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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27,
Trust.
I will not search the eyes that meet my
own -i- -- 4***
With lore’s dear treacherous
deceit;
I will not question if the tender tone
That fails upon my ear in cadence sweet,
Is but a falsehood. Better trust
And be betrayed, than not to give its due
To honest truth. Worse is the eating rust
Of cold and dark suspicion, than to find,
After long years, a cherished friend untrue,
Let others croak who will, I trust my
kind.
Drear is bis life, who treads his lonely way,
A solitary pilgrim through the land,
Who never trusts a friend but turns away,
Fearing to take his brother by the hand,
Hermit he, though dwelling in a crowd;
An ingrate, who disdains the gifts of God;
A cold ascetic, self-contained and proud,
Who lies at last unwept, beneath the sod,
Better his fate, who feels an unearthed
blade .
At his heart’s core; who lifts his dying
eyes
To his false friend, and knows his faith be
trayed;
Who weeps, cries sadly, “Et tu Brute”
—and dies.
[Correspondence of the Courier-Journal.]
KENTUCKY’S SLEEPY HOLLOW.
A Visit to the Quiet Old Capital of
Jessamine—A More Marvelous Ghost
Story than Irving’s Headless Horse
man Itself—The Story as Told by
the Chief Actor.
Lexington, December 19,1874.
...Wearying of the monotony of Lex
ington, your correspondent concluded
yesterday teOfike a jaunt to Nieholas
ville, the county seat of Jessamine,
one of the central Bluegrass counties.
He did not mend matters much by
going to Nicholasville, for although the
town has for many years enjoyed the
supposed advantage of being a railroad
terminus, it is anything but a cheerful
or enterprising looking [dace. In point
of fact, it is one of the slowest-going
places of its size, and its size is incon
siderable, in Kentucky. Though only
a dozen miles from Lexington by turn
pike, and a little less by rail, it might
be hundreds of miles in the interior so
far as of progress is
concerned. Versailles, Georgetown,
and other villages in the Bluegrass
country it can not be denied impress
the stranger sojourning briefly in them
as rather dull, but Nicholasville is by
all odds the worst of the lot. A dog
fight in the streets is a perfect God
send, and one never comes off that it ;
does not speedily attract au eager and !
excited crowd.
There are two things about the place 1
strongly suggestive of the Bluegrass I
( ..pitai. Negroes constitute an unusally !
large proportion of the population, and j
in the center of the town, within a j
dingy public square, inclosed by an j
ancient and broken iron railing, stands ;
a rambling old court-house, a little less j
in size than the one here, but so strik
ingly like it that I think the same
a’chitejt must have constructed both.
Aud then he probably tore up his plans
and committed suicide, for I don’t
know any other place that gives evi
dence of his remarkable handiwork. It
is for the honor of Jessamine that its
people have taken the resolution to
build anew and decent court-house.
An order to that effect has recently
\>ven issvjed by the County Court, and,
when this order is carried out, Nicholas
ville will at least have one great ad
vantage over its more populous neigh
b r. The large negro population of
the place is due to the fact that there
were a good many slaves in the county
who, on their emancipation, with the
gregarious instincts of their race, mov
ed to town, and that during the war
Camp Nelson attracted large numbers
of negroes from the neighboring coun
ties who have also since chosen Nichoi
asville for their residence.
A COINCIDENCE.
Of course there are excellent people
in Nicholasville, and, though the place
doesn’t look like it, I am told there are
energetic and enterprising citizens
there. Moreau Brown, President of
the Kentucky River Navigation Compa
ny, lives here. It is the home of Hon.
A L. McAfee, who was reported dead
some time ago, and who is at last be
ginning to get about again after a most
protracted illness. It is rather a re
markable coincidence that McAfee and
a brother Senator of the last General
Assembly—l refer to Col. Ceckrill, of
Estill —have both enjoyed the rare
privilege of reading their own obitua
ries. 1 venture to say that no other
two members of a legislative body in
♦.his or any other State have enjoyed
that good' fortune during the present
century. In both eases the reports
seemed well-founded, and for some
time were believed by everybody ex
cept immediate neighbors and friends.
McAfee was really very near death’s
door, and it is not so strange that the
story of his demise got abroad and for
a time was credited in his own county;
but it is unaccountable how the report
of Cockrill’s death, first at the hands
of Mr. White, his successful competitor
for Congress, and afterwards of Dr.
Schull —with neither of whom he has
had any personal encounter —could
have originated. In neither instance
were newspaper men responsible for
the reports, for they only chronicled
news related to them by others appa
rently on good authority. All this,
however, is a digression.
