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JOHN H. SEALS,
NEW SERIES, VOLUME 111.
€|t Centpme Crasator.
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ADVERTISING DIRECTORY:
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“ Each continuance, 50
Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding six
lines, per year, 5 00
Announcing Candidates for Office, 3 00
Standing Advertisements:
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1 “ six “ 700
1 “ twelve “ 12 00
2 ** •* “ 18 00
3 < “ “ 21 00
.. .. < 25 00
fiS* Advertisements not marked with the number of
insertions, will be continued until forbid, and charged
accordingly.
Merchants, Druggists and others, may contract
for advertising by the year on reasonable terms.
Legal Advertisements:
Sale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators, Ex
ecutors and Guardians, per square, 5 00
Sale of Personal Property, by Administrators, Ex
ecutors and Guardians, per square, 3 25
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 25
Notice for Leave to Sell. 4 00
Citation for Letters of Administration, 2 75
•Citation for Letters of Dismission from Adm’n, 500
Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guard’p, 3 25
Legal Requirements;
Sales of Land and Negroes by Administrators, Exec
utors or Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on
the First Tuesday in the month, between the hours of
ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Court-house door of the county in which the property is
situate. Notices of these sales must be given in a pub
lic Gazette, forty days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of Personal Property must be given
at least ten days previous to the day of sale.
Notices to Debtors and Creditors of an estate, must
be published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be pub
lished weekly for two months.
Citations for Letters of Administration, must be pub
lished thirty days —for Dismission from Administration
monthly, six months —for Dismission from Guardianship,
forty days.
Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
monthly, for four months— for compelling titles from Ex
ecutors or Administrators, where a bond has been issued
by the deceased, the full space of three months.
* jaaa- Publications will always be continued according
to legal requirements, unless otherwise or
dered. JOHN A. REYNOLDS, Publisher.
OFFICERS GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF JERICHO.
At a regular meeting of the Grand Lodge Knights
of Jericho, State of Georgia, held in the City of At
lanta, on the 9th Sept the following were elected
its officers for the ensuing year:
v W. D. Williams, of Oxford, G. W. C.
Thos. Dougherty, of Macon, G. W. V, C.
Wm. G. Forsyth, of Atlanta, G. W. Recorder.
Wm. F. Ross, of Macon, G. W. M.
Lee Strickland, of Griffin, G. W. S.
H. C. Carter, of Calhoun, G. W. Chap.
B. M. Pendleton, of Sparta, G. W. P. C.
Sept. 22, 1857.
THE ATTORNEY, ‘MINE HOST,’ &c.
‘ITU'MT G. JOHNSON, Attorney at ‘ Law,
“” Augusta, Ga. will prompily attend to all business
intrusted to his professional management in Richmond
and the adjoining counties. Office on Mclntosh street,
three doors below Constitutionalist office.
Reference —Thos. R. R. Cobb, Athens, Ga.
June 14 ly
TAMES BROWN, Attorney at Law, Fancy
Hill, Murray Cos. Ga. April 30, 1857.
DOGEB L. WHIGHAM, Louisville, Jes
-A-V ferson county, Georgia, will give prompt attention
to any business intrusted to his care, in the following
qpunties : Jefferson, Burke, Richmond, Columbia, War
teh, Washington, Emanuel, Montgomery, Tatnall and
Scriven. April 26, 1856 ts
T EONABD T. DOTAL, Attorney at Law,
J-J McDonough, Henry county, Ga. will practice Law
in the following counties: Henry, Spaulding, Butts,
Newton, Fayette, Fulton, DeKalb, Pike and Monroe.
Feb 2-4
“T\ H. SANDERS, Attorney at Law, Albany,
• Ga. will practise in the counties of Dougherty,
Sumter, Lee, Randolph, Calhoun, Early, Baker, Deca
tur and Worth. Jan 1 ly
XT T. PERKINS, Attorney at Law, Greenes
boro, Ga. will practice in the counties of Greene,
Morgan, Putnam, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Hancock,
Wilkes and Warren. Feb ly
T>HILL.IP B. ROBINSON, Attorney at
-T Law, Greenesboro, Ga. will practice in the coun
ties of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Oglethorpe, Taliafer
ro, Hancock, Wilkes and Warren. July 5, ’56-ly
Willis’ Hotel,
■ BBH A T THE OLD STAND, is still open for
(■•■■‘l A the reception and accommodation of trav
alSUlLellers. All who may favor us with their pat
ronage, shall receive every attention necessary.
A. L. WILLIS, Proprietor.
Greenesboro, Feb. 12, 1858.
’ M>%,%
THE undersigned having purchased the House
formerly occupied bv Mrs. Stow, will say to the
public that he has opened his house for entertainment,
and respectfully solicits a liberal share of patronage.
Penfield, Jan. 7, 1858. L. B. CALLAWAY.
Warehouse and Commission Merchants,
Jackioa Street, Augusta, Ga.
