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■ fie Jesap Sentinel Office to thajfsup Hcase, fronting Broad on Coerrjr street, t«ru doors from Hi. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. m T, P LITTLEFIELD. Subscription Rates. (Postage Prepaid.) One year. $2 00 Sir month*,.,. i 00 ■I Three months,.. 10 Advertising Rat.es. Per Rfj jsre, first Insertion..................... $1 00 Per square, each sat,sequent insertion. 75 .-Wir^spccia! rates to yearly and large ad trsrtewrs. TOWN DIRECTORY, town mmmm OmtiirthiiiHi H*y j T.....W. H. W ha lari f «y 1, i »a « Ularr, &. w. W P. MUid>V»ij Br>a O .»t Chirk and .Bmnn Oo. Mxte 'liAl ■ 3. L. frail COUNTV OFITOEBS, Ordi uarv-~lt t-hartl Ii Hopp* Sfer ifl—J D R T»x Cterk Superior ......i Con«—-Bsiij. H O Middleton UiuieaterriW R'-■ . -.*!isr. T<>* E C U it', S ir •ryot—^ -.1- ii S,:.<)U Couatv ! »i» r Hn Simiwy. Conn.* r—G KoSfcM* Superior nraliuB, Judge; Court, Wayne W ennoty--- Hi mil, »K I.f-i rtiii 1 Geosm!. S«pUO-S tedd ou SoHrm luda la Ma eh tw.l' hsgteuibvr.' BA XLl '.Y, < i EOJRG-IA Ar ruxo Con nr* Office-us. Shentt— Ordinary--SU*» 1.1!, <3 A. k. Crosby. ** Onaaty Cieik-— w, W, Graham. Tax ’frnexurer—N Rsceivvr—J. - Wea J. theriy. Davis. Tex C*'ll«cior—siln* Roberson. County Cm-imer—L. Johnwra, County C-jaaiisHoners—- B. McEactun, John O, ffttrt, Wat, G. Stewart, jarae# War# aook, Lhani Carter, < ountr I'omnilss f.t!'r*-lahaoi It-ddlaH, (.’ 'ose w, S stir-iewn- V. C. Grr* < 1 ii,ir,.n H *ai« aj<« u*g vj the K nr4 * laauary, .sprii, Jalj a-sti TBADKKS HI 1,1,, Ci /v. CHt*//r<>s ccuisTf f.rr; ■K8S. tlr<lic*rj — H- i en Batobar Sheriff—J«h» breok*. tlerk—J. b. heatos. Court Calendar. Echols—Becond Mondays iu March anil Bcjitwiiiier. Appling—Third Monday in March mil September. Wayne—Fourth Monday in March sad Hep ember. Pi«rce—First Monday ia April ami October, Ware—Sawad Monday in April and O*. to her. Cdnek— Tuesday after third Monday in A pul nud October. * Coffee -Taesdsy sfter fourth Monday in April and Ccwher. * MoBd **°° n * 7 10 OtS.M-Th VMrUou xhint to Moadw Moadiv in m Mav an and A V No- •> i misTer. j <8?W« Fourth Monday iu M ' and No- 1 ~"rr THE JESI P -HOUSE. Cow Btoi J ESUP. Grlv ) I {.( i IA InrrcUm AtJsLaUe and Out #ud jtlacon aud Brunn-. wick E&Si • fas uwotton of VSk ttrr> Hi» ouWlr i« *fre lsdn*MW. re* . ff It!; thnii 'by ti* - It, tha ioi/at: » th; 3* *i«l e | 'h!. ;; y a *1 Tte b VoiernuS iniMso; tin',1 » Sa,.i i v * ivV w ft* -r«ry cuiutori ai * fir tixiteh ***«<■» *1!» J,«1 t! •> Hf *>ifle .Vetli ",B (:*>»!•; <>.> *t,«- S*«,b»1MsS1i: !»» thr Uwi 8T. I.,f Iil-iK.4* iUm«i \ r to i vniuiT. * v b* « fexturr* of f.h« Jtnup 1 ' I' ir. -ijDtrt*•'.)’ -fie MijteHV « ..'J; •p- m ***JS m : wi! busily Ry p •! <.*«• m 5 a wiii MSS* ota'M tp. UntCFlEta. Funp;« f ~r Another HMoriml Idol Broken Mr. Emil Gorisweller, the Arabic schol¬ ar, of Basle, has been breaking in pieces another of the idols of children In hw j university and M> lectures literature Upegl he found , Arabian ... himself Jutre ’ guage t t j face to face with » certain Harun Ar- i of raschid, the whole who is world, no oth-i Haroun than al the Raschid. favorite | i of the " Arabian Nights.” The leane d j Doctor sav% that the polished, sagacious and kiiidM potentate of the " Ihotwand and One .Nrgkte was by no means so pleasant, actual history vn-v, and he amiable is token a character to he by m as ail the boys and girls in Ohmu-ndon and Islam, who know him only from lua panegyrical and inexhaustible portrait book. in that The great charming Cal iph was neither such a lover of right ; •ousness nor so beloved by hi* people a* ; we used to fancy. He to the full the ciiaractenstio fault* of those Or- | featal despots whose humor is their only i law. His far-famed generosity wae but the reversed ride., like Robin Hood’s at a boundless system of spoliation and rob tBsult- bery, The very slightest preteuae of an g an set of negligence on the part ofwrvolbii, rich subject* was made by Haroun al Raschid an excuse for whole sale confleatum of the wealthy offender n property. No Bmnaa <» Byxantate I’aisar wa* ever more relentless in the execution of his arbitrary decrees. It is easy enoph, teiate, to however, djseover the Dr. Teascinwbyhiv Ooeswellcr fame con and hw virtues arepainted in such glow • tngeotor# to toe writer of legend*. First ly, be was the^ last caliph who bad held toe Empire together Uirtrogh genuine wmtA 'pcmvt, and who possessed the%ae os ^ oijm ru*m . Litder it eaiipliR who him, oForvthaiig mt out of punt. Beooudly, he fully utiffi>r»toxl the *T! !!?P « ^ standing web will, the poeta hrol and phasant scholar*, bir and wm»m he always a manner ojwn purse. *-ven in the Are bum Nights, howev.-r, i.repikMtf JiHir jiiu,! g.’-Ti o !