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THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADER.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Thursday Morning,.. Ma V 13 > 1888^__
a-TnOK OUT FOR YOUR ACCOUNT.^
Notice to each Subscriber..^
With this issue we begin to send out our ac
counts ; and as we are dunning our friends for the first
time within two years, we hope to receive a ready res
ponse from each and every one. We have been giving
our subscribers good time—have not pressed them at
all during the stringent tightness of the market, and it
is reasonable to conclude that they appreciate our gen
erosity and will repay us by promptly responding to our
small demands upon their purses. This delay in send
ing out our bills, has caused the finances of our office to
run remarkably low; so low that we can’t see nor touch
them. In making out these accounts, it will be seen
that we have been as reasonable as we could, and have
given the subscriber the benefit of every advantage.
Our uniform custom, heretofore, has been to exact two
dollars a year for each year that a subscriber was in
arrears; but we only ask, now, one dollar a year for
past delinquences, provided two dollars are inclosed at
the same time to pay for a year in advance ; otherwise,
v>e invariably require two dollars a year for past dues. If
a subscriber who is in arrears discontinues his paper,
he must inclose two dollars a year for each year that he
is behind, which would make a large majority of our
accounts several dollars more than to continue the pa
per another year at the present price. We are influ
enced to this course from a desire to retain our patrons;
we would be more than happy to keep every subscriber
whpse name we now have on our list; and we have cer
tainly made it to the pecuniary advantage of each to
continue their patronage. All the accounts which we
send out, will include arrearages and one year in ad
vance, as will be seen in the note appended to each.
We are very anxious to have our friends give us their
immediate attention, for two reasons : first, is the scar
city of money; and secondly, we desire to transcribe
our list of names so soon as we can hear from all of
them.
remitting the amount of your bill, remember
to state the time to which (according to the account
sent) it pays.
there be error or errors in any of the ac
counts, we will most cheerfully correct them.
An Explanation to Subscribers.
Some of our friends will find that we inclose accounts
against them for another year’s subscription before the
expiration of the time for which they have already paid;
in all such instances we merely intend the accounts as
notices, that each may know how they stand on our
books—they are not dunns until their time has expired.
We beg our friends to take due notice of this explana
tion, for we do not much believe in dunning a man after
he is indebted to us, much less before.
Excursion to Cooper’s Iron Works,
In another column will be found an interesting com
munication from the Senior Class, of M. U. giving a de
tailed account of a recent trip to Cooper’# Iron Works,
by the class, accompanied by their active and laborious
Professor of Chemistry and Geology, who proposes ta
king a scientific excursion annually with his Senior
Class.
Atlanta Post Office.
Some of our friends and subscribers at Chanceville,
Carroll county, complain that they do not receive our
paper once a month, and attribute the difficulty to the
Atlanta Post Office. If the difficulty rests there, the
truth of which we cannot tell of course, we would like
to have the proper authorities investigate the matter and
rectify the irregularities in that department.
An Important movement in Augusta, (in.
We are advised by a correspondent, that the friends
of total abstinence in Augusta, have resolved to make
another effort to promote the good cause, by circulating,
for signature, in the four wards of that city, the paper,
of which a copy is annexed, which explains their object.
After they shall have organised and adopted a constitu
tion, they hope to receive applications for the admission
of other members into the society, on such conditions
as may be best calculated to advance the great object
of their association.
COPY.
We, the undersigned, having voluntarily adopted the
practice of total abstinence from all intoxicating liquors
as a beverage, have hereunto subscribed our names, that
our practice in this respect may be known to each other,
and with the view to the formation of at least one total
abstinence society, the influence and example of which
may be the means, under Divine Providence, ol prevent
ing many who are now sober from forming habits of
intemperance, and of reforming others who have already
had the misfortune to form such habits.
Augusta. Ga. May, 1858.
Omission in the New Cyclopaedia.
Baby s The judge, jury and sentence of every well reg
ulated family. A thing that squawks at midnight, and
will not be comforted by any quantity of sop. A biped
called by its mother “de ittle rosy posey, pinkum pink,
bless its ittle heart!” and very frequently “toted” to
the tune of “ Here we go up, up, up e, and here we go
down, down, down-e.”
By bachelors called “ brat,” and by Tupper. the pro
verbial philosopher, delicately alluded to as “a well
spring,” &c.
The following from the New York Ledger will bear
careful and repeated perusal:
We cannot agree with you that there may be circum
stances in which a man is compelled to fight a duel, al
though he is thoroughly convinced that dueling is wrong.
It is impossible for a man to be placed in circumstances
which call upon him to do, or that would justify him in
doing, what he is thoroughly convinced is wrong. What
you say about disgrace and death is mere boyish non
sense, and altogether unworthy of an intelligent man.
A man can'never be disgraced by refusing to do wrong ;
and as for death, this is a matter of small moment in
comparison with the doing of a wrongful act. Your
doctrine is that of the conscienceless coward, and not
of the Christian hero.
This singular coincidence from the Georgetown Jour
nal strikingly portrays its sad consequence:
We visited a few days since, a spot rendered some
what memorable as having been the scene of a duel be
tween two of Kentucky’schivalrous sons. The position
of the duelists, about eight paces, was marked by two
trees, one of which bears the initials of one of the par
ty’s entire name cut in the bark, the other bears only
the initials of the last name of the other party. The
tree under which the party stood who was killed is
dead, having as we were informed, gradually decayed
from the time. The other tree is singularly typical of
the condition of the surviving party, who is now an in
mate of a lunatic asylum, standing as it does, with the
lower branches full of life and verdure while its top is
dead and leafless. Strange thoughts'erowded our minds
as we #tood and gazed upon these unfortunate witnesses
to an unfortunate deed.
The Yates Cos. Chronicle furnishes another instance o
the beautiful manner in which the N. Y. law for “the
suppression of intemperance” works:
A lew days ago Canandaigua experienced some of
the natural results of the liquor trade in the most shock
ing form. Two citizens, in a state of intoxication, got
r m a ,r,Til the Iranklin House, which soon bro’t
them to a clinch. They were separated by the bygtnn
ders, when Oeborn, one of the panics, went up to the
bar and called for a glass of ale. Mr. Benham the bar
keeper, gave him the ale, when Marv, the other fighter
became enraged, and advanced towards Osborn for an
other fight, when Benham stepped between them. Marv
drew a pistol and discharged it, when Benham fell dead •
and the last act of his life was to give a poor inebriate’
for the consideration of two or three cents, a glass of
the very poison which produced his own shockihs
death.