WILL continue the WAREHOUSE and COM
MISSION BUSINESS at their Fire-Proof
Warehouse, and will devote their personal attention to
the interest of their friends and Patrons.
Orders for Family Supplies, Bagging, Rope, &c.
carefully filled.
Liberal Cash Advances made when required.
Commissions for Selling Cotton Fifty Cents per bale.
JOHN C. REES. [Sept 3-35] SAM’i. D. LINTON.
” Drs. COE & LATIMER,
—XIAVING located in GEENESBORO
KXI for the purpose of practising DEN-
would respectfully invite all
ho ro*y require Dental Operations to give them a call
Tt their office in Greenesboro ; or, persons so desiring,
may be visited at their residences. Drs. C. &L. hope,
hv the their operations, their reasonable
uricee soft their gentlemanly treatment of all who may
honor them with a call, to merit and obtain a fair share
of the operating performed in this section. As Dr.
Latimer nas located permanently in Greenesboro, the
office will not be closed during the summer months, as
be Aa°uperior quality of Tooth Brushes, Tooth Powder,
kWt on exan ,i na tions and advice.
.vi supplied with Teeth, Foil, Instruments,
_ Dec 14, 1857
MONTHLY NOTICES.
NOTICE. —Two months after date application
will be made to the court of Ordinary of Greene
county for leave to sell a tract of land containing
one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, lying be
tween the lands of Dr. T. P. Janes, the widow
Wright and James T. Findly, belonging to the es
tate of James L; Eidson, of Greene county Dec.
Dec. 24th, 1857. H. J. EIDSON, Exr.
ArOTICE,-Two months after date application will be made
INI to the Court of Ordinary of Greene County for leave to yell
a negro woman by the name of Queen belonging
to the estate of Harriet L. Grimes deceased.
I. A. WILLIAMS, Adrn’r.
.December 7th, 1857.
LETTERS.—APPLICATION FOR AND DISMISSORF.
STATE OF GEORGIA,OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
All persons having demands against Neal F. Coch
ran, late of said county, deceased, are hereby notified to
present them to us, properly attested, within the time
prescribed by law, or they will not be settled ; and all
persons indebted to said deceased, are hereby required
to make immediate payment.
MARTHA H. COCHRAN, \ Adm’x.
WILLIAM T. COCHRAN, j Adm’r.
Jan. 7, 1858. 6t.
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—Whereas Al
fred H. Jackson, administrator upon the estate of
Mrs. Laurana B. Parrott, deceased, petitions the Court
of Ordinary of said county for Letters Dismissory:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
be and appear at the Court of Ordinary, to be held in
and for said county, on the first Monday in August next,
to show cause, (ifany they have) why said administra
tor should not then be discharged.
Given under my hand at office, in Greenesboro’, Jan
uary 15th, 1858.
Jan. 21 EUGENIUS L. KING, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—Whereas
Isaac Morrrison applies for the guardianship of the
persons and property of Henry C. Morrison, William A.
Morrison, Anna V. Morrison, John T. Morrison and
Emma J. Morrison, minor children of William J. Mor
rison late of Upson county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
concerned, to be and appear at the Court of Ordinary,
to be held in and for said county, on the first Monday
in March next, to show cause, (if any they have) why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, in Greenesboro’, Jan
uary 15th, 1858.
Jan. 21, 1858. EUGENIUS L. KING, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, GREENE CO.—Whereas Wm. Ed
mondson, Guardian of Sarah J. Cradoek, now Sa
rah J. McWhorter, applies to this Court for Letters Dis
missory from his said Guardianship: It is therefore
ordered that all persons concerned be and appear at the
next March term of this Court, to show cause why said
Guardian should not be discharged; and it is further or
ered that this rule be published for forty days in terms
of the law.
A true extract from the minutes of the Court of Ordi
nary of Greene County.
Jan. 21, JBSB .EUGENIUS L. KING, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, GREENE CO.—Whereas Lorenzo D.
Carlton, guardian of Valerius J. Burk, applies to
this Court for Letters Dismissory from his said guar
dian-ship :
It is therefore ordered that all persons concerned be
and appear at the next March term of this Court, to
show cause why said guardian should not be discharged;
and it is further ordered that this rule be published for
forty days in terms of the law.
A true extract from the minutes of the Court of Ordi
nary of Greene County.
Jan. 21, 1858. EUGENIUS L. KING, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY: Whereas John
McMichael, administrator with the will annexed
on the estate of Mrs. Margaret Armor, deceased, peti
tions the Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory from
said estate:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
concerned, to show cause (if any they have) why said
administrator should not be discharged at the court on
the Ist Monday in July, 1858. Given under my hand
at office in Greenesboro’ Dec 18, 1857.
Dec 24-6 m EUGENIUS L. KING, Ord.
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—Whereas
James T. Findley, administrator upon the estate
of Isaac Findley, deceased, petitions the Court of Ordi
nary of said county for Letters of Dismission from said
estate:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
concerned, to show cause (if any they have) why said
administrator should not be discharged at the Court of
Ordinary to be held in and for said county, on the Ist
Monday in June, 1858. Given under my hand at office
in Greenesboro’, Nov 16th, 1857.