• u, i. nUitvibio wfiil wlrnt reidv^di’ihilif sophist* Vv,a crown L lawyers and casuistical of in favor of the inclination* of tio* dcso-u —London Globe Tm Emoreian compkely^ mightv hunter-thougf thj W.ush when he he, is up account of day’s comparing ahobtiag his meager a with the re ga’ Knees, bags made by tbs Indian FeriugW Itejalisand British Inrtte. or even These by the to ica. exertion, and consequently may t* phy#- less puyBicsI battue* of improvement, tL East in the monster tear, in our more homaiy tel and vigorous sports, lmt the to deed is sbmcthifig Six very thirty-,!* magnificent in- 14fi tiger*,, 3.2(tb buffaloes, Hteki pigs and detw»the aum of a Ottoman', shading. iie 8es«® frutmi VOi, v. arry.K xi umtmi. Ommta)" m* H*rrv,tor.. * ui my Ami 0ei«MiB« n* 4 , *nd l tw* mom were oomforuts.y _ j rsi *t3i hTitl* » aa*t*r, *> I thoughtra t» jo», friend, know, what m%i I d > vmi, Aft » : you better do. Wml Mi Tarried,-eb ? TooV« &sm» too t»t* ! X wit-b «’d called lx ms fore; Tis uni^ee* wib m tb te horse has gone.to shu; the eist bis door l hoy, Wh«t cjm*t be cured, the proverb old as usl . I k»o w her temper ! QC‘ at one*, and get year life O.Y THK RAILWAY BRIDGE. " A letter for you, -ir !” I broke the seal with real anbnishment ; Mb. F.wuu> WoRtHtaorns—.Sir . I'ardon t&m* iatruHive lines, and rest aaanred that they call arc freru one who »i!l m« he proud tei hsmaelf your wncere friend, Lucy A Am m isjif't faithfai to you : t do not write fid: j-.to yon for *uv base propose : for, since i know fu> weM your generous and noble nature, I cannot hcsi tate when I see that nature bi- ome the iuu o~ ee»t been dupe hasty of vile in dUaiiaalaiioa. s>.r have Mus too eommtmi eatmg to vmi l knowledge; assured that 1 all oriy I have fear said is is too late: d but rest is true, an- can. be' attested by one who has an uadonbted personal ...... kJMKw'.ettgo of all the facts. Arthur Wesley tee singing-master, is year too-fortanate nvai. Yourt;. A non. mi' rhi» was not , me st first n v intimation * j• , -tp £ hm j had of Lucy’s inconstancy. I liad seen thinga with mv own eves “that made mo I doubt her sincerity. For a long time i the unwelcome suspicion bad been prey- | ingnpon bring -me. and conviction—-stern, this fatal letter had come to irrevo cable, hopeless conviction. I did not doubt the ^fwith truth of ii hlrfnre • and yet how it writhed my to think a! it to admit cruS it« truth It did 1 notit could not should mo l>^n l bravedt Ethan to tha I othSS? have man to do I reperused the , letter calmlv-no not calmlv—n-t to- ' differently *' * hut stendy as though ' r \ it i I were dLto v e tho°l)u£ i t e L i\ SSt’should r \ only cup *’ i ” swallow the very dregs. j And Vet I loved the wayward ‘woufi tori and glwliv, oh how gladly X t ! have torgiven her iinpnulcncc! To her w,’ 1 went toseek an interview. L: - pmml-too proud to be W to herself; I yet she was generous and noble, in spite 1 of all her fickleness i ’ Obstinately convinced that she had preferred am'dher to me, I did not ask I or J expect any explanations horn per; 1 j gh w> mt aL , v hesitetir-n. the ' hm letter to I return had just received, mch letters and requested l\uu\ j me previously written to her. and anv oti.< r i little keepsake which Slight in future ! prove annoying look which to her, shall Blw liestowod ! on me a I never forgot "Do you believe thw, Edward S' sh «*ke*L hlitarion! “T What do.” I replied, without j retorted, ” with unimpeachable iiit fim imtwiise evidence of ?” pride, she j tamed “I do in not this rely letter,” ou the 1 information said. I have eon- j « ■ a h myself without asking anv I advice opinion.” ‘ person's or ! Blie immediately left the room, and returned in a fe* momeutu with a pack age of letters and a small box of jewels. ; mv former presents, eayinggavi f v. as she placed them iu mv hands "By will, these I absolve tokens, then, since it is yoiu lu spite of the smile you.” that played s35 «'™ njion la a moment the thought flashed upon my mind that she might, after all, be true. Impulsively I was about to speak to her, to ask her d it was not so; but the thought had come upon are hke a flash, it vanished as it ha*i come, leaving oour^ noaltoniativchuttopureua I had adopted. tha “ Farewell then ! ” I said, with appar ent be indifference. lighted with "May the your future life ever sunshine of happiness I ” " Lhauk you,” she replied. “I treat n© act of my own will ever bring misery upon me.” Conscience, Mias Ames—-con mienos I ” i said. " Will never reproach me,”sherepfie«. “Heaven grant it!” said I " ’lhe step you have taken may, iu your opto ion, be just, but let me assure you oth ers do not think so. We do not always see ourselves as-others see ns.” ** 1 have done nothing, Mr. Worthing ton to merit this.” add Lucv - " v **h arc not only deceived lmt im'nertincnt sir; and von cautiously avoidany ext^um- uu**» tious that might lead to an tion—” "la&kno explanation;” I hnrriedly replied, and immediateiv amiable took mood' mv do yarture In no verv no* |__I d i d j w i«> » to humble myself sufBoienttv to auk her ^ anv ouwtbns •* ’ _ thrt satislhetorv adfd’t :fS ’ as ah# * had ■ * suggested, * lead m to a explanation, ' What a victory oride had woo* its How parfeot iliimmin and complete botheidite had been nitre mate cm ! I I hurried hurried from from the th# door door a a I I turned turned my «ny "took stem step# homeward homeward again again. InHttertiv.