JESSAMINE COUNTY.
Though Jessamine is, as I have said,
one of the central Bluegrass counties,
a very brief chapter is all that is de
voted to it by Mr. Collins in his new
History of Kentucky. It is, I think,
wort:.y of more extended mention. The
county derives it name from one of its
principal water courses, and this, if I
am correctly informed as to the tra
dition—aud my version of it is the one
generally accepted in the county—was
c died for Jessamine Douglass, a young
lady whose father settled in the early
history of the country on this creek,
and who drowned herself therein be
cause of disappointment in love. I
have not Mr. Collins’ book before me,
but I believe he attributes her death
to the Indian tomahawk, and that, I
submit, detracts materially from the
romance of the tradition.
A considerable portion of Jessamine
is as fertile and beautiful land as can
bo found in the Bluegrass region. Fay
ette has no more productive or sightly
lands than those which stretch in gen
tle undulations for miles beyond the
Jessamine border. But there is another
considerable portion of the .county
known as the white-oak land, which,
llk Jails (Eonstituti ona ti^t.
though reasonably productive, may be
fairly classed as second-rate ; and then
again there is another part of it, and a
pretty big part, that is broken, and in
productiveness neither first nor sec
ond-rate. Woodford has iess second
rate and poor land within its borders
than any other of the central Blue
grass counties, and Jessamine, per
haps, psoportionately to its site, more.
The part of the county adjacent to the
Kentucky river is generally very rough.
But there, if the crops are not abund
ant as could be wished, the natural
scenery in many places is superb.
Tiiere are few moje-magnificent pros-
Bfccte, for instance, than that which
meets the traveler’s eye at Brooklyn,
the residence of that hospital and ex
cellent old shool Kentuckian, so well
known to many of your readers, Capt.
Thomas T. Cogar.
A DISTINCTIVE POPULATION.
One can not fail to be struck with the
difference in the character of the popu
lation. I mean of course the white
population of Jessamine, and of any
and all of the surrounding counties. It
has an individuality so distinct and
marked as to be worth the attention
of ethnologists.
The people, as a rule, are moral and
reasonably industrious, but not pro
gressive. There are few overgrown
estates in the county, and the small
farmers are content to go on in a slow
and phlegmatic sort of way as their
fathers have done before them for
generations. They seem to live peace
fully and contentedly in their own way,
wholly exempt from the feverish
anxiety to get up in the world so,
characteristic of the average American.
What the father was the son is content
to be. With rare exceptions men do
not strive here to find out short cuts to
distinction or wealth. Very little specu
lation in the products of the soil or
live stock goes on, and comparatively
few of the inhabitants are infected with
the mania so universal in the rest of
the Bluegrass country for short horns
and List horses. The farm houses are
generally comfortable, though unpre
tentious, and many of them with their
surroundings remind one of the old
Dutch homesteads in Pennsylvania,
New York, and Virginia. This resem
blance is, I think, suggestive of the
true explanation of the peculiarity of
the population.
The county is in great part the home
of the descendants of Dutch settlers,
who still retain many of the character
istics of their ancestors. The names
one constantly hears there are confir
matory of this theory. Such patrony
mics as Hoover, Vince, Anspeiker,
Rhorer, Harbaugh,Funk and Bronaugh,
aro common in the county. Of course
there are people in the county, and
plenty of them, who do not trace their
descent back to the early Dutch settlers,
but what I mean is that there are
enough who do to give character and
tone to the county. It is a good sort of
population after all, though in some re
spects in strong contrast with most of
the people by whom Kentucky and
other States are settled. Find them
where you will, whether in Pennsylva
nia, Virginia, New Jersey, New York or
Kentucky, the descendants of the old
Dutch colonies are frugal, law-abiding
and industrious after their fashion,
but not ambitious or progressive ac
cording to the standard of their neigh
bors. They are a good people, but
slow-going men in this fast age.
True to their ancestry, I am told, the
Dutch descended inhabitants of Jessa
mine are not without their character
istic superstitions, and there is more
than one lovely spot in the county that
might well represent Sleepy Hollow,
and where the visitor, if of an imagi
native turn of mind, is almost prepared
to see a headless horseman break upon
the scene in full pursuit of some phan
tom Ichabod Crane. Perhaps this is
putting it rather strongly. It may be
that the people of the good county of
Jessamine are not more given to su
perstition than others. Ido not know
that they are ; and yet
ONE OF THE BEST ATTESTED GHOST STORIES
ON RECORD
had its origin in Jessamine county.
The thing happened long ago, but,
though the story is well known, and is
still whispered with bated breath on
the long Winter evenings, causing each
separate hair of the youthful listener
to stand out from his head like quills
from the fretful porcupine, it has never
found its way into priut.