Nov 26-6 m EUGENIUS L. KING, Ord’y.
SHERIFFS’ SALES.
Greene Mortgage Sheriffs Sales.
Will be sold before the Court-house door in
the city of Greenesboro, on the Ist Tuesday in
MARCH next, between the legal heurs of sale, the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
The house and lot on which Hiram Rouzee now
lives, situated in the city of Greenesboro, known in the
plan of said city as part of lot No. 32, adjoining the lot
occupied by Mrs. Baugh on the north, the lot
of Mrs. Park on the east, on the south by South-street
and J. A. Miller’s blacksmith shop lot, and on the west
by West-street: to satisfy ‘a mortgage fi.fa. issued from
Greene Superior Court, in favor of Davis, Wood &
Johnson, against said Rouzee.
ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE,
Two black hacks and harness, one green hack
and harness, one red stage coach and harness, 8 buggies
and harness, 2 old gray horses, 1 young gray horse, 2
match sorrell horses, 1 sorrel horse, pot-gut, two black
mules, 1 bay horse, (limping bay,) 2 black match horses,
1 bay horse, Durham, one two-horse wagon and harness:
all levied on as the property of Douglas W. Wilson, to
satisfy a mortgage fi.fa. in favor of James M. Lankford.
Issued from Greene Inferior Court, against said Wilson.
Dec. 31—tds. C. C. NORTON, D. Sh’ff.
Greene Sheriff’s Sale.
T WILL SELL FOR CASH, to the highest and
J- best bidder, before the court-house door in the city
of Greenesboro, on the Ist Tuesday in MARCH next,
within the legal hours of sale—
All the right, title and interest of William T. Doster
in and to the following described and named property :
One sorrel horse, called Stocks ; one gray horse, Provi
dence ; one bay horse, Reuben; one bay horse, Charley;
one sorrel horse, Joe; one black horse, Fish; one car
riage ann harness; three buggies and harness: levied
on as the property of William T. Doster, to satisfy sun
dry fi.fas. issued from Greene Superior and Inferior
Courts —one in favor of Augustin F. Greene, adm’r, vs.
Doster & Dolvin and James M. Langford, security—one
in favor of JohnT. Perdue, ex’r, vs. Doster & Dolvin—
one in favor of O. P. Daniel rs. Doster & Dolvin, and
other fi. fas. in my hands against said Doster.
Jan. 21, 1858. T. F. FOSTER, D, S.
Greene mortgage Sales—Postponed.
WIL.L. be sold in the City of Greenesboro’ on
the first Tuesday in MARCH next, between
the usual hours of sale, the Interest of Joseph N.
Raden in the Livery Stable of Lankford, Wilson and
Raden —it being the sixth part of said firm, the fol
lowing property to-wit : Two old gray Horses
known as the Ellington horses, two black Horses
known as the Williams horses, two black Mules.
One bay horse known as the Sharp horse ; one
sorrel Horse known as the Grady sorrel; one
bay horse known as the Durham horse ; one young
bay horse known as the Jackson horse ; one sorrel
known as pot gut; one bay horse known as the
lame bay ; one grey horse known as the Jackson
grey. Seven buggies and harness ; Four hacks
and harness ; one two Horse Wagon and harness ;
one one Horse wagon and Harness ; one four seated
; Buggy and harness, all levied on as the property of
Joseph N. Raden to satisfy a mortgage fi fa in fa
vor of James M. Lankford issued from Greene Inferior
Court against said Raden.
T. F. FOSTER, D. Sheriff.
Greenesboro’ Nov. 14th, 1857.
Greene Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be gold, in the city of Greenesboro, on the Ist Tues
day in MARCH next, within the legal hours of sale, the
following property, to-wit:
One negro girl about 10 years old, of black complex
ion: levied on as the property of Joseph N. Raden, to
satisfy sundry Justices’ Court fi.fas. from the 148th
dist. G. M. in favor of James M. Lankford vs. Joseph
N. Raden; McWhorter & Armstrong vs. Joseph N.
Raden; Armstrong & Wilson vs. Joseph N. Raden;
A. B. Phelps vs. Joseph N. Raden ; William N. Wil
liams es. Joseph N. Raden, and James R. Sanders vs.
Joseph N. Raden. Levy made and returned to me by
j Levi Mays, constable. C. C. NORTON, Diißh’ffi
Jan. 14, 1858.
THE ADOPTED ORGAN OP ALL THE TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE.
PENFIELD, GEOEG lA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,185 ft.
Greene Sheriff's Sales.
be sold before the court-house door in
* * the city of Greenesboro’, on the first Tuesday in
MARCH next, within the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing property to-wit:
The store-house and lot in the village of White
Plains, containing one acre, more or less; also, the
dwelling-house and lot whereon Henry C. Ware now
lives, in the village of Bairdstown, containing two
acres, more or less: Levied on by virtue of &fi fa is
sued from the Superior Court of Greene County, in
favor of Joel Hurt vs Henry C. Ware and Daniel D.