“It is said that the tavers at Canandaigua were li
censed with the express stipulation on their part, that
they would not sell to drunkards, but which, as in all
such cases, has been wholly disregarded. Open the
flood-gates and there are no checks and securities—there
can be none.
“ Think of a Christian people licensing that which
produces nearly all the terrible murders which are eo
rapidly increasing in all parts of the country, three
fourths of all the pauperism ; more than half of all the
insanity and idiocy, and a like proportion of alt other
crimes and immoralities in our country, and then ap
propriate, at the instance of i vise, benevolent men, one
half of the excise money to build a drunkard’s asylum
that some may be reclaimed that otherwise find a drunk
ard’s grave. AwAy with such nonsense. It is the
price of blood, and belongs only to Judas. It should
not be given to the poor. It is be poor, without being
obliged to live upon the charitable appropriations of the
price of blood.
“But there are great numbers doing this terrible work
without even a license, and there seems to be no cour
age in the people to execute the law. They stand by
and see their sons becoming drunkards and criminals—
see the people taxed to pay the public burthens,
from, a thousand ways in which this traffic adds to
the publie'expensea, and see great portions of the peo
ple debauched and corrupted, and yet they” do nothing.
How long will this be endured? How long will more
than tweftty grog-shops in this village continue to set
at defiance au law, and go on with their unhallowed
work? Is therje neither in law, nor religion, power to
save? If there is, the runiseller needs to be at least saved
from himself. His fate mav soon be that of Benham.”
Trip to Jefferson.
■
We reached home too late last week to give an ac
count of our delightful and long to-be-remembered trip
to Jefferson county: We reserved it for this issue of
our Paper, and sincerely trust that our numerous read
ers will enjoy a detailed account as much as we did the
trip; for it was a glorious time, glorious weather and
in a most gloriously clever community of people. On
taking the cars at Greenesboro, we were overjoyed to
meet Uncle Dabney onboard, with sails set for the same
point of destination. We were truly elated at meeting
the old soldier, and at finding that there was no abate
ment of temperance enthusiasm in his good old soul.
We journeyed on together, nothing of particular note
Occurring until we reached Augusta, except a misfor
tune of Uncle Dabney’s, to “hook” (by mistake) the
engineer's hat at* the dinner house. (There was no
“brick iff his own hat” —the engineer’s was the best
of the two.) We lodged jin Augusta, at the good old
United States Hotel, where we may always be found
whenever we stop in that city. Next evening we took
the Waynesboro Road for the C. Road, but we must
stop here to speak of Uncle D. again. He set out on
foot from the Ho'tel, thinking to save a quarter by walk
ing to the depot; but his legs caved before he reached
the road, and he had to crawl into an omnibus and pay
a quarter &>r riding half the distance. We reached
Millen, got a good supper, took the ‘Central Road and
landed at the 107 mile post at 8 o’clock P. M. We fell
into the delightful and comfortable residence ofMr. Grif
fin, who lives at that point—enjoyed the kind and gen
erous hospitalities of himself and most excellent lady
till the next morning, when we were met early by our
clever and noble-hearted friend, Dr. Wm. Houser, the
distinguished author of the “Hesperian Harp” ; he car
ried ustohis classical little home, Hesperia, where ween
joyed a few beautiful musical airs executed by himself and
children upon the violin and melodeon. We then w'ent
to the Camp ground, where we found an immense throng
of people gathered together to join in the grand jubilee.
We were introduced into the Division Room a short
time prior to the procession, and “0! ye Gods,” as
we looked around in astonishment upon that crowded
house, filled with men and women, boys and girls, (all
legitimate members of the Division,) and heard ravish
ing music, our heart came near overflowing with exul
tation and gratitude commingled. Old men and mid
dle-aged men, some of whom had been lifted from the
grovelling degredation of drunkenness, came with a
firm tread, steady nerves and beamingcountenances, and
joined with grateful and joyful hearts in the grand tem
perance gala-day.
Baldwin Raiford Division occupies, and justly mer
its, the leading position on the roll ot temperance Di
visions in the southern country. The watch-fire which
was there kindled, has never gone out, and we trust it
may be like the flame upon the sacred altar of Vesta,
which cannot be dimmed ; and we have reasons to be
lieve, yea, we know that so long as life pulsates in the
hearts of even a few of its brave, unflinching and en
thusiastic members the old blaze will continue to loom up
with a triumphant glare. The Great Ruler has abun
dantly blessed the labors of the good men in that com
munity ; they live free from grog-shops, free from drunk
enness, breathe the pure and uncontaminated atmos
phere of liberty ; each man can gather around him his
little family household, and bless God thathehas enabled
them to wall around their homes an impenetrable bar
rier to the swelling rum-tide of death. We would that
representatives from every community in this state
would go and learn lessons of wisdom and courage from
the citizens of this section. They don’t suffer a gro
cery to be erected anywhere near them ; they give the
builder fair warning that if he persists, in opposition to
their wishes, in erecting such an establishment in their
midst, they will tear it down vi et armis, and they will
most certainly do it.
The Division formed a long procession of men and
women and marched to the stand, where we had the
pleasure of addressing them for a little more than an
hour. Ah! could our loud-mouthed opposition have
seen that procession headed with music and a streaming
banner, and watched that large audience listening with
steady and untiring interest to a discourse upon tem
perance, it would have hermetically sealed their mouths
and silenced the ignorant and libellous statement that
the cause in Georgia is a failure.
The unfortunate (to us) connection of the cars made
it necessary for us to hurry off almost immediately after
speaking. We regretted it very much, for we could have
spent a week most pleasantly and delightfully among
such generous and high minded people. We formed
many happy acquaintances among them and the people
from Louisville, of whom we would like to speak but
for the impropriety of it. Though we had but a few mo
ments to talk, we received through their kind and gen
rous liberality a large list of subscribers. We left with
a grateful heart and shall long remember the people,
both men and women, in the vicinity of Bethany Camp
Ground.
Uncle Dabney was to speak after dinner. We felt
mortified and disappointed at not being able to hear
him ; but we will hear from him.
Some Good from the Disastrous Flood in the
Mississippi.