-Sy Instinctive! v I I took the the usual usual course course in in returning returning home home (for < for Lucy Lucv lived lived nearly nearlv a a mile miic out <» u t of of town),’ and walked along.'so so busy bnsv with. aay thoughts anvthiiiK m toba qtlerlv and everv<-hinc: ek‘ There was a high railway bridge that ; lay between me and the town, jnrt wide | enough for the hues, Um middle of I which was planted over for the con : wa «nioe of ped^trian*, as there wa-. no ! 0 y iw bridge over the riv.-r ire le the line* ir «a, . : J .Pf® hlck ^ of heavy, th ® plank#, bad been which partly was raised very I u la eu ^“'p TI5i g to pass it, 1 '' 1 truck * ’o my foot against it, stumbled, rmd, j i S myself, forced Mnk one leg Milfiibvhim ' W“- v | iSiB.Whi m.nJ r»p.«t.«d the 1 i ! Lv foot k„¥ or .trudina Icon* tor mtof t> f y Wt j threw J 1 ' i Sglhe tJf o5X ti,*, 7 “ ^ k/,.„ f , 1,-8 • th,nk 1 , v how eunouriy 1 T I , hda , S^£?S5kS ao^an^^a f 00 ^, n< %J * aolriK? ^ eamly perfed aa l had '¥* imag- ’ w “* ' 1 P*^k was ^ wedged la, mia in could * tenures it. I r strove with my ut- . 1 ESUP, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER I, 1880 . nearer came the train. The rising, moon disclosed to me the white column of amoke ana steam, rising above the hul lievond the curve; and now the regnlar b Wting puff ami the cough gloating of the engine steock my ear, hke chuckle ot victim. some terrible How like monster frenzy regarding thought Ins a tu« came on me that it was now too late for assistance i No human being would venture on the bridge when the train was within hearing distance, when it «u too dark tbs to distinguish impetuous fire-horse; objects in time to stop and yet, furious and frantic at the thought of such a death, l stretched my shrieked trembling again limbs and to again their utmost, 1 and until grew hoarse, drowned and tha efforts limnderuig train tha feeble of my voice. And now delirium seized me. I fancied some giant fiend hold down the plank which T vainly tried to wrench from its firm position—I could hear the chuckle >? satisfaction that it gave to think it had me there so safely in its power., The loud rear that now reached mv car announced that the train had struck the bridge—th-wa came an end to hope ..«« power could avert the death tfiat stared me m the , For an instent T saw countless demons saperbuoulb liovering through the air. I made a effort to move my body off the the line, fire and smoke enwloned me~the» was a cnishing blow, a convulsion, a dim recollection of keen pains shooting all through darkness my imprisoned limb, ami was '* '* 1 knew no more ‘ V * * ^ I 1 returned again to coMcioos. ! ness dimly'light- was lying oi. an easv coach, onifti.lily in a > ! room furnished. d, but neat lv \ \ While wondering where whs. and tn-iug to recall what had ! passed, Lucy the door wss slowlv rodm. opeued, and i Ames entered the In a mo xr^nt a?-i.* 'wsi^ hv mv h v4pb> v-ifdimB i the motions and the expre-ri, ns of my countenance, still delirious. doubtless imagining that I | was : She " Lucy- started Miss back Ames?” I I said. uttered the j as «. ih-.-h >, G, l? ! , • discover her red thoughts; but, in n she moment looked recovering calmly nil self-possession, ; aifectetl toward no . mid asked, with a tone of indifference: Do . “ yon fed easier now?” " imtewl, I scarcely know how l do feel,” 1 replied, “ but there is a pain and soreness* in my 1 head, and, in fact, m all hiy must have been badlv hart I had a dim recollection of the occur i reive above narrated, and I felt h ur. ' prised that I should have again awaken-.« ' *„ «' fir,. JrJZ?, tk„ „ w i *rI . f»:T' ... . mentally/ d, b at’hand, and A phvdchu, I every effort was made by him. us web m the merntew of Mr. Ames' fnmi ly weed), (iu who* Ivu*, 1 was then lying, in ' ato,, Lucy aud Mr. Wesi-v joined, to alleviate Wv sufferings. ‘ I In spite of all their attentions mv , pains rapidly augmented, and m a short d-kriLd time I was again C lost in the vST uncomu-ious L'X«aS, W SxTnlK : l..iw“ V e?v dTort and i««i> sUmnui ‘ evfrv nerve to remove the *.f wixM U.at bound me there. A: win i was cliauvd to the huge rook, in which uuconswous } i hideous, ffi w about me, chattering in glee—detwm, danced on the sharp edges nl “*e reck, chuckling'again hke the 1 f 1 ****** P»^ of the engine; and at In v.*, v fi. ,h. and turned m v btood togail l£en with the Wms poison iu which thev had d. yawned on orere side t„ reeeiv me AH or.ee was i the long Miril! wh. - tie of the engine and ,1,-pair, that s.