Ware. Property pointed out by J. R. Parker.
Jan. 30th, 1858. C. C. NORTON, Dep. Sh’ff.
ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE:
The house and lot on which Wm. A. Lankford lived,
containing two acres more or less, in the town of Pen
field, adjoining L. Linnenkohl, George Readen and
Wm. N. Williams : levied on as the property of Wm.
A. Lankford, to satisfy a fi fa from Greene Superior
Court, in iavor of Augustin F. Green, adm’r, vs Wm.
A. Lankford and Joel G. Hobbs, security. Property
pointed out by said Hobbs.
Jan 28,1848. C. C. NORTON, D. Sh’ff.
ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE :
A negro boy named Augustus, about 8 years old, of
dark complexion : levied on as the property of Joseph H.
English, to satisfy sundry fi fas issued from Greene Su
perior and Inferior Courts, in favor of Poullain, Jennings
&Cos. vs Stephen D. & Joseph H. English, and Charles S.
Dußose vs said S. D. &, J. H. English. Property point
ed out by J. H. English.
Jan 28, 1858. C.C. NORTON, D. Sh’ff
ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE :
One negro man named Hark, of dark complexion,
about thirty-six years old ; one woman named Elizzie,
about twenty-eight years old; and one girl named
Cready, about nine yearsold: levied on as the property of
Robert Newsome, to satisfy two fifas from Greene Su
perior Court, in favor of the adm’r of E. S. Hunter vs
D. A. Newsome, and Robert Newsome, security ; Tho
mas J. Burney vs Robert Newsome, security for E.
Sparks Hunter, deceased. Property pointed out by R.
Newsome. C. C. NORTON, D. Sh’ff.
Jan 26, 1858.
Greene Sheriffs Sale.
WILL be sold before the Court-house door in
the city of Greenesboro, on the Ist Tuesday in
MARCH next, between the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
One negro man, named Doric, about thirty-five years
old: Levied on by virtue of two fi.fas. issued from the
Inferior Court of Oglethorpe County, one in favor of H.
C. Bugg vs. S.M. Echols &. McGilvra P. Pitman ; one in
favor of Lewis J. Dupree vs. Silas M. Echols, and Z. P.
Landrum, Administrator; and one from the Inferior
Court of Greene County—Reddic Stephens vs. said
Echols. All for the use of Albert King.
Jan. 29, 1858 I. MORRISON, Sh’ff
MISCELLANEOUS MATTER.
DTVR. A. F. DURHAM, thankful for the
yy ‘ liberal patronage received in the past, takes
JjL pleasure in announcing that lie still offers his PRO
FESSIONAL SERVICES to the CITIZENS OF
PENFIELD AND VICINITY.
Office at the old store of Willburn & McWhorter, on
main street, where he may at all times be found, when
not professionally engaged. Jan 28-ly
Particular Notice.
ALL persons indebted to the firm of Phelps &
Seals, for the years 1856 and ’7, are earnestly re
quested to come forward and pay up, as we must have
money to pay our debts. Come, friends, and help us to
the extent of your ability. PHELPS & SEALS.
Jan. 1, 1858.
Penfield Preparatory School.
THE EXERCISES OF THIS SCHOOL WILL
be resumed on the FIRST DAY OF FEB
RUARY NEXT, under the charge of the undersigned.
The Prices of Tuition range from sl6 to S4O. Every
thing necessary to prepare students for college, is taught
in this School 1 ; and parents and guardians wishing to
prepare their children or wards for a Collegiate Course,
will find it to their advantage to send them here.
Jnn. 21 —3t A. S. MORGAN, Prin.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
A COMFORTABLE HOUSE AND LOT IN
Penfield, situated in the eastern part of town. It
contains four good Rooms—all the outbuildings are in
good repair, and a small family will find it to be a pleas
ant residence.
Mr. Henry English occupied it during the past year.
Apply to J. M. LANKFORD. Penfield, Ga.
Jan. 7, 1858. ts.
THE COPARTNERSHIP existing between
PHELPS & SEALS, in the Mercantile Business,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent—Mr. Phelps re
tiring. A. B. PHELPS,
Penfield, Jan. 1, 1858. WM. B. SEALS.
THE BUSINESS will be carried on at the old
stand, by the undersigned, where he hopes to merit
and receive the liberal patronage extended to the late
firm. WM. B. SEALS-
Penfield, Jan. Ist, 1858.
THE firm of MASSEY & HARRIS has been dis
solved by mutual consent. Those indbted to them
are very respectfully, yet earnestly requested to come
forward and settle by cash or note.
A CARD.
On retiring from the practice of medicine, the under
signed returns his thanks to the citizens of Penfield
and vicinity, for the liberal patronage enjoyed by him
the past five years, and takes pleasure in recommend
ing to his friends and patrons, his former associate, Dr.