About ten miles from Lexington, and
some two or three to the left of the
turnpike leading to Nicholasville, there
is a lonely and sequestered valley,
through which runs a county road,
crossed at one or two points by Mar
shall’s branch. In this neighborhood,
some fifty years ago, lived a young
man of irreproachable character and
standing named George Neet. On a
certain Sunday afternoon, having that
day accompanied his sweetheart from
the country church after the services
were over, he was leisurely riding home.
The day waned as he approached the
valley, and by the time he was fairly
in it twilight had faded into dusk. As
he rode slowly on, oblivious to theloue
liness of the place, the murmur of the
stream over its pebbly bed, the sighing
wind, the grating song of the mauy
voiced cicada to which the distant
horned owl occasionally lent the deep
diapason of its hoot, or any other
sounds that might have been there,
were all lost upon him, for he was
thinking of his sweetheart and of her
alone.
Suddenly his horse became restive,
and, looking up, he perceived that a
horseman was riding abreast of him.
Whence he came he could not tell, but
there he was, with his tall figure dis
tinctly outlined in the dusky light.
The young man was no coward, but he
felt an unaccountable thrill pass
through his nerves, and he attempted
to draw to one side of the road. It
would not do. His companion kept at
bis side, do what he would. Then he
put his horse to his speed, but still his
unwelcomed companion maintained hi i
position by his side. Growing desper
ate, he struck at the figure with a stout
stick he held in his hand, but it met no
more resistance than if it jhad descend
ed through the impalpable air, until it
struck his own steed, which, being a
spirited animal and already [much ex
cited, ran away with him. At last the
place where Marshall’s branch crosses
the road was reached, and then the
strange rider vanished from his sight.
Young Neet told the story of his ad
venture that night when he reached
home, and was advised by the old folks
to avoid passing over that road after
nightfall. The counsel seems to have
met his approbation, for he was careful
to give the suspicious spot a wide berth
except when the broad light of day ib
lumined it, for three months. But
when was the victim of the tender pas
sion consistently prudent ? At the end
of that time, like Haidee,
“he forgot
Just at the moment he ought not.”
He had on this occasion again ac
eompanied his sweetheart from church,
AUGUSTA, GA„ SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 27, 1874.
and in her society the hours flew by so
swiftly that before he was aware of it
the shadows of evening were falling.
He mounted his horse and rodo rapidly
toward home, but not so rapidly that
night did not overtake him before he
reached the dreaded valley. Precisely
at the turn of the road where he first
became aware of the horseman’s pres
ence, he saw him again riding as be
fore, just abreast of him.
The time the young man had made
up his mind what to do. He had heard
that disembodied spirits, when they
take a fancy to revisit “ the pale
glimpses of the moon,” never speak
until they are spoken to. He there
fore turned to his unwelcome com
panion, and, in as steady a voice as he
could command, said : “ In the name of
God, what do you want of me ?” The
effect was instantaneous. The appari
tion found its tongue. It explained
that in a wood near by there was a
burial-ground in which its body lay,
but that the tomb-stone erected over
it had been sacrilegiously removed and
placed over another grave. What it
wanted with young Neet was to return
the tomb-stone to its rightful owner.
Under the circumstances he had no
option but to consent. In obedience to
a sign he dismounted and hitched his
horse to the fence. His companion led
the way on foot, gliding rather than
walking before him, through dense
woods, until at length it stopped on a
little hillock, and, pointing to a grey
old slab resting on another near at
hand, motioned him to bring it there.
With considerable difficulty, for the
stone was heavy, lie accomplished his
appointed task.
As the ghost was now apparently
satisfied, Neet at once moved off. He
looked over his shoulder and saw that
the ghost was still standing by its
grave. His walk become a run, and he
rushed at break-neck speed for the
place where he had liiched his horse.
When he reached it he found his own
horse, indeed, but there was no trace
of the phantom steed that had been
left with him. Nothing more was over
seen of the apparition.
Such is substantially the extraordi
nary story told us by Mr. George Neet,
at the time and many times subse
quently, the truth of which he always
solemnly asseverated. He was in most
respects a man of good, practical com
mon sense, and up to the time of his
death, which occurred a few years ago,
at Independence, Mo., enjoyed the rep
utation of being an honest and reliable
man. He was a member of the Bap
tist Church.