-m-d i he very agon’v o^mc of sm earned <m every side Uh. train } the train !" ’ But all this passed away. I was well again, and could walkabout th- house with the aid of a crutch for I had left one fi*ot Muqw*ml>*d in the l>ri<U;e where I had so luaimulou dv im- u , -d death ' Lucy indeed had tenured me of her love, noj. Long by words, but bv her m-t om and ]>ati,-irt! v *1,.- hud watched bv mv-al. ; and to 1,', , n.. . e tl.an anv oth -rdo I ow- the rvateu of mv life No words had i.a --.d between us in re Utiou to the subject winch had so « arh M'n . Us .’i * I’ , 1 n V* . ^ , to . , 1ks !' l ‘rt :nowl ”>hrm-n» -*t tne cm«ro.u my £ 4 ' * clwwrful torgivenesaon hers, 1 " But ut one ou< ’ day, day, when when we we chanced chanced to tone be • alone, I I recurred m-umd to to tha the folly fofiy of «.i which which I I had |*»to been ”< eii guilty, gouty, and and more more formally formally asked asked j her her forgiveneiss. forgiven .-,n T’ m rf ‘* dy *•'' do 1 I forgiw forgive yon,” you,” she she said, said, “ “ if !t indeed lu ‘-' 1 a you v, -‘ l? have.been ih,v, ‘ guilty guilty of of any anv t'! ^ hl< ire 7*‘ m *'i- re< l ,dpe Jt You doubtless - ............ acted according .......*' to vonr earnest e Wish w%-h * r “ est to iudmatiou, iuclinatem. which winch I I would would' not uot to Opjt.iSe. opp. ,-c. I aupi><j#cd your onh ; object w w »a as to te stature wenre the the hand hand of of another another j .to Laving me, and that--” ‘ ‘ Lucv, Jretcy i exclaimed, "it was : ^ -Two* ®vi ; I. wire a fool! I be b«J> rashly, but now J will believe i will not even credit what i 1 8 ^ a * >ut %t} ^ x ?u "• ‘-d-t, 1k:w it hap* period that, on ore- -.*r two occasions, after I «*<*«««« yours-d frero_ accompanying ! I should B ® e afterward l!i v.s.t or party,! home in ,th t Mr. you Wesley?” returning ! company *• " btill jealous. I ■ • id Lnoy. "No. no,” ( r- ‘but-” ” Lister To ' s l-.- sad -no rn , r - • ■ j j m,ght have done **!,„% hml von re quested it. I was anxious this^pre^ to improve mv the singing, and, as • 1 hatl only oj-i«>rtunitv take I should ever have. oi * Mr. Wesley. engaged to private lessons I did not think it neees i *«*? to tell* every one wh • 1 was *0 often H( ’f n ln the company of ft at gentleman, who, I must assure you, is not only a I very amiable young nun, but is engageil to my cousin, with whom 110 inducement «>old cause him to break bis compact” ling : "But why did he delay so to ! come to my ass.'.tancc, when I was about i to be crashed by the firain V “ He did, in.toed, make all the haste * his power,” replied Lucy; "but, m company with my brother, arrived a ’been moment too late, when it would have madness to have gone ?r on the fall bridge In toe dim light th «w ran into the water, which ! fortuna*;- v •’ to •-•{ power, but H was in vain ; nor I could 1 extricate my foot which was lm>rated and smarting with pain m its 0 j uge eouhnemsat. At first 1 did not consider the extent of ceive''the mv peril, but T soon situation; began to and per l j shuddered danger with of my think that honor to I 1 ; should crashed las obliged death to remain the there train and 1 be to by next ! j U was a cold day in December, and yet the beaded drops burst Dorn every pore. . A moment of frenzied delirium succeed- ; i d, and when 1 rallied again I found etil my- j self lying on. the rail, my of foot delivery a ] prisoner, and no prospect I looked at my watch ; it was half-past I I The express wouldgo up at half-past 1 r,; and at half-past 1 it would be dark, it whs possible, nav prot.*ble, that i sks»wm«IF would pass by More it should i i T>«> t.x, Lite. This way was irnaror to the town than by the bridge I have men- * tinned, dangerous though account always of regarded its as more i on narrowness, 1 from which there would be no possibili¬ j ty of escape in ease a train should come ; in si ght while had passing been killed, over it. «ndcuvor- Already j me person by ) mg to cross at a tune when the train was • im a V°A tllere? “^should How i the be the thought second tortuml to per - aIi d . once . ag*ni , r I togged A at the re e*»tvng planJL \X i.h all niy strength I r *cd to withdraw my foot and leave the ^ >0 ? t * hnt impossible i it was 4 o clock, m half an hour it watl s ^ tM; ‘- lar ^ another hour, and death would lal be certain. T I ahooted , , for aid, but u j . habitation was within hidf aanle, and 5°, Again TT? and a^ain I shrteaed, white the . fespumug echoes reverWted through the distant wood, as though they would : flU ff’^ne tJ l e «cumnlated ui my mist-ry strength And then, of mad- wtlh | ; uess . 