The Memphis True Southron says: “Although the un
precedented flood which is now submerging such avast
extent of country is greatly to be deplored as destined
to effect materially the prosperity and interests of (hose
upon whom the calamity has fallen, yet its results will
go to strengthen the generally accepted maxim, that
there is “no bitter unattended by its sweets.” There
have been millions of dollars worth of timber, much
which has been out for several years, lying in the swamps
of the Yazoo valley, waiting for water to float it out.
This rise has afforded an opportunity to bring into mar
ket that mine of wealth; thus causing that hardy,in
dustrious class of people known as professional rafts
men to rejoice at an interposition of Providence, which
is to them really a Godsend, and oi immense value and
convenience to countries supplied with lumber through
this channel. We have been informed by persons famil
iar with the quantities of timber now cut in the swamps
of the Yazoo and its tributaries, that at a low estimate,
at least five millions of dolla,s will be saved and brought
into market by this rise in the Mississippi..
JOP The New York Tribune thus discourses on the
passage of the English bill:
“Well: Lecompton Junior has passed: What then ?
“ Nothingbut a very brief dismissal of the Kansas ques
tion from the floor of the two Houses. This bill settles
nothing, establishes nothing, but leaves all at as loose
ends as ever.”
The Federal Administration has most unwisely de
creed that Kansas shall still be a watchword in our Na
tional struggles. The Crittenden-Montgomery bill
would have obviated this ; Congress would gladly have
passed that bill; but the Executive was implacable.
By Cabinet influence and Presidential patronage, the
Kansas feud has been kept open ; there will be no more
cessation till Kansas is fully in the Union, an acknowl
edged Free State that all know her rightfully to be. We
give her oppressors fair notice that the unjust disabil
ties imposed on her by the English bill are utterly scouted
by earnest Free State men; that the population which
is confessedly large enough for a Slave State wilt be
held sufficient for a Free State; that if the foolish, use
less, culpable constitution as of Election Board, con
sisting of three Federal officers to two elected by her
People, shall be made a cloak for foul voting or false
returns, those votes, those returns, will be rendered of
no avail; and that, by a large majority of the People,
all other issues will be postponed or subordinated until
Kansas shall have been fully delivered from her oppres
sors and added to the galaxy of Free States.
So, Messrs. Lecornptonitcs, move on !
A Challengr.
When Judge Thatcher, many years ago, was a mem
ber of Congress from Massachusetts, he was challenged
to a duel by Mr. Blourt, member from North Carolina,
for words spoken in debate. The Judge, on reading the
message from Blount, after adjusting his wig and rev
olutionary hat, said to the bearer :
JrZLV res P ect f u l compliments to your master, and
dav T‘ h t e , cannot have a definite answer tqhis note to
to l ; ortadL ,ime ’ till I can wrilo
my wife on matt Xl y. e an answer. 1 always consult
is e better ‘"jPortancc, well knowing that she
takes the chance'ofte ly - Bffair ” than myself!’ If she
husband hanged forniiS 6 ! 1 wi(l w or having her
Blount. TEnm l , l o d be’i n I n Ct i rtainl y - will Mr.
more than three weeks to receive her el’ccUmi.
A Love Letter to Robespierre.
At a recent sale of autographs at Paris ti-ir* f n ii
letter addresseii to Robespierre, exited no hull inter®
est: Since the beginning of the revolution I have been
in love with you, citizen ! But I was married, and knew
how to control mypasston To-day lam lYee-myW
band has fallen in La Vendee. I’ll give von thil
laration in the face ot the Supreme filing. It is no
task fora woman to make such a confession; but Danrr
is patient; you are my supreme deity, and on earth T
know no one beside you. I look upon you as my guar
dian angel, and will only live under your laws. If you
are free, I will be yours for life. lam twenty-two years
old, and have a feeling, soul: I offer you of dowry the
qualities of a true republican and 4,000 livres rente.
am waiting for your answer. Eenve Jacquin, at Nance!
Posto llestante. 1 say posts reslante from fear that my
mother might scold me for my giddiness.” The issue
oi this love affair is not known.
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A Runaway Wife and Lover Overtaken—A
Sharp Trick.
About two weeks since, says the Cincinnatti Gazette,
a Mrs. Miskle, residing with her husband, Manton G.
Mislde, in Frankfort, Ky., swore out a warrant against
the latter for some offence, real or imaginary, and while
he was incarcerated in jail for want of bail, the wife
packed up everything and ran away with a man named
Alfred Bridgeford, taking with her three children. The
trick w T as very well planned, and thus far was success
ful, but it was soon ascertained that the parties were in
this city, and Deputy Marshal Hudson discovered their
whereabouts, and communicated with the Police Judge
of Frankfort. Yesterday the husband of the woman,
who had been liberated from jail, arrived in the city,
more for the purpose of getting possession of his chil
dren than to look after his runaway wife. He, how
ever, made affidavit that Bridgeford had robbed him of
sll4 in money, and he was arrested for grand larceny.
After the wife ascertained that the husband was in
town, and that she had secured the arrest of her lover
she applied for a warrant for the husband, charging him
with having committed a robbery in Frankfort. Her
object evidently was to get him again under lock and
key, while the guilty pair once more made good their
escape. The trick did not succeed, however, a second
time. The case has not yet been tried.
The Cincinnati Enquirer , of Sunday, gives the finale
of the affair as iollows:
Alfred Bridgeford and Amanda Jane Miskle, the per
sons already mentioned by us as having eloped togethei
from Frankfort, Kentucky—taking with them a hus
band s honor and a lot of furniture—were before the Po
lice Gourt yesterday morning. Bridgeford was held in
SSOO to answer a charge of grand larceny, and he and
Mrs. M. in S3OO for adultery. They were both com
mitted to await an examination, to-morrow, at the Po
lice Court. The woman is much the elder of the two,
and appeared quite indifferent when taken to the jail,
while her lover, a rural bumpkin of the first water,
seemed deeply depressed by the sudden change in his
fortune.
lofty Patriotism.
We publish to-day, in another place, the circular of
the “ Southern Matron,” over her own proper signa
ture, announcing the terms of the agreement by which
that very patriotic, magnanimous, and immaculate gen
tleman now in possession of the tomb of Washington,
binds himself to permit Mount Vernon to become the
property of the Nation, and a sort oi Mecca for pilgrims
from all parts of the world, who cherish a profound ven
eration and a lively gratitude for the virtues and the
services of him, who, in life, was “first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
We are pleased that this honored spot has been se
cured upon any terms, and well appreciate the energy
and devotion with which the “ Southern Matron” and
her coadjutors have pursued this patriotic object; but we
cannot permit to pass without puttingupon
record our detestation of the conduct of the owner of the
property, in thus extorting usurious gain, and making
merchandize of the bones of his illustrious ancestor.
