for ex
rnption of Personalty, and setting apart and
valuation of Homestead, and I will pass upon
t ie Rime at iny office in Thomaston, at 12 o'clock
«., on the 13th day of May, 1869. April 3J, 809.
, _ WM. A. COBB,
Ordinary.
w IUJOX CO U N T Y!
wiLtGX COUNTY - Where**,
W David Cason, admmisvraior ou the estate m
Willis: tason, deceased, will . or ,iy at , he 0,,,,,.,
tor letters of dismission frorn administration
>f the estate ol said deceased: Tk^ se are there
fore to cite and admonish all person's winw „ l „i
to be and appear at my office wiiln. 0 t t, e time
allowet by law, and show cause, if » ny ,p-. v
have, why said let’ers should not he granGxj the
applicant. Given under my hand and
signature, this January Bth, 1869.
D. C. MANN.
feb24-6m—pf 87 Ordinary.
f 'KgKgIA—WILCOX COl NTY —Whereas, J .s'- h
*-* and Jane Ri-aney aunn istrator- of nerjami
Reaney, d-ceased, apply to me for letteis of dismis
sion from said administration : These are therefore t
cite and admonish all persons concerned to be and
appear at my office within the time allowed hy law. t ■
Bhow came, if any they can, why said letters should
not be g-anted. Given under my hand and aval of
office, this 3d a- v of December, 1818
dc':6-m6t—pf $7 D. C. MANN, Ordinary.
THE BISHOP PILL!
THE BISHOP PILL!
THE BISHOP PILL!
Not ‘Brandretb’s’—not *AyerV—not ‘Wright's/
BUT
“COSTAR’S” BISHOP PILL,
‘W hich is bound to take thepl.-se of all others
a purely vegetable Fill (sugar-coated), and of ex
traordinary efficacy lor Costlveness Indigestion,
Uvspepsia, Headache. Nervous Deoility, Liver
Complaint, etc.”—Medical Journal kept. 8.
Positively the nest Fill in me world.
Thousands of boxes now used.
All Druggists in Macon sell them.
[Morning Paper, Aug. 26J
**! OH MY ! !OH MY! I can’t stand it; but
he did, for he sent right off and got a box of
COSTAR’S CORN SOLVENT!
“And it cared him.”
Thousands of boxes sold.
All Druggists in BUFFALO sell It.
‘ 1 COSTAR’S ’’
Standard Preparations
AhE HIS
BEAUTIFIER !
THE
Bitter-Sweet and Orange Blossoms.
One Bottle sl.oo—'lhiee ior $2.00.
HIS
“Costar’s” Rat, Roach, etc,,
Exterminators,
“Costar’s” Bed Bug Exterminators,
’ Costar’s” (only pure) insect Powder.
“only lulallible Remedies known.’’
”18 years ts ablislied in New Yoik.”
“2008 Boxe aud Fiasks manufactured dally.”
”1!! Beware!! !ot Bpurious I tuna tons. ”
“Ail Druggists in Macon sell them.”
Address “CuSI’AR,” 10 Crosby St., N. Y 4
Or, John F. Hanky, (successor to)
Reman Barnes A Cos., 21 Park Row. N. Y.
Bold in Macon by
J. H. ZEfLIN A CO.
L W. HUNT A CO.
apß-lAw-tmr3 HARK Is OLAY A 00.
FOR SALE.
I AM offering lor sale the cheapest place in
Georgia—a good Dw, llliig. Kitchen. 2 Smoke
Hou-es, i out-Hocse for Tenement, an excellent |
Garden Spot, a Fine Vineyard, Just planted in
Scupp-rnong or. pe —IOO vines well rooted Tne
filace contains four acres, more or less. The res
dence is convenient to business, being a quar er
of a mile from town, and In a healihy locatl in
I have Just finished repairing and fencing the
whole lot. For particulars, apply to me or J O
Jeiks, Hawkinsvilie, Ga. Terms cash. ' '
ap9-w2m J, J. JKLKS.