1 Pl*uk, but could not 1 XMW& i% ftoWi. its &1&C&. «boulI H rrjr p»W it ' conl<1 uot be P«» iW ® tbftt 1 be obliged to sit there and be crushed to ****“♦ when human aid was so near, Mu ^ someisolated forest, some depth of oountay, uistant from town or ‘ "ttiute. my d-.x-m might have been more wrtiUU : Om* ag*>“ I shrieked with . * e> *“)* Jr - ’ A1 ll J. desperately, the ««»» of ®y voice rang out on the chill- 5 while fiotliing but the mocking «*»*» 1«» had reply. and «un Bet, the darkness was puthenng fast over the valley below. Already the gleaming last reddening glow of sun was on the tops of the f° re «t trees. My irrevocable destiny be came every moment more and more ap Hark! It is the train. No, no l I stretched forward, and listened with breathless eagerness. There was not a «otmd to break the sUence ; I must lmve >*«& deceived. But list! A voice, a voice ! Thank Heave u! "Help! help! help!” I cried, and bme I shouted the word* I seemed, *“ of speech, despair, nerved called up to greater .power and louder and louder each time. Did he hear me? There was no answer—all was still. Oh, merci ^ Heaven I was this last chance for We denied me ? "Hall-oo!” shouted some one The voice was distant, but. oh, how my blood leaped with joy at the sound ! Again I oaltod with all the strength of ready SSSS 5=3H so dark I could not recognize him, nor c<ur » to do so; but when he “mf *f? <*c*« *? K lance 8hoWed | i re : approached he asked : “ Is that you, Mr. Worthington? Blare me are you hurt?” No, thank you, not much hurt.” „ I here ; " I butsec, I am so nicely trapped ..tone, that could not free myself and I think it is nearly time for the ex P«*train to be due.” j - u *«» growing dark very fast; so . d «rk, indeed, was it that I found it im possible watch. to discover what time it was by my Ha never hesitated anus xnent, but seixed the detested plank with heth hands, aud at the same instant I I mutated bu movements. These cursed thing resisted all our efforts, and remained obstinately immovable. Wliat 1 coul<i be done? Iu half an hour the train would be duo. Would there he time to go for assistanc^-to bring an I »kand liberate my foot? He would trv. “For Heaven's sake, Mr. Weslev'” «oid I, as he started to go, "be expe } ditious. It is too terrible to lie obliged • to sit here and face death unwillinglv ” I was alone again. The wintte sighed ’• mournfully 1 forgot about me, hut I felt relief. , »ven attention my danger, the and turned tn J which 1 :Y- once hail ____|_______ been more to thoughts * ^ 1 * ...... unwittingly ——’ occupied when ______ ^ i stumbled - " ' into • my pres ] ‘ ent^difficulty. Nevertheless Nevertheless I I apprehensive apprehensive that that was was f he he might might be be delayed delayed until until the the train train i should should pass. pass. Di In fact, fact, I I had had uo no assmr- assure i 1 »*«« Mw t!ml tlurt h» he had had time time to to go go to to Mr, Mr, I ' Am*.*’ Ames’ . and and return return before before it it would would be bo too too I j laCo - ^antio trtm.Uo Another Another brain. brain. thought thought Had Had rushed rushed he hadeceived deceived through through mi j : m ®T J mu t ♦ 1 Would Would be be not not be he only only too too happy happv in in be- U- 1 ■: tag 3iig tlm» thus eaftily easily I rid rid never'would of of my my unwelcome \m welcome j ' presence? again—he felt would he never would oome come to me leave me to the mercy *»f such a cruel death. Heaven*' there is no mistaking that sound—the whistle at the Forest station, only five milw distant 1 ‘ How well do I remember the thoughts d trer.cireh oy ui: : . 1 - Ire [ Wesley; for, although I hatl every rea son to tielieve he would not come, still l oh, hoped h,m. Old Icprei, how I lie would return! Nearlv {was two hours had I sat there, and now still waiting and vibrating be tween the hope of delivery and the al* 52P rt *? ertain of destruction. The fearful chill of despair was creep “* 0Ter me ! my tremliling limbs d ^ that my nerves were : Hlnk exhaustion. At every reuftnig mo- 1 r kept a watch tor his footsteps, but no welcome sound fell on my ear. Hark ! it is the train ! The low, die ‘ ht3 nd « c « in < rt deceive me now. It h® here L in a few minutes. " Help ! help |” I cried. The wailing cry faded lSS awav and S there was no answer. louder came the thunder nearer and . was deep and rapid and consequently the free from ice. They hastened to bank of the stream, and in a few mo¬ ments succeeded in rescuing yon from this second danger and bore you to the house,” “ Friends, thank God; all friends !” I coaid I racy’s not help uttering all after that listening hatl to explanation of trans pired. f was happy again, though me ton in less tlian a month after my perfect convalescence. Dueling in St. Louis, Tile first duel in St. Louis was that of Thomas H. Benton and Charles Lucas, The difficulty between the parties orig¬ inated during a trial in which bofu were engaged hi as counsel. Col. Benton, be ving Mr. Lucas himself insulted, sent the glove Mr. to as a challenge. But Lucas, having no taste for such sport, de dined on the ground that statements considered made to a jury by gentleman could not properly for be a a cause such meeting, and furthermore Col. Benton was an excellent shot. They controversy, ami CoL Bcn branded him as a coward. Lucas " »«f uI the would oh «“ inset <*. hun