The terms he exacted at the final agreement, for the sale
were such as even Shylock, the usurer of Venice, would
have deemed unworthy ofhis profession.
For two hundred acres of land, which, disassociated
from the name and without the ashes of Washington,
might possibly be worth fifty dollars per acre, he asked
the moderate sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars—
thus making a profit of about $190,000 on the tomb oi
the mighty dead. But this was not all. He even hag
gled about the interest on deferred payments, and this
question, it appears, sometime delayed, the consumma
tion of the arrangement.
The terms of the purchase, as will be seen by refer
ence to Miss Cunningham’s statement, were as follows:
Eighteen thousand dollars of the purchase money was to
be paid down, and the remainder in four equal annual
installments with interest added, for which, bonds are
to be given, the vendor to remain in possession and
make title to the property only when the last bond is paid.
This is really a “drive” ofexceeding sharpness; a lit
tle cuter than we ever before heard of being attempted
even in Yankeedom. To demand more than a hundred
times the actual value of property, and then exact inter
est on the deferred payments while retaining title and
possession, is certainly a most extraordinary procedure
—an exaction to which, with all deferrence, we think
the managers of the Mount Vernon Association ought
not to have submitted. What think our readers of such
a man—we regret that he bears the name of Washing
ton —after drivingsuch a bargain, actually prating about
accommodations, magnanimity and patriotism ! That
we may do no injustice, we permit him to speak for
himself. Here is his letter to the agents of Miss Cun
ningham, which we transfer from its place in her ad
dress to grace our editorial column, and parts of which
we have placed in italics. We hope our readers will be
edified in its perusal:
Richmond, April 7, 1858.
Gentlemen : In the negotiations you have recently
concluded with me, in behalfof the Ladies’ Association,
for the purchase of Mount Vernon, the payment of inter
est on the deferred installments from the date of the con
tracts, while I retained possession of the property, was
the only serious difficulty between us.
Having satisfied you that I could not yield this point,
you finally conceded it.
As the contract is now closed, and I believe in a satis
factory way to both parties, it affords me pleasure to
say to you, that if the Association meets its engage
ments with me on the Ist of January, 1859, and thinks
proper to pay, and does pay, the other deferred install
ments on or before the 22d day of February, 1859, as you
inform me they will probably be both willing and able
to do, it is my intention, in that case, to remit to the As
- all the interest on all the deferred payments.
This 1 shall be willing to do, partly as an inducement
to the Association to obtain possession of Mount Ver
non at an early day, but more particularly as anevidence
of my appreciation of the motives that have actuated the
Ladies’ Association in the cause it has undertaken.
I have the honor to be, gentlemen, with the highest
respect, your obedient servant,
JOHN A. WASHINGTON.
To William H. McFarland, Esq., and Gen. A. A. Chap
man.
That is to say, Mr. John A. Washington, in the exu
berance of his patriotism and generosity, and as an evi
dence of his appreciation of the efforts of the ladies, will,
if the whole $200.000 —with the interest up to that time—
shall be paid down by the 22d of February, 1859, gra
ciously remit the interest which would have accrued had
not payment of the bonds, not yet due, been anticipated.
In other words, Mr. Washington thinks—mind, he does
not positively promise that he will not charge the ladies
interest on the money they may pay into his hands, and
of which he will have the use, provided it all comes at
once; and that he will—within a reasonable time there
after—give up the property which they have purchased
at so exorbitant a rate.
Really, this exhibition of magnanimity is quite too
much for us—our pen cannot do justice to the subject.
John A. Washington has doubtless immortalized him
self in this transaction, but whether his fame will be
such asjust men might envy, is a question for posterity
to determine.— Mobile Advertiser.
“Su thing Per-ma-ncnt.”
The Knickerbocker Magazine is responsible for the
following:
One pleasant Sunday in Glasgow, a stalwart High
landman entered a drug store, or apothecary’s shop, and
said:
“ Have ye any spirits or alcohol ? All the shops are
closed, and canna get a quaigh o’ Glenlivat or Islay;
I’m sair thirsty. Canna ye gie me a wee drap o’ som
thin’ warmin’?”
It really seemed a hard case ; and the good-hearted
apothecary helped him to what he supposed to be an un
commonly stiff horn of pure spirit of alcohol. The man
drank it off'; gave him one wild look; spread his two
hands suddenly over the abdominal portion of his per
son, and immediately vacated the premises. The apoth
ecary was startled: “What was the matter?” He
took down the vessel from which he had poured the de
vouring fluid, and found that he had given the man, in
mistake, a bumper of aqua fortis ! He was half fright
ened to death! The man had left his hat behind him,
and the apothecary, bear-headed, rushed out with it in
his hand, his hair flying in the wind, and made hot pur
suit after the fugitive. But he was hopelessly gone.
What a life of anxiety the poor fellow lived for some
three months ! He was afraid to open the daily newspa
pers, lest he should see recorded the mysterious and
melancholy death of his victim in the public streets.
At length, his fear, however, died away. Nothing was
heard from the missing sufferer, until six months from
the event: when, one Sunday riiorning, who should walk
into his shop, but the identical individual himself!
“ Have you got,” said he, to the astonished apothe
cary, “have you got any more of that liquor you sold
me the last time I was here? If you have, give me a
horn. I never tasted anything like it. It went right to
the spot! Why, it lasted me a fortnight! No reduction
about that fluid!”
But the apothecary contented himsell this time, by
giving his returned customer a glass of pure spirits, and
his old hat which he had left the time before.
. Gas!” * * “The new depot is tobe fully sup
plied with gas-light by the opening of the Southern
Convention.” — [Montgomry Advertiser.
We have always been aware ot the tact that these
Conventions generated great quantities of “gas” of the
Buncombe quality, but we can’t say it has really given
much light. We are glad, however, to learn the con
trary from the Advertiser, and that “the new depot is
to be fully supplied with gas light by the opening of the
Southern Convention.” Wc hope the opening of said
Convention will accomplish something that will not be
limited to the lighting of the “now depot, although
that will not only ben miracle, but will be a little more
than such Conventions have ever done beiore.— [Dallas
Gazette.