It w. HUM & CO.'S toll
DR. JOHN BULL’S
GREAT E ** Er>j£ s
DR. J OH N BU, |
.Wnnu/a urer and Vender ot tK. r
SM T H’S Tonic Syrup
FOR THE CURE OF
ague And fe ve p
0K
CHILLS A3ST3D FEVE-,
The proprietor of this celrhrxted n-l-c,
clmms for it a superiority or rr all otl,„ ,
offered to the public lor the s.- | e ceruin^ “***'*•***
nernianent cure of Ague a„d p e ’ ter
Fever, whether of short or long s-.i.djAl \ '
to the entire Western and S uthweste™ * ”*1
bear him testimony to tLe iruth ol the " k
in no case whatever will it f.i| to cure if*c*s "6
are strictly followed and carried out ’in"*" '*
cases a single dose hus Leen sufficient
whole families have been cured bv a sm.| r 1* t *'*
a perfect restoration of the general hoilt!/ '
however, prudent, and in every ease mort' 6 ' !l *-
cine, it its use is con timed in smaller
week or two af-er the disease has h, en rbeehL ‘' ‘
especially in difficult and long standing ra«« r ° ''
this medicine will n.t icquire anv aidi v '“'l
bowels in good order; should the patient k l> •
require a cathartic medicine, altei havma.'i * r ' ( '
or four doses of the Tonic, a sing! e / **"'■>
Vegetable Family Pills will be sufficient I** 1 ** °’ 1
Ijr Dr. John Bull’s Principal Office Y I
Cross Street, Louisville, Ky > • 40
BULL’S WORM DESTROYER
To Mu Ui.ilrd State* and World-M ult Heade,
I have received many testimonials from profew. "u
and medical men, as my aln anacs and vinous pa
cations have shown, all ot which are genuine A,
following letter (torn a highly educated and popi
physician iu Georgia, is certainly one ol lU a,*
sensible communications ] have ever rework 1»
Clement knows exactly what he apeakiotud 1
testimony deserves 10 be written in letters',< j :
Hear what the Doctor says of bull's Worm Dutroe,
Villahow, Walkrb Cos., oi.,Ju»iJj
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir—l have recetnhjTa
yotn Worm Destroyer several trials, «nd hud it» l
derlully efficacious. It has not tailed tn lup
instance to have the wished for effect. I am and t,i
pietty latge country practice, and have duljuei
some article tilth* kind. 1 am free toeonfai
know ot no remedy reconimeuded bv the n~
authors that is so ceitain and speedy in its effect
the contrary they are uncertain in the eitrurr L
object in w ritmgyou is to find out upon slut arm
cun get the medicine directly trout you. lfloip
it upon cum terms, 1 shall use a great deal of it
am aware that the use of such articles ia conin’-
the teachings and practice of a great majority n! i
regular line of M. IP’s, bull see no just cauworpt
sense in discarding a remedy wbicb we kom«
efficient, simply because we may be ignorant r <
combination For my part I shall tnakeitiro
use all and any means to alleviate euflering bun*.'
which 1 may be able to command; not boi-f;
because so , e one more ingenious than my*.: u'
have leaf ed its effects first, and secured the *7l
to secure that knowledge. However, I in by »
means an udvocate or supporter of the thou*.- !,
worthless nostrums that mx>d tbe country, that u
port to cure all manner of disiase to wbittbau
fiesh is boir. Please reply soon, and in lorn ”■
your best terms. 1 am, sir, most respectful. - .
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M J
BOLL'S SARSAPAWLU
A Good Ifoaton /or the Oaplain t Fa&
READ THE CAPTAIN'H LETTER A»s*
LETTER FROM HIB MOTIiEB
Bkktos Biaiacxa, Mo., iP' l1 * *
Ur John Bull—Dear Sir—Know mg iked
at your ,S.irm| atilla, aud the healing »od
qualities ii possesses, I Bend you the fol.owi,’ ““
meut ol iny case.
I was wounded about two years ago; “
prisoner aid coufined for 16 months.
so otten, my wounds have not healed yet < ”
sui up a moment since I was wounded, i 1
through the hips. My general health is
I need ie methingto assist natuie. I b»rt- ’ ’
in your tSaisaparilla than in anytbirjr t* (
that ihat is genuine. Please express ms b‘ “
»otiles, aud oblige Capt. C. P-J6H.
P-B_Ti,e following wss written April ’
by Mrs. o. nn j e Johnson, mother ol Capt 1
Dr Bell—Des. Sir—My husband, Dr. C. ’ ■
son, was a skillful t». r geon and pbysi*** 1
New York, where be leaving the sf * ,
Johnson to my care. At years of «e*' "
chronic dial rhea and scrofula. \,r which • f*’”,
your Sarsapai ilia, ltcuredhim. ’ Ls'e ’
rccouuneniied it to many in .New ' <r *'
I’owa, lor scrofula, fever sores acdfW*
l>er(ect success has attended it.
II some cares of scrofula and fever sores
miraculous. lam very anxious for ms
have iecour.-e to your Sarsaparilla, fie - „
getting a spurious article, hence bis ,
lor it. IJ is wounds were terrible. butLf/'"'
recover.
BULL’S CEDRON BlTT:-
Authentic Docurnt;
ARKANSAS HEARD
TESTIMONY OF MEDR- u
Btovt Poixt, Ws.-rE Cm. ■ ,
Dr. John Boll—Dear
Ixmisviiie purchasing drug..
Sarsaparilla aud Cedron me in «•
My son-iD-iaw, who was . J
been down with rbeuman f luU nd 13 '
meticed on the Bitters, an
health improved. bad h
Dr. Gist, who haa been 1 j
and be also improved. . bea't- j
Dr. Coffee, who h» s ,. bfen .ff" te d . J
years (stomach and llTe l» de^ iff'
much by the use 01 yonr B pU l»rity *•
Bitters has piven you great at qu* Dt ‘; A
ment. I think I could sell * v(lU r y
medicines this fall; espedial‘ • yj r< i pt- 4 -
and Saraaparilla. Ship m '' ReJ r, e ciio
Rickett A Neely. C. * ,
jo U
Prepared and »old by ft
Laboratory, Fifth sale bj » if
Ail of tbs above remediea^ r^ c> 'T^ t