on equal terns >J T Lucas; they Mug shot-guns, to ixs fi’^cd w'lth twelve No. 4 buckshot at «x ]^ this ces wofd ’ Of - msure .Benton, sure well death knowing to both that parties, threw up the sponge. But it was not long until a cloud passed their ^ftiSs - 1 - L uas, to"S-Cto in orin r to iSLrthtebcSf protect his honor, J" for< *f to challenge Col. Benton. SSiWlriSTbi feting took place on Bloody J* H,rnin K Aug. 12, IMi, pistols being Ul, ‘ u«md. Mr. Lucas fell, so varoiv womnled iu the neck, aud was rithilrawn.from u tl followed, tt»e field. and Atemporary another r ,', < l c< ‘ ** « n *'«& P 1 "*®® ® hhe same grounds by f a same which parties, resulted as the m feud the broke tolling out of ' ' ' of ‘“f. £‘ 1 d o^°T«i 7 T yarned . ff biu l “f tour ~ J oung months. wa«, Hewas naving men wed- _ ,l " d JlUM; i4 * " During the following year another do,A occurred, the combatants being & m Fort Bell Fountain, ou the Minsk* nvcr ,> B ^oody island being the scat ,lf war - Ramsey was wounded, and died s;i » afterword, and was burisd M’^oomc and military honors on ,,u ‘“ :!,) * 18 '23. Another honorable IwreS^oatoSu^rt iCql n DiKtrStTtom^ i" ' i-iu ' > * V''te . Vi " ’ ‘Si «1 mortte’v woXfi^Au' •“ artu u i ’ II ...the i Republican p* ,i ®\ M. ’."'“n 1 ,am H^ ctOT <ben 1 * il t ^> 1 s *«b'» Surveyor with eorruptum t ‘ ^mcral w® in Washmgton ^ at the hw h ^iher, Thomas C., «»' hS f , SSIfTe r.'railtod .,- *•' Jut ^ toni w * ,-hall« ^ ^ whf-h 1 U so Litallv Ver of nromiL was a camtldab. for Con ' 'i u ,.. . pt being David Bid dl.. Maj. Biddle made some severe criticisms on Mr. Pettis through the lH>th* five ,'.c.-s distot *a^ at tL firrt fire PeL dhll fell KbSt morUUv wounded Young ffig At. m,ui, ,,i ,, T ,t„ . partis bSSb’s hml jnst gained £seeninSA his el Mai teimb my Lonia i ^te at Biddle uTtom. Souare Thkenited the of honor Larire Crops of Corn Fodder. Several , corresjamduuts . ia a late issue G>nU,,nan seem^to have • l mu»U patches on ^ ir n. Ids pietty reliable estimates «».* amotmte wluen were prown per In" !‘ r ’’w to tlm curing of the corn, 1 hey stale these wciglit* ut 28,35,36, lu,: ■*” ,,,tlS ' resp.** tiv.-ly, per ecre. I he ' ; " ‘ ; T “ r .“‘ s ttev.-f-.d apart three ;•* = Ju ..i f -«>r and tine sc.-t.son w •. 5 p*itV<t in every respect for its growth, 'limy d<» not state what the weather m wh-.. the com was out, or or the the time tame of of ffiiy davit- it was was done. done. Tube To lie . fair fair in re sucli weii a a trial, trial, the t he weather weather ought, ought to to be be-um.v sunny two two’days 'days bcfor«», before, and iuu! the the stalka stalks not not cut cut till till all all the tlm mori'ting morning dew dew was was dried dried off. oft Dr. Ur. Bailey, Bailey, of of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, as¬ as serts. S'-rte. that that he he can can grow grow 75 75 tons ton# of of corn¬ corn stalks per acre. If he does, we think h» will have to resort to the Otfitoo sort, of Peru, which grows there 25 feet high or more, aud is three inch* in diameter, or ■ so, at the mitt. This would be about a# eatable and digestible as cord E«wf, un Ices his method of ensfiage can transform it to palatable fishier. He w now culti vatregamimimoth ensilage com, of which • be thinks highly. We hope when his : crop oi this lias been gathered aud fed to bia aniuuds, he will give not only its yield der per acre, but the value of its fod to hia stock in comparison with the • smaller sweet corn,—«ttrufxVeu» Yorker A forest of , Lightning. ,, t The "St. Elmo's Fire," or electrioitv th- i-sv.-n.--ts of march u ‘‘ u ' t8 of shipe, comes from the presence a r) "ud in the air, from - ***** objeete draw the I *1 S 1‘'‘ “f - tu u instance of , this ... Phcnoiuonon ,1 same was witnessed in the Jura 1 jj Vjk.^- a ' vht>ie , foy ” "tt* s * { rd. '’.ji*hiireacent ag ° W ' sea in the i * 1 ‘'hjr-rttmn was regiug at , q!. ‘o' ,'Lt" ^ ***?£%*?£ hghtmng i^S^ ‘ ’ 1 f “ rth ™ ^ «« ,, , ,’ r t appearance of . this St. r ’ , ^7 ^t ? and ,h,‘.7 flT’iw V % nd a 1l ^ ■',1 v * !,VL' ^ ”'^t]y '•’ d charged V 16 that,cla wito ^ i "* •'* ia< induce*! an opposite ”7^’-n the , grenml helow, wbrnl. die ^rt- d ii** if into the air bv the point tK.tjgh* sn-i neclles of the pm* trees, NO. I. SOUTHERN NEWS. Gbokoia hue 2,372 whisky dealer* Mast Bveicw are settling in Arkansas. There art: sixteen colored schools now open in Tensas parisli, La. More than one-half of the population of Aiken County, 8. O., is colored. 4 «t^pS£; county i !!:: Unite 1 States. Two Georgia fanners grew 500 bushels of truth potatoes on one acre of land and sold them for $10. A mtut. at Ponnsaexda, Fla., has clos.-d a oofetraet with a firm in France to fur ni«h 2,O0O,fkY) feet of pine, hunWr. The soft blue-stone rock which under ) lies a wide part of the prairie region of i Texas is 600 feet thick in manv places, s !