Harris, as a physician ol superior merit, and one emi
nently qualified to prosecute the various branches of
his profession. ROBERT J. MASSEY.
Jan. 21—2 m.
Look—Everybody.
THE undersigned having leased the STORE
ROOM recently occupied by Williams & Lank
ford, are now receiving and opening a Choice and Select
STOCK of—
FANIIIYF GROCERIES,
FRUITS, CANDIES, CIGARS,
EATABLES, &c. dec. dec.
The attention of the Citizens of Penfield and vicinity,
is respectfully called to this New Establishment. We
have adopted
& limn
and intend to make it to the advantage of every one to
spend their money with us.
A good assortment of every thing usually found in an
UP-COUNTRY GROCERY STORE on hand at all
times. J. M. BOWLES & CO.
Penfield, Jan. sth, 1858.
Penfield Female Seminary.
THE Exercises of this INSTITUTION will com
mence on the FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRU
ARY NEXT. The Board of Trustees take pleasure in
announcing that they have procured the services of Miss
C. W. BARBER as principal.
Miss Barber’s success in teaching hitherto, hnsestab
lished for her the reputation of a thorough and impres
sive teacher.
Rates of tuition as heretofore.
R. J. MASSEY, Sec. Board.
By order Board Trustees.
Jnn. 21, 1858. ts
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.
ALL persons indebted to the undersigned, ei
ther by note or account, are hereby notified that
unless their claims are paid by the FIRST DAY OF
FEBRUARY NEXT, they will be placed in the hands
of an attorney for collection. H. MARGRAFF.
Greenesboro, Jan. 21,1858. 4t
Dropsy Cured.
THE undersignod proposes to cure Dropsy cf
every description. He cun be seen personally five
miles south of Union Point, or addressed by letter to
Union Point, Greene county, Ga. The Medicine can be
sent anywhere by rail road, with directions for giving it,
or I will attend personally, if requested, and paid for my
trouble. I will buy negroes afflicted with Dropsy, or
cure them, as the owner may prefer. Satisfactory ref.
erences given, if desired. MILES G. BROOME.
State of Georgia, Greene County:
This is to certify that my father had a negro man af
flicted with Dropsy in 1853 ; he had been treated by se
veral physicians without any cure, when he applied to
M. G. Broome for his remedy, which cured him. He
is still living and in good health.
Jan 21, 1858. HENRY CHAMPION.
Union Point, Greene Cos May 14,1857 ts
I Never have been false to Tliec.
BY GEORGE P. MORRIS.
I never have been false to they !
The heart I gave thee still is thine!
Though thou hast been untrue to me,
And I no more may call thee mine !
I’ve loved as woman ever loves,
With constant soul in good or ill;
Thou’st proved, as man too often proves,
A rover—but I love thee still!
Yet think not that my spirit stoops
To bind thee captive in my train !
Love’s not a flower, at sunset droops,
But smiles when comes her god again !
Thy words, which fall unheeded now,
Could once my heart-strings madly thrill!
liOve’s golden chain and burning vow
Are broken —but I love thee still!
Once, what a heaven of bliss was ours,
When love dispelled the clouds of care,
And time went by with birds and flowers,
While song and incense filled the air !
The past is mine—the present thine—
Should thoughts of me thy future fill,
Think what a destiny is mine,
To lose —but love thee, false one, still!
Blessed are they that Mourn.
Oh ! deem not they are blessed alone
Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep ;
The power that pities man has shown
A blessing for the eyes that weep.
The light of smiles shall fill again
The lidfthat overflowes with tears ;
And weary hours of woe and pain
Are'promises of happy years.
There is a day of happy rest,
For every dark and troubled night ;
A grife may bide an evening guest.
But joy shall come with early light.
And thou, who o’er thy friend’s low bier,
Sheddest the bitter drops like rain,
Hope that a happier, brighter shore,
Will give him to thy arms again.
Nor let the good man’s trust depart,
Though life its common gifts deny ;
Though pierced and broken be his heart,
And spurned of men he goes to die.
For God has marked each sorrowing day,
And numbered every secret tear ;
And heaven’s long age of time shall pay
For all its children sufter here.
That’s So.
The world gets wiser every day,
That’s so, that’s so;
A woman’s bound to have her way,
That’s so, too.
To contradict will raise a spree,
That’s so, that’s so ;
But men with her should still agree,
And that’s so, too.
She carries hoops beneath her skirts,
That’s so, that’s so ;
They show her off whene’er she flirts,
That’s so, too;
She wears her bonnets very small,
That’s so, that’s so ;
And flounces, if she’s very tall,
And that’s so, too.
All business now is rather still,
That’s so, that’s so;
And everything must go up-hill,
That’s so, too;
Printers now desire their dues,
That’s so, that’s So ;
And wish your purses’ now unloose,
And that’s so, too. ,
* * * “She is dead: a Sonnet,” is from the pen
of C. W. Anderson :
She’s dead. Put quickly the cold corpse away,
So cherished once, so beautiful and bright,
’Twould soon be loathsome to our grieved sight:
There, in the darksome chamber of decay,
Shut from our vision and the pleasant day,
Let beauty moulder, and the foul worms play;
While it shall shock us, musing, that the ripe
Perfection of our God-thought may be dimmed
By circumstances of our daily life.