More Attempts at Assassination.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times, speaks
of the discovery ot anew plot to assassinate the Empe
ror of the French, and says that one of the highest and
most confidential functionaries of Louis. Napoleon ad
vised a friend, a foreigner, settled in Paris, not to identi
fy his fortunes with France, nor stay there, for the Em-
Earor’s existence is an all but an impossible one, and he
as lost faith in his own preservation. Avery improb
able story, but it may be the fact. It is next to a mira
cle, but still possible, for a Paris correspondent ol a
London newspaper comes to blunder upon the truth. 1
[Written for the Georgia Temperance Crusader.]
Hesperia, Ga. Monday, April 3, 1858.
’ Dear Seals: Uncle Dabney has just been writing a
letter to Geo. J. Loyd, Esq., of Columbus, which is so
beautiiully done, and tells some items about our anni
versary meeting on Saturday so well, that I make an
extract for the Crusader.
“I got your letler on my way to old Jefferson. Well,
now for my visit here: We had a grand day at the Gi
braltar ot Temperance in Georgia—more people out
than ever-. It was May day, and and every
scene: the singing of birds, the springing of flowers,
bouquets and serene sky, galaxy of beauty, Hauser’s
choir, led by his noble, majestic form, procession, Seal’s
eloquent, telling speech at 11 o’clock, the charming pic
nic, groups of children gambolling in the grove, the
whole combined, rendered the Ist of May, 1858, one of
the most memorable days in the history of temperance
in Georgia. No wonder you so much desired to be with
us!
Dinner over; the music at the stand summoned the
people to hear another address, viz: from ‘ Uncle Dab
ney.’ Well, I did the best I could; but I tell you, it
was a hard task to go down from the Mount ofTemper
ance that day, spread out with flowers glittering with
dew-drops, and dwell awhile among liquor-shops, still
houses— talk about delirium tremens , death , misery and
ruin. It would have been much more pleasant to have
been silent, looking upon a scene in miniature of what
Georgia might be, if dram-shops, poisoned liquor, &c.
were banished from her borders. But I have to do my
duty. The results of the day’s work were 21 additions
to the Division, and 16 subscribers to the Crusader with
the money. Our friend Seals had to leave for home be
fore my address came off. I presume you will see an
account in his paper up to the time of his leaving. The
above was my eighth anniversary address before Bald
win Raiford Division, and the public in the southern
part of Jefferson County.”
Truly, in L. P. & F.,
D. P. JONES.
To the above extract, I beg leave to add that Uncle
Dabney, after his very efficient labors on Saturday,
preached to, us, at Bethany Camp Ground, on Sunday.
And, sir, could you have seen that large, attentive,
weeping audience, listening gladly for one hour-and a
half in that sultry church-room, no doubt you would
have thought, with a brother who spoke to me after the
sermon, that the old man can preach the gospel better
than he can temperance; and everybody knows what
he is in this cause. I name this to silence, if possible,
certain tight-mouthed, sanctimonious Pharisees, who
croak it out wherever they go, that lecturing on tem
perance has ruined Uncle Dabney as a preacher. The
old gentleman delivered us one of the most effective dis
courses that I have heard from that pulpit for years.
He did the. like five or six years ago. He has preached
for us but twice in 9 years. W. H.
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor: Three weeks ago, the Senior Class of
Mercer University—accompanied by Prof. Willet—visi
ted Major Cooper’s iron works in Cass County. Please
give place in your columns to the following “descrip
tion of scenery”—account of the iron works and inci
dents of travel:
Passing, by railroad, from Greenesboro’ to Atlanta,
a fine view can be obtained of the Stone Mountain.
Georgia, perhaps, presents no natural curiosity so well
calculated, as this mountain, to fill the mind of him who
observes it lor the first time, with emotions at once no
vel and sublime. Towering hundreds of feet above the
level of the surrounding country, it stands out at once
an emblem of majesty, and a proof of the power of God
who placed it there. Black, naked and almost perpen
dicular, it, in a measure, repels the eye by its awful as
pect. It is, in fact, one of those master-pieces of crea
tion which God has scattered over the” earth, as if to
please by the contrast which it exhibits. Like jewels,
such sights arc unveiled rarely, and produce their full
effect only upon the devout worshipper of nature.
Passing up the State Road from Atlanta to Etowah,
the scenery increased in magnificence. Though whirled
along at railroad speed, one cannot fail to observe land
scape after landscape of the most ravishing beauty.
Among other objects of note, may be mentioned the
Kenesaw Mountain, and the cliffs of the Blue Ridge—
former to be seen just above Marietta, and the latter,
from various points along the road. ‘Viewed in the
dim distance, and clothed in the azure of Heaven, few
objects arc more beautiful than those cliffs of the Blue
Ridge. They are, however, only one of the many ob
jects which are as monuments to the benevolence of
God, who has seen fit, in such ways, to minister to
man’s love of the beautiful.
Etowah River, with the scenery on its banks, was a
fitting place for the end of our journey. Woman, the
last work of the Creator, was the fairest and best of
them all. So with this river and its scenery. Beauti
ful as was that we had already seen, this was even more
so. It was, in a measure, the cap-stone in the beauti
ful arch which we had that day witnessed. The finish
ing touch of the Great Artist seemed now to have been
given, and all that was beautiful and grand and glori
ous in scenery, lay stretched out before us. As the cars
passed slowly over the bridge which spans the river at
that place, no observer, as he beholds on all sides of him
in magnificient confusion—beauty after beauty, and
glory upon glory, to an extent never before conceived
of by him, can resist the conclusion that He who made
it all, is a being most fertile in conception, and glorious
in execution. Washington Irving, in a moment of en
thusiastic admiration of its beauties, thanked God that
he was born on the banks of the Hudson. One equally
sensible with Irving to the beauties of nature, and with
an intellect as highly cultivated, would be as devoutly
thankful that his birth-place was upon the banks of the
Etowah.
* This excursion gave rise to numcrousincidents which
convulsed us with laughter, and if well told, cannot fail
to amuse the reader. On Monday morning, April 19th,
we took the cars on the G. R. R. at Greenesboro’. A
few minutes after we were “all aboard,” a member of
our party, preterring the cool, fresh air, stepped out
upon the platform to ride; he had scarcely become com
fortably fixed, when the conductor, passing by, gently
tapped him on the shoulder, and politely informed him
that he was violating one of the regulations of the road.