>*;»«« the last ten the ,,, I | xteorgia has collected years $8,000,000 reasnror I j cash °* from the lessees of the Slate Road, m With a population of 26,560, there are only forty-seven white men iu Newberry County, B. 0., who are seventy years The first cotton factory in the South was built on Mill Branch, in Lincoln County, S, in the year IB 15, by { Michael Kchenek i HaJraterosr, Anusst A Co., have teased 5 Mississippi Btete Penitential for a , . term f f • for (w «in »l0,4-0 Drt m yiars. t»r per nnmmi annum , and all expenses The taxable property in Bibb County, G ., in which is situated the city i f Macon, has increased in value nearlv ten j>er cent within a year.) Instead of Chinese, and to replace tlu* . negroes who have, left Louisiana as exo dusters, the planters of that State are irnvKirting Spanish Wxirers, \ woman in Stanley County, N. C., ulv thirty years old. Inis Won married ' three tunes and has sixteen living chib dren. They were all twins Twkntt-fivr dollars are offered for a | specimen of the three-eeuf, stamps issued ' " !Ui " b ■>« for the Southern Coated- ^ «'«*y, Far webs in the western part of Dallas County. Texas, secure artesian wells. ; f '^ U f ^ f ^ + , ft ! H K , . ^ ’ ^ *k seen sixty • » aud seventy feet ' e HE o * „ Cotton Factoty - at Char G > will be ready to work up the ; «ewCotton crep. Ten machines of tldrtr . , , - , H . . have . • • ' ' 1 • > 1 *A A Fi.AN-r*«s' temST. Cotton Seed Photbctivv ^ Ov., ^ stow-the v tlw beginnrag of snorgauwed , movement against the sale of cotton in ‘ ***“ or b'«hxed at FMge • b” 1 ’! Uourt-house, 8. C. More than 300,000 acres of laud alone the i° r next ^ two ut Um stetl °nary I A years. yotou lady in Covington, Oa. who i is worth of $20,000, broke an engagement be ‘f«« he doUars ft m a horse wul bu 887 to give her a ride. She argued **»“»« who wonld b. «> foolish m. to nay that much fora few , i,.. T . ' .. was not the the kind kmd sh. she wanted want I fora t hue W] 4 Hv.vksvx officers have s,. entirely de st roved the business of il’.i ’ ‘ -it ‘ 1. f ' nil., U ' K m tlie Fifth (sillection ... . District . . of ten- , ncssee, that scarcely a wild-cat concern am f <m „a anvwhere. As Deputy Collectors have been stationed in the j ‘ a ‘ , it where whisk v has hewn di. ' tilled . defiance , « of . law, it not , likely , , m is that it will be revived. j The Mississippi ' Yallev / Cotton Plant j . V8)K . iatum , iai . de< ‘* ded u w , in bold ia a „ . , mter-State , ... . lairs Memphis, j wrua in Iuttle lhs-k, New Orleans and Mont gomery, to create a fund for the encour agmnent of inventors of improved planta tion machinery /’ aud to * nut several tee . . J 3 ? ' M! cspf'cia] dntv lt «hall lie to travel over the cotton Htutei and form branch associations Tm Tennessee Historical Society ha« been presented with a copy of the "Con federate States Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for 1864 ” It was published by H. G. Clarke, of Mobile, Ala., »l« and devotes i„„,, almost , ... its entire .pages matters of interest to the late Oonfed eracy, including the Constitution and Government of the late Confcdrato States, and also a chronology from the tS^viTT: ..... > ^ a ’ September .rvh* JftbJ. ’Pub botanical depot at StatesviHe, N Th# aJwiS^coSkiri /uM> yari^ta^ of root*, Zwi .herbw, ^ bark, seeds, flowers and mosses, ami all sorts of plants far herbariums, in ouauti, ties of from fifty pounds te»3fi,000 pounds of each kind. They pay the collectors, who are mainly Cherokees, eitiier in cash or goods, and last year disposed of in this way $400,000 worth of meichandiso. shipping 1,000,000 pounds of roots ami varbs. Bo* Macon (Om.) Oast-Ught aud Water Company it h« undertaken to fur- iL uish that v with snrmlv A P*. ot * water water will ocme about ,.re one ,,,*.., mil* 1 . dncto!d f! *° mt th { * hm,t ™mtvou *’ M ’ d by wlU aqiwducls, b l° on - will give 750,300 gallous per day. Mix per cent bonds to the extent of *75, <w > ,, ^ , ZXfJl ■ ? , re, ^ , tfu , , necessary to build the works. The bomb will be secured by a first mortgage upon the gas- work*. a« •well a« on the •water¬ works, themselves. Obskhu. Bubkht Toosrtw is not the only Georgian who is entitled to the dis¬ tinction of not being a citizen of the United States, General Henry R, Jack s< ■’], of Savannah, keeps General Toombs company in this regard. General Jack eon was a Colonel in the United Status Army at the age of twenty-three, then a Federal Judge, Minister to Austria, and afterward Judge of a Confederate State* Court, and on that, account is among those excepted from the general amnesty bill la Triutv County, Texas, a little white boy, aged about twelve years, the son of Mr. Dwire, was hoeing in the field iu company with two negroes, w hen a third boy, Bud .Evans, sixto years old, ap proarhed the parties at work, armed with an Enfield gun, and one of the ue groes remarked Here’s Bud. I f he’d a been the Sheriff he could a ’rested every one o us. rhe negro Evans re plied, "Yes, and here's the way