O, Reason, how thy little light is rimmed
By greedy deeps of darkness that entomb
Each venturous ray in its remorseless gloom !
I would know why my lovely friend is gone,
Know where, but cannot, O, beloved one !
TO ANNA.
As the sunshine and the showers,
When the snow and ice are gone,
Wake the sleeping buds and flowers,
And the grass upon the lawn ;
So thy peerless beauty, Anna,
Changes friendship into love ;
So thy gentle spirit, Anna,
Kindles pure and holy love.
Iktfrljes iif life.
THE RECOMPENSE.
Continued from Crusader of January 21s/.
BY EMMA EMERALD.
CHAPTER 11.
Some five years have passed since the opening of
my story. At this time, the city of N. was
thrown into a state of great excitement by an
event which, in those days, was uncommon;
though, in ’57 I believe it has become much less
so. A man—a gentleman of wealth and influ
ence—had been poisoned, and the finger of sus
picion pointed to his wife. The accused was a
woman of beauty, intellect and refinement, and
had hitherto borne a reputation for great amiabil
ity and goodness p but all this did not prevent
her from being overwhelmed with scorn and con
tumely, and immersed in the gloom of a prison.
The evidence against her was said to be over
whelming ; so much so that no lawyer could be
found to undertake her cause. The secret of this
perhaps was, that madam LeStrange was known
to be without money; and therefore, unable to
pay a fee. Mr. LeStrange, the millionaire, had
left all his enormous wealth to his own family;
or at least, a will had been found in his eseretoir
to that effect.
The trial was to take place on the 25th of Jan
uary. On the first day of the month a young
man apparently a stranger, entered one of the
most frequented restaurants of the city, and seat
ing himself in a corner listened attentively to the
conversation carried on around him, which was
on the subject of the murder. Presently, sever
al persons went out, leaving only a dissipated but
also intellectual looking young man, who was
lounging on a seat sucking a cherry cobbler
through a straw, and a pompous old man who
had been talking very rapidly, and who was now
warming himself before the fire. The stranger
arose and approached this person, and taking off’
his hat respectfully, asked permission to make an
inquiry of him.
“ Certainly, certainly, as many as you please,”
said the old man in a hearty tone.
“ Sir, I have heard that Mrs. LeStrange has
not as yet engaged counsel for her approaching
trial; is this so?”
“Well sir,” answered the other, placing him
self in the attitude of a man wh expects to make
a long harangue, “ well sir, she has not engaged
the services of a lawyer ; but the truth is, Mrs.
LeStrange is not able to employ counsel if she
was inclined to, which I believe is not the case,
for she considers her cause as Jiopeless, which I
think is a convincing proof of her guilt.”
“How has she borne herself since her arrest?”
interrupted the young man, in a voice that trem
bled.
“ She seems to have fallen into a kind of leth
argy, and to be unconscious of all that transpires
around her. it is thought that she will be sen
tenced to Sing Sing for life; I hope she may, for
she is a monster.”
“ And old LeStrange was abrute—he treated her
shamefully,” said the mistress of the restaurant,
who was engaged in making another cherry cob
bler for the young man who was already pale and
haggard from the effects of dissipation.
“ What, then, Mrs. Jones,” said the old man,
turning sharply on the hostess, “must every wo
man whose husband is a little strict, or as you
say a brute, poison him ?”
“No,” retorted the hostess, “for if every wo
man who has a brute for a husband treated him
to arsenic, there would be too many widows, and
too few husbands left in the world.”
“ Aye, that is the way you women talk after
you are married,” replied the old man scornfully
—“before hand it is very different.”
“ Aye well, Mr. Brown,” said the roue, for the
first time joining in the conversation, “you know
that it is only after the matrimonial knot is tied,
that the ladies learn that husbands are like to
painted fruit,
That promise much, but still deceive them,
When they come to touch them.”
The stranger seized this moment, while the old
gentleman’s attention was attracted towards the
other young man, to make his escape. As he
passed on his way, his thoughts reverted to the
period when he had seen this woman, who was
now the inmate of a prison, the mistress of a pal
ace, decked in silks and dainty furs, and sur
rounded by all the appliances of boundless wealth.
And then, with a shudder, he thought of her pro
bable fate—of her, with her refined feelings and
cultivated mind, associating with ruffian men and
degraded women; and of her delicate form ex
posed to hardships that crush strong manhood.