I had intended saying some other
things about Jessamine county and its
people, but my letter has already grown
to such length that I will spare you
from anything further on the subject,
at least for the present. Z.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
The vast structure built by Nebu
chadnezzar, which has been celebrated
in all ages as one of the hanging gar
dens of Babylon, was really an artifi
cial moutain, or meant to be such. It
was built to gratify the desire of a wife
of Nebuchadnezzar, named Amytis,
who, having been a Dative of the
mountainous country of the north,
soon grew tired when she came to
Babylon, of the level monotony there;
and she said to her husband that she
longed for the sight of a hill. Her hus
band, thoref ore, undertook to build her
one.
The structure consisted of a series
of long platforms or terraces, support
ed on arches of masonry, placed one
above the other, and raised so high
that the upper one was above the walls
of the city, so that the spectator, stand
ing upon it, could not only look down
upon the streets and squares' of the
town, but could also extend his view
beyond the walls and survey the whole
surrounding country.
The several terraces were supported
on immense arches of masonry. The
lateral thrust of the arches was resist
ed by a solid wall twenty-two feet thick,
which bounded the structure on every
side. The platforms covering the
arches and forming the terraces were
constructed of immense flat blocks of
stone, cemented at the joints with bi
tumen. Above this pavement was a
layer of reeds, and then another of
bitumen, upon which, at the top of all,
was a flooring of brick, which formed
the upper surface of the platform.
On this foundation was laid a thick
stratum of garden-mould, deep enough
to afford nourishmentiand support for
the largest trees. The gardens made
upon these terraces were laid out in
the most costly and elegant manner,
and were provided with statues and
fountains, and with the choicest fruits,
and the rarest aud most beautiful
shrubs and trees, and parterres of bril
liant flowers, and seats, and bowers,
and ornamented arbors —with every
thing, in short., which the horticul
turist* of the day could devise to com
plete the attractiveness of the scene.
The ascent from each of these ter
races to the one above was by a broad
and beautiful flight of steps ; and visi
tors who ascended from one to the
others saw on each successive platform
new and ever changing beauties, in the
varied arrangements of walks, and
trees, and beds of flowers, and in the
new views of the surrounding country,
which became, of course, wider and
more commanding the higher they as
cended.
There were spacious and airy apart
ments built among the arches below,
which opened out upon the suecessive
terraces. These apartments command
ed very beautiful views, both of the
gardens before them and of the coun
try beyond. The interior of them was
splendidly decorated, and they were
fitted with all necessary conveniences
for serving refreshments to guests, and
for furnishing them with amusements
and entertainments of every kind. On
the upper platform was a reservoir of
water, supplied by vast engines con
cealed within the structure. Pipes and
other hydraulic machinery conducted
this water to all the lower terraces, in
order to supply the various fountains,
and to irrigate the ground. In fact, so
vast was the extent and so magnificent
the decorations of this artificial hill,
that as long as it endured it was con
sidered, by common consent, as one of
the wonders of the world.
An incident transpired at a paper
mill at Niagara Falls, one day last week,
which to say the least, was tantalizing.
A lot of old rags, Including some rag
ged garments, were brought to be cut
into small pieces. Among other things,
an old coat was thrown into the tub,
aDd the cutter set to work thereon. —
When the small pieces were taken out
numerous scraps of greenbacks rattled
to the floor from the dissected gar
ment. Tfie figures “ 5,” “ 10,” “ 20,”
“ 50,” “ 100” were plainly visible on the
scattering scraps. None of the pieces
were much larger than the label on a
spool of thread, and the men, as they
gathered up the tantalizing bits, each
one blamed himself bitterly for not
having ripped the coat up before ’put
ting it into the cutter.
An Altar-ation.
When Mike was courting Kitty Mill,
He begged—as lovers often will—
In accents softly spoken,
That she one lock of golden hair.
From her fair head to him would spare,
By way of a love token.
Now Mike and Kit are man and wife,
Their courting turned to married strife,
And a sad difference makes it.
Though still attracted by her hair,
He ne'er now begs a lock she’ll spare,
But out in hanefuls takes it.
THE SINGING BONE.
A Fairy Story.
In a certain country, many years ago,
the fields of the peasantry were laid
waste and desolate by the ravages of a
wild boar. He killed the cattle, and
not unfrequently tore to pieces the un
fortunate inhabitants.
Now, the king of that country was
sorely troubled at this dreadful plague,
and offered a very large reward to any
person who should be bold enough to
attack, and fortunate enough to kill
the monster; but this powerful brute
was so strong and big that no one had
the courage to venture into the forest
within whose precincts it raged.
At last the king sent out his heralds
to proclaim to the people that whoever
should take or kill this mortal foe
should become the husband of his only
daughter.
Two brothers at last declared their
intention to undertake this adventure.
The oldest of them was bold and brave