Our friend, who is as verdant as possible, and “game”
as verdant, became quite indignant, and looking angrily
into the face of the conductor, said, in his listing way:
“If I fall off and get kilt, then I do it on my own spon
thibility; and I want you to ’tend to your own bithness
and give me a certificate that you wont sue my father’s
estate if I get hurt.” It seems that he thought that a
person’s getting hurt upon a railroad, would injure its
reputation for safety, and render him liable to prosecu
tion. If he had received an injury whilst travelling, he
would doubtless have supposed that he was Li recover
ing damages.”
At Atlanta, we took the cars on the State Road, and
went up to Etowah, where we found an up-country
friend waiting with conveyances to carry us to the iron
works. Here we found what claimed to be a hotel, but
what bore a more striking resemblance to a livery sta
ble in a one-horse town. Seeing that there was no al
ternative, and believing that what must be must he, we
“put up” at this house, and set all the available force,
from our landlord down to his little “darter,” to manu
facturing biscuits and slicing and counting out ham.
After we had rested and occupied an hour or so in ex
amining the iron works, night came on and supper was
annouced. We got through this meal like folks get to
the better world: through “trials and tribulations.”
As soon as supper was finished, we inspected our sleep
ing apartment., finding that if we passed the night here,
we should probably be locked not in the arms of Moi
pheus, but in the less gentle arms of some of those vigi
lant watchmen of the night, that arc usually stationed
in hotels, we struck out in search ot other and more
comfortable quarters. These, we found in the house of
Mr. F , who is connected with the works. The
house being small, we were put upon the floor—four in
a bed—fatigued by the day’s travels, we soon were
“among the things that were”—asleep. Next morn
ing, we had a capital breaktast. A few hours after
breakfast were spent in wandering about over the hills
and in watching the manufacturing of iron. About ten
o clock, when we were assembled at the house, one of
our party—a gallant and romantic young man- —pro-
posed to Nancy— a lovely daughter of our friend, Mr.
“ I will es you'll ax mammy to cook dinner for me.”
Nancy cooked dinner, and no flowers were gathered.
At dinner, the old lady was quite loquacious. While
lamenting the misfortune of being so frequently absent
from her husband, she east a long, lingering look at one
of the handsomest of our crowd and said : “Es they
don’t quit keepin’ my old man away from me so much,
I reckin I’ll be oblecged to marry agin.” His appetite
just at this time being very keen, his meal was soon
finished.
Dinner having been disposed of, we ordered our teams
and proceeded to Cartersville. The route led through a
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rough and uneven country, where the rocks are soahun
dant that they sow their wheat the same as in themoun
tainous regions of Vermont , viz : with a rifle. Tues
day night, the company stopped at the above men
tioned village. The dullness of the time was lessened
by the diverting blunders of the young man who had
the difficulty with the conductor. I will tell one as it
was told to me, by a person whose veracity no one
would question. He said that he saw the aforesaid
young man endeavoring to purchase cotton from'a light
ning-rod seller.
From Cartersville, we came on home next morning.
We had quite a pleasant journey ; but nothing occurred
worthy of mention, except a laughable mistake made in
registering our names at the dinner-house. The person
who registered them being voracious and in a hurry,
accidentally put them on the book containing the names
of the railroad hands. Our names are yet there, by the
side of those greasy sons of Africa, and smutty Irish
men.
One who has never witnessed the operations of smelt
ing and rolling of iron, must have a very indefinite idea
of the process. In order to have a correct understand
ing of the modus operandi, one must have either inspec
ted them, or else, have a very minute description given
to him.
The iron in common use with us, is reduced to this
state at two separate and distinct sets of mills. The
massive granite of chimney in which the iron is separa
ted from the ore, is about 25 feet high, and at the bot
tom, 20 feet square, gradually contracting, until at the
top it is drawn in to 10 feet. At the bottom, the floor
of which is laid with the most refractory sandstone, is a
reservoir 5 feet long, 3 feet deep, which receives the
melted metal descending from the top. This reservoir
will contain one and a half tons of the metal.
Immediately above the melted metal, are the tuyere
pipes pouring in a constant draft of wind. This draft
comes some distance through a pipe under ground, lead
ing from two large drum-heads, into which the air is
pumped by water power. Above the place ol the me
tal, the walls, composed of sandstone, are perpendicu
lar to the height of five feet. After this, the walls, which
are now made of fine brick, bend outward, forming an
inclined plan somewhat resembling a mill-hopper.—
This form continues for the space of several leet, when
they again bend inward, gradually becoming round to
ward the top.
Nearer the top, the side walls are made of iron pieces
cemented together, and the aperture becomes smaller
until it i3 2J feet in diameter. The furnace is charged
at the top. Common charcoal put in first, then the iron
ore, varying from 20 to 40 per cent, metal, mixed with
lime. ‘1 his is alternately repeated, until the furnace is
filled, and as fast as the iron melts it is refilled. The
object of the coal is, to furnish fuel; and of the lime, to
unite with all the substances that may be present, ex
cept the iron, forming gloss. The principal use made
of this gloss, which forms as a scum on the surface, is
to give a glaze to earthenware.
In front of the chimney is an aperture ten iches
square, furnishing the only access to the melted metal.
When “pigs,” as they are called, are to be moulded, a
trench is opened up to this aperture, leading off to the
moulds, which are nothing more than trenches made in
sand. When pots, ovens, &c. are to be made, the me
tal is taken out in large dippers and poured into the
moulds, which are made of iron or wood, and filled with
sand. These must be re-arranged and re-filled each
time.
It is surprising to see the skill attained by the work
men in this department; it being the most delicate part
of the process. Few men have nerves sufficiently
steady to do this work. This furnace is kept in con
stant blast—night and day, Sunday’s included—until it
needs repair, which is once in 12 or 18 months.
The iron, in the pig metal state, is now taken to the
rolling mills 4 miles below. It is here put into horizon
tal furnaces, of which there are several, and heated up
to about 300 degrees, when it assumes a pasty condi
tion ; meanwhile, the coal, which is bituminous, is care
fully preserved from immediate contact with the iron,
lest it should be injured by the action of sulphur and
phosphorus, the greatest enemies of iron. When it has
assumed this pasty consistency, it is then rolled up into
large balls and carried, in immense tongs or holders
connected by a chain to a wheel running upon a sus
pended railway, to a very large trip hammer. A rail
way proceeds from each furnace to this hammer. By
this piece of machinery, driven by water power, it is
beaten out into square cylinders. It is then taken to a
set of grooved iron rollers, and rolled into long, rough
bars. These bars are then dragged off and permitted
to cool; after which they are carried to a large pair of
shearers, and cut into pieces 18 inches long.