The young man directed his steps towards the
prison where he leai'ned she was confined. When
he applied to the jailor for admittance he was re
fused at first; but upon informing him that he
was a lawyer and came on business, the man’s
face brightened. “ Aye, that alters the case sir,”
he said; “I hope you may persuade the poor
creature to employ you.” He then conducted
him to the cell in which the prisoner was. When
the young man actually gazed on the woman who
was accused of poisoning, he could hardly sup
press an exclamation; he remembered her as abe
ing beautiful as light, and now—but he forgot
that there is nothing so fatal to frail beauty as
sorrow and anxiety, and above all regret. The
lady’s face was wan and wasted, and her once un
rivalled hair uncombed and unattended to, hung
in heavy tangled masses around her pale brow.—
The young man paused near the door, and de
sired the .jailor to present his card to the lady;
he complied, but his voice did not arouse her at
first. When he spoke again she asked half pet
ulantly, why he disturbed her ? “ There is a gen
tleman ma’m, who wants to speak to you; here is
his card,” said the man, presenting the card on
which was written “ Edward Gray.”
The lady glanced at the card, and then raised
her eyes, which still retained their great beauty,
to the stranger’s face.
“ What would you with me sir ?” she asked>
with some surprise; for the face was unknown as
well as the name. “I am a lawyer, madam, and
am here to offer you my services.”
“ I do not desire the services of a lawyer, sir—
my cause is hopeless,” she said, turning away.
“ Madam, you must not yield to despair—you
are innocent,” he continued, not in an interrog
ative tone, but one of affirmative.
“ I am innocent.”
“Then your case is not hopeless.”
“Sir,” she said for the first time,speaking with
interest—“sir, if you were to under take my cause,
even if you were to gain it, I could not repay
your trouble; lam utterly penniless.”
“It does not matter, madam—l will under
take it in the name of juctice and gratitude.”
“ But, sir,” continued the lady, fixing her eyes
eagerly on his face—“but, sir, although I am in
nocent before heaven, there is such a chain of
circumstantial evidence encircling me, so much
against me, that I fear you would find it difficult,
nay impossible, to clear me; and then sir, you
would suffer in your reputation as a successful
lawyer, as well as waste your time.”
[to be continued.]
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THE WIFE OF A DRUNKARD.
Selected for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.
I feci it my duty to attempt to give
Jj you the experience of the sufferings and
privations of a drunkard’s wife.”
A “ reformed drunkard” may try to guess at
the feelings of his wife, but lie knows compara
tively nothing about it. I know by sad experi
ence of eighteen long years, what they suffer.
My sufferings began at the time (when in a fit
of intoxication) my husband enlisted as a soldier.
Not knowing what had become of him, I started
in search of him, and found him at the place of
rendezvous. I used every means to get him dis
charged, but all in vain. One of the officers in
sisted on my going to Florida with my husband,
but I considered that too gross an insult to my
character—for I loved him dearly—and could not
bear to see him dragged from me; for he and the
infant I had, were all that was, dear to me in this
world, having been left a desolate orphan. Be
ing determined to obtain his discharge by some
means, I stole him away and concealed him in
the house of a friend. A band of soldiers came
to the house, and with a drawn sword demanded
him of me, or where he was concealed. This was
a heart-rending pang—almost too great to en
dure ; yet, I was firm to my purpose. I sent him
to the country by night; then, with letters of re
commendation, 1 started with my infant to the
city of Washington, to the Secretary of War—
there pleaded my cause ; ami by tears and en
treaties obtained his full discharge, returned home,
paid sls at the place of rendezvous, and obtained
permission for him to return home. This was a
source of great happiness to us, both; for when
sober, lie was one of the best of husbands, and I
loved him most tenderly. He promised to do
better, but this did not continue long. He soon
sunk again into all the vices of the town. Al
though at his trade he earned from sls to S2O
per week, myself and children were often with
out bread to eat. I was obliged to take in work
to save us from starvation; and often furnished
him with, bread, when he failed to do it. At length,
he became so destitute of shame and sensibility,
that he would stand in 0 grogshop and sell the
landlord the clothes off his back, and even take
mine and sell them for money to obtain drink.
Like a raging maniac, he would fight and quar
rel abroad, and then come home and vent his
spite on me—breaking and destroying everything
EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
within hia reach. Still, by tears and entreaties,
I strove to prevail on him to renounce his eril
practices—referred him to the example of his pi *
ous father, and endeavored to impress upon his
mind the awful responsibility that rested on him
as a father, to set a good example before his dear
! children, begging him at the same time to have
compassion on me, and fulfil his marriage vows.
Frequently have I, on my bended knees, implored
his mercy, but did not move his heart to pity.
No! this was his reply: “you d—d—! You
think to coax me out of some money!” Now,
my respectable reader, what do you suppose were
my feelings on receiving such words from him,
who, had solemnly promised before God and man
to love, comfort and support me all the days of
my life? If my heart was made of adamant,
must it not melt at thus beholding myself a help-
Jess victim of a merciless tyrant, having neither
father nor mother, sister nor brother, to fly to in
the hour of despair? Often have I sat alone over
p. few glimmering coals till 2or 3 o’clock, some
times even till the break of day, waiting with
breathless anxiety to hear his footstep, fearing
lest he had fallen by the hand of some ruffian;
and often did 1 pray that God would protect him
and bring him home drunk or sober, believing
he would be safe while with me. Often have I
sat over the bed of a dying child for days and
nights alone, while he was spending abroad what
I needed at home, without one word of oomfort
or sympathy from him who should have shared
qll my griefs and sorrows, and ought to have
poured the balm of consolation into my wound
ed heart; but alas! this comfort was not for me.