I’d a done it,” raised the gun, took deliberate r* T* child » laxly, and he dux! from the ef¬ fects of the wound about three hours afterward. The negro claims to have done the deed by accident, and says there was no cap on the gun, but invest! gallon prows hie assertion to be false, The negro h»s Ixxiit arrested. Bringing Them to Time. There is no foolishness about some of the tat hers of I)u biupw county, Iowa, who have marring! abb* daughters, and they know how to precipitate business when the fruit is ripe for plucking, and hangs, wasting its sweetness, when it should be plucked. Matters were brought to n climax with », rush at a certain farmer’s residence in Vernon township, recently, A young tiller of the soil had for montfi* berm pay ing most assiduous attentions to one bashful, of his modest daughters, but he was such a much hi the chap, never having been this that company he had of girls, except one, never been able to raise his courage sufficiently high topop the question. He had gone to the house in which the lady lived at least on twenty different (S '-aaions resolved to know his fate, but when ushered into the presence of the fair one, in whose keeping he had placed his heart, his courage would in¬ variably would "go back on him,” and he return to than his lonely More, room Upon in great¬ er suspense the ev»>ning that, in question l.c hml determined come what would, he would tell his Marv that he loved her. He would, once for all, decide the matter, but, ax upon each former occasion, he could not get the proposal further than liia throat There it stuck, and ho determined to ( *?*P when if the down door and opened give and up the in walked siege the girl’s father, who advanced to where they were sitting and thus addressed them : I'm lookin’ at, for coal oil is .cheap, and waod can be had for the haulin’, but I’m sick aud tired of this billin’and cooin* lik «,» P^r of sick chores, keepia’ ma awake of nights, W and its got to be stoi'*i«d Henry well right Do you love John enough tc-many *1^??** him? .« *.;«»>p that sfily toolisiun ““iT* yelled *a the ol ‘\ “Answer , yes or no and Jt s ® ot to U settled now or never, * Well—hut, li father, don’t you know if you only wait, and—” " Dry up ; answer yes or no. Spoakl” " Well, ^ then, <*d gent, yes! There, now,” and Mary That again hid her face. " s busmess : that’s the way to ‘* IK ' ***"• ^ obn < look here—look up ****' '* l “ U ' 1 ^ JS5e~“ ain't this rather i, » von'd mimfte’ Lag*/" hid torem?«t or out - of rwf2S this houea a a'hkSier There’s the gal and there ain’t gat m the Htote an* ,-o« ; Now, John, I won t stand a bit of "iir‘ fo J aU * 7 C 8 or n £ ? , U(ll 1 1us p t i^onXto „ enougn wi ho^ttuST noinj , mat x— *** 8toi> ^. ,ur J 0 ^ *” ^ > fh® thing • settled now. You two fools would have te"-u six months more at the job that I d /‘ U f-“ «ve minutes. I never saw “'‘ l b foolrn as there is among young •towadaya. Am t like when I was talk young the thing on now, good-night. You ecu ohu to over, an’you an’ an’me, ” ’ “ g« up town get the h *' 11 ‘"'u ,Oood-J««ht, 'i i! smod-nigh*; for love-makm I hope ' I wasn t too rough, but I was determined to fix the thing one way or t other, and Die old man went back to bed. iNow that the u» was broken the young future, people laid all their plans for the and John felt just a little bad at the comfort he had lost, when Mary *«*ed up at him shyly, aud said “This would have been all right ago, I knowed John, if you hadn’t lawn eu sk eery. all the time that you wanted to ask me, but it wasn't my place to say anything, you know.” New Kaflroiid Brake, A railroad brake, which is instantly applied wlli, h th,) and inventor cruitiuncne in its action, render and ' propewes to »Hbunatic, La is A dem> attire. n| KHl It by M. orked HomM- by »«> *n is w means of two of the secondary batterwM of M. I’laute, each of these being charged, by three Daniel) cells The aot&oo of the apparatus is depend** opon the ad rrt' an elmtn--magnet to the axle £ tion blocks, are wound upon n drum. In some Sto^2*tao^rir* experiments upon a tram of thir¬ teen carriages, traveling at- the rate of p i£Sbi l ii twcnfy-onu distance moving thjroogh a of two hundred and fifteen tneter* after the brake was applied, 11 h* Partner fur Ufc Many a man has sees his choice for a pwfner in life in the bumble girl far be ^ f h him in the opinion of the world, ^7 witL Linx'* Lri ITwhil™ Mt pnde triumphed, higher and besought one from th# walks of life. In all the vieiwi* tudw of social existence, there is nothing capable than in of inflicting follow mow such ctsrtam misery It #nre to » course. dirtrecte the general harmony of oar days, mi.*- -,hft{« *>i*r * iui.v. .shorten* the length of life, lc*8#n# the stature of manhood, and is contrary to the flivine instruction* <* «>'“ Bibfr - fw « where love 1 , tier* is m-acc, plenty and thriftineea. Evc-v thing is follow a bamy this not pride interfere in matter