From this place, they are taken to a second set of
furnaces, and several of these pieces welded together,
being heated to a much higher degree than in the first.
After being sufficiently heated, they are taken out and
carried to a second set of grooved rollers. Having
passed through several of these, they arc dragged offand
filled up, the process being completed.
The rollers are horizontal, one being above the other.
The interval between them varies, as also the size and
shape ot the grooves, according to the size and form of
iron wanted. These furnaces not being allowed to cool,
except on Sundays, two sets of hands arc required—one
for the day, the other for the night, alternately. The
whole machinery is kept constantly in action, Irom Sun
day night—twelveo’clock—until Saturday night, twelve
o’clock. The power by whichit is driven, is thatofwa
ter, the works being situated upon Etowah River, and
constant streams are running in to cool utensils, gud
geons, etc.
The division of labor is carried to a surprising extent,
each man having hisparticularduty assigned him. The
.present means of access to these works are rather poor
and inconvenient, the road being extremely bad. This
evil, however, will soon be remedied, as a railroad is in
progress, by Major Cooper, uniting with the State Road
at Etowah Depot.
For the energy and ability displayed by Major Coop
er in this laudable enterprise, he certainly deserves the
approbation and esteem ofhis fellow-citizens.
Penfield, JSlay Sth, 1858. TRES.
A “Man” Biting a Woman’s Tongue Off.
An extraordinary act of ferocity, says the emancipa
tion of Brussels, was perpetrated two nights ago in this
city. A policeman, whiie on duty in the Rue des
Tanneurs, saw a woman of bad character enter the pas
sage of a honse, accompanied by a man. The officer
continued his round, and on returning a few minutes
after, met the woman with blood streaming from her
mouth, and apparently suffering greatppin. She made the
officer understand more by signs than words, for she could
scarcely utter a an articulate sound, that a dispute had
arisen between her and the man, during which he seized
her by the throat, and when, in almost a state of suffo
cation. she put her tongue out, the ruffian’ seized it be
tween his teeth and actually bit the half of it off. The
woman was conveyed to the hospital, and on the officer
afterwards proceeding with a lantern to the passage, he
found the part of the woman’s tongue, which the savage
had spit out. The man in consequence of the descrip
tion given of him by the female, has been arrested, and
what makes the matter more extraordinary is that
he is the father -of a family and enjoyed an excellent
character.
A Discriminating Jugde. —The police court of the
thriving town of B , in Maine, which boasts a hay
rivaling that, of Naples, is presided over by one Judge
W , who is something of a wag as well as a law
yer. On one occasion, while enjoying a post-prandial
“ feast of reason ancl flow of soul” with some of the
ihe jolly fellows of that region, the Judge was sum-:
moned to the court room, to try an Irishman, arrested
for drunkenness. Having heard the testimony, which
clearly proved the crime, the Judge asked the accused:
“ Have you any frien.ds?” “ No, your honor.” Judge
W ,“Haveyou any money?” “No,yourhonor.”
“Then,” said Judge W , “if you have no friends
and no money, I must proceed to pronounce the sentence
of the Court., which is, that you be imprisoned for thirty
days in the House of Correction—and may God have
mercy on your soul.
An AMOilis.lierf litterateur.
One of our distinguished literateurs, since the break
ing out of the great revival, was invited to spend the
evening in a select compliny at the house of a common
friend. At the appointed hour, our friend went, expect
ing to meet a few kendred spirits, and to enjoy the de
lights of literary and! scientific conversation. As he en
tered the room, he thought he detected an air ot re
straint and solemnity on the countenances of those who
had assembled, the effect of which was not at all dimin
ished by one of the number breaking the oppressive si
lence with the retna,rk : “ I see we have present with us
a distinguished liter ary gentleman, and I doubt not all
of us would be gladt o join him in a petition to the Throne
of Grace. Let us ytav. 1 ” At once every eye was di
rected towards tho unfortunate literateur, who, although
an eminently moral man, was rather unaccustomed to
vocal prayer. While trying to think of some courteous
phrase in which to decline the unexpected invitation,
nis embarrassment was heightened by seeing the whole
company kneel, as if it was a settled thing that he was
to lead in prayer. ‘Seeing the condition .of things, no
other alternative was Test him than to pray as best he
could. It is enough to say that the company were ed
ified, and that the victim is careful, before accepting an
invitation to a party, to ascertain whether or not he is
expected to lead in pray er. — N. Y. Evening Post.
George Sand, the celebrated French author
ess and socialist, has retired to spend the re
mainder of her days in convent.
NEWS-HOME AND FOREIGN,
FORRICiN NOTINGS. ‘
General New*.
By the arrival of the Steamship Ariel, at New York,
it ia announced that the mammoth iron steamship, the
Leviathan, will be completed theensuing autumn. She
will only make a few trips to the United States, and
will then go into the India trade.
The Servian ministry have all resigned.
The complications in European affairs are increas
ing.
Austria is concentrating troops on the Sardinian fron
tiers.
Placentia is in a slate of siege.
A change ofMinistry in Portugal is expected.
The news from India states that the Governor Gen
eral has been urging the inhabitants to submit to the
demands rtf the government.
Sir Collin Campbell had returned to Lucknow.
Nena Sahib’s retreat hud been stormed, but he had
escaped.. itH’;“l ■■ .
An imperial edict had been issued in China, declar
ing that Yell had appointed a successor to settle the
dispute with the governments of the allied powers.
In France, the Bernard sensation was subsiding.
Experiments in England with the telegraph cable
nave resulted very satisfactorily.
HOME AFFAIRS.
Death of Senator E vans, of S. C.
Washington, May 7.—Senator Evans, ol South Car
olina, died last night at one o’clock, from a disease of
the heart. He was in his seat in the Senate yester
day.
Washington New*.
Washington, May 7.—The Senate adjourned to-day
out of respect to the memory of the Hon. Josiah J.
Evans, Senator from South Carolina, who died last
night. The Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, (former rep
resentative from the eighth congressional district of
North Carolina) was sworn in as Senator.
In the House, the resignation of Clingman was an
nounced. The House then adjourned out ol respect to
the memory of the Hon. Josiah J. Evans.
High Waters.
New Orleans, May 6. —The crevasse opposite this
city is in full force, and the rivers above are rising,
causing incalculable damage.
It is rumored that an open rupture has taken place
between President Buchanan, and Senator Pugh of
Ohio, respecting the appointments in that State.