I bore my grief alone, unpitied. This often caus
ed me to become indifferent to everything; but
on looking upon my children, worse than father
less, I was again roused to action, tried to bear
up under all my trial, knowing that their sup
port depended on my efforts. At one time (pain
fully do I recollect it) I had an infant sick for
some months—at length, it partially reoovered;
hjut from the effects of the disease, it was left en
tirely blind. During its sickness, I thought my
husband tried how bad he could be.
Not able to work and attend to the sick child,
I was often without bread for those that were
well, or money to get medicine for the sick one
One night while in this condition, I gave my chil
dren the last scanty morsel in the house. I then
sat down to finish some work to take home in
the morning, that I might get something for
breakfast. While thus employed, my husband
came home at midnight, and demanded his sup
pqr. I had none to give him; he flew into a
rage, swore he would kill me—seized me, threw
me across the table, breaking some of the dishes
upon it—seized me by the hair and tried to beat
my face upon the broken dishes; but being
strong, I extricated myself from his grasp. Fright
ened almost to frenzy, I flew out of the house. I
then drew near the door, and begged him to hand
me the poor blind child; he snatched the tongs
and made a blow at my head, swearing he would
kill me.
Oh ! the thought of that awful night, almost
freezes the blood in my veins. I had the child
lying on a bed under the window; he stood over
it, and with the tongs beat out every pane of
glass, and then the sash itself; while I stood op
posite to the window imploring him to give me
my babe. The poor blind sufferer was crawling
about over the broken glass, crying Mamma 1
Mamma! while its dear little face was bleeding
in several places. At length, I got it out of the
house and ran away with it in my arms to the
house of one whom I thought to be my friend;
but to my astonishment and grief, they refused
me admittance, telling me they had often ad
vised me to leave the vagabond, and they would
do all in their power for me; but if I would live
with him, I must put up with what Igi t. I then
sat down on the steps with the poor blind child
in my lap (forsaken and forlorn) feeling as though
I was entirely forsaken both by God and man.
But it is in vain for me to attempt to describe my
feelings. It is impossible for me to describe, or
you to conceive what I felt. After some time, I
returned to my house and saw the watchman
take him away. I sat down to finish my work,
that I might get something for my children’s
breakfast. I shall never forget one morning
when be arose. I requested him not to go from
home that morning. “ I have been up all night,”
said I, “and the child is dying.” His reply was,
“ hell and damnation! she has been dying these
six months; ler her die and be d—d.” On utter
ing these awful words, he left the house and staid
away four days. The child died, accordingly ,that
day; and what was my situation at that time?
1 had no clothes to lay out the corpse, nor a spot
of ground to bury it in; no money to bury the
dead, or buy bread for the living. I closed up
my house, and when the neighbors inquired how
the child was, I said, no better—would not let
them know it was dead; my feelings being so
much wounded at my wretched situation, I was
not willing that they should know it. I kept the
corpse three days, not knowing what to do. In
the meantime, I sent one of my children to search
for my husband —he could not be found. Iu the
last extremity, I applied to a gentleman of my
acquaintance to assist me to bury my child. He
said he would, if I would promise to leave my
husband. I told him if he would bury it, I would
work for him till I should pay for it, but I would
not leave my husband; I said I had always dis
charged my duty as a virtuous wife, let him devi
ate from the path of rectitude as far as he might.
I had taken him for better or for worse, and
was determined to eryoy the comforts of a clear
conscience, which was still a source of consolation
to me. Ido not disclose these facts to impress
your minds with the idea that my husband was a
brute, for in his sober hours he was a kind and
affectionate husband and father. They are given
merely to show what intemperance will make a man
do, when under its baneful influence.
This is but a mere outline—but a drop out of
the ocean of my sufferings, which continued for
eighteen years ; and in all probability, they would
have continued to the present time, had it not
been for the blessed influence of Temperance So
cieties. lam happy to say, that for the last four
years he has been a reformed man, and we novT
er\joy peace and plenty—friends and respectabil
ity. Now, if there is a drunkard in this commu
nity who has a wife, let him seriously reflect that
she, too, has failures as welLas I; that her heart
is now wrung with anguish. Ohl pity, pity her
before it is too late; do not break the heart that
has confided in you for support and consolation.
Do not murder th%innocent sufferer that has ta
ken shelter under your protection. Now prove
yourself to be a man; save yourself and the part
ner of your bosom from all the woe* and horrors
of intemperance, by giving your name to the
Temperance Society. K. J. M.
Greene Cos., Jan., 1858
VOL. XXIV. NUMBER 4