Mathew Johnson is appointed Marshal of Northern
Ohio, in place of Fitch.
John Strickland, who married a lady in Dalton a few
weeks since, was arrested in that place last week un
der the charge of bigamy, and lodged in jail. It ap
peared that he had a wife at or near Rome, Ga. He
was tried yesterday morning, convicted and sentenced
to four yearsimprisonmen l ii the Penitentiary.—Augus
ta Dispatch.
On Sunday morning, March 28, four men en
tered Grasby, Newton county, Missouri, on foot, with
out baggage of any kind ; they were shabbily dressed, and
three of them were armed with two revolvers each—one
with a Sharpe’s rifle. An hour afterward, Alfred Bryson
a citizeh of Granby, returned there fromMaysville, Ark.
One of the United States deputy marshals of Arkansas
gave Bryson a description of four horse theives, answer
ing to the description of these four men precisely. Their
conduct during the day being suspicious, at about five
o’clock the citizens determined On arresting them. For
this purpose a number of citizens repaired to the Granby
House and informed the men that they intended to ar
rest them. Three of them quietly surrendered, but the
fourth drew a revolver, cocked, backed up into a corner
and raised it to fire ; but F. M. Lewis, deputy sheriff,
fired and killed him instantly. The other three said it
was all right; that he was a, desperate man. Next
morning they confessed they were horse thieves, and
had been in Kansas. They were from Tennessee. The
man killed had on his person SI,OOO, two revolvers, and
a memorandum book. The other three were pinioned
and started for Arkansas.
England and France-
The position of England on the Suez canal question,
and on that of Perim, is exciting a good deal of dissat
isfaction in France. The speech of Mr. Disraeli, on
the Suez canal shows that the new Cabinet, like that
which has just gone out, is opposed to this project.
Again, the English are fortifying the island of Perim,
an island which as much belongs to Turkey as Cuba
does to Spain, but which lies in a position of immense
advantage to England as a strategic point. This strat
egical position of Perim is the only excuse that can be
offered by the English for its seizure and fortification,
and with this argument England could not withhold
her approbation ofthe seizure of Cuba by the United
States. Situated in the mouth of the Red sea, this
island, well fortified, would neutralize the dangers from
France if the Suez canal were executed, and it would
defend the approach from that side against India from
all powers. The Point, therefore, was too important
to be lost, and the persistence with which the English
Cabinet or journals refuse to talk on the subject shows
that it was a seizure clearly in the category of fillibus
terism. French diplomacy is doing its best at Con
stantinople to induce the Turkish Government to make
a formal demand on England for the evacuation of the
place.
A Christian’* Reflection on Death.
I would not give one moment’s enjoyment of the calmi
serenity which pervades my mind when thinking of
death for lives spent in gaiety and mirth. Death! ‘how
soothing the thought as it gently steals over me ! Why
should I wish to linger here? Earth’s charms are few.
Go hence my spirit, and dwell in the bright, peaceful
land above. Thy loved ones will ere long meet thee 1
there. Death may seize my feeble frame, but it will
free my sad spirit, and let it go to be with God and tlm
Lamb forever. Ah ! sweet and soothing thought, that
I will soon see my Savior t Look up my soul to heaven
—no longer tarry—the angels are calling thee away.
Bend my knee once more ere my spirit wing 9 forever
its homeward flight! Hark! that angelic sound, whence
comes it? It summons thee my soul, to tune thy golden
lyre to hymns of praise. The hour has come, and now
one long farewell till we meet in the courts above.
The following brief article, clipped from a Phil
adelphia paper, has been handed us with a request that
it be inserted in our columns:
Prayer-Meetings ajiong Episcopalians.— ln St.
Paul’s Church, Philadelphia, (Rev. Dr. Newton’s) a
prayer-meeting is held daily at twelve o’clock, conduct
ed very much in the same manner as that at Jayne’s
Hall. Extempore prayer and exhortations, with sing
ing, all very brief, are the exercises. According to the
Protestant Churchman, a meeting of the same general
character, but more comprehensive in some respects, is
held in the Church Ascension, New York. The Com
mercial Advertiser says:
It is remarked that as to the mode of conducting the
services, the ice has been fairly broken, and the experi
ment of preaching and exhorting, without reciting all,,
from ‘ Dearly beloved ’ down to the ‘lesser benediction,’
has been happily made. At all the services alarge body
of worshippers were present.
We are happy to see that one of the good effects of
the present times is to induct our good Episcopal breth
ren into the use of extempore prayer.
Hill IIH1US:
DISSOLUTION.
THE firm of COE & LATIMER is this day dis
-L solved by mutual consent. H. A. COE,
Greenesboro, May Ist, 1858 J. S. LATIMER.
The practice will be continued by J. S. & C. S. LA
TIMER, who will visit Oxford, Penfield, White Plains
and Mount Zion, of which due notice will be given in
the -Crusader and Gazette. Permanent office in
Greenesboro. May 13, 1858-tfjan.
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST,
W OULD ‘ n^orm I“ s fiends that he
will be back in November and attend
to his engagements at White Plains, Mt.
Zion, Oxford and Penfield. May 13, 1858-tfjan
EORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—W li ere a s
William English, administrator upon the estate of
Ann E. English, deceased, petitions the Court of Ordi-*
nary of said county for letters dismissory from said es
tate: , , . , „
These arc therefore to cue 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:
December next, to show cause (if any they have) why
said administrator should not then be discharged.
Given under my hand at office in Greenesboro, Mary
10th, 1858. EUGENIUS L. KING, Ord.
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.-Whereas
vJ Thomas R. Thornton and William A. Overton,
administrators upon the estate of Vincent R. Thornton,
deceased, petition the Court of Ordinary cf 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
administrators should not be discharged at the Court of
Ordinary to be held in and for said county, on the first
Monday in December next.
Given under my hand at office in Greenesboro, May
10th, 1858. EUGENIUS L. KING, Ord.
EORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—W hore as
V*’ Philip B. Robinson, administrator upon the estate
of George P. Nickelson, deceased, petitions the Court
of Ordinary for said county for letters Dismissory from
said estate:
Thfse are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
concerned, to show cause (if any they have) why said
administrator should not be discharged t the Court of
Ordinary to be held in and for said county on the first
Monday in December next.
Given under my hand at office in Greenesboro, May
10th, 1858 EUGENIUS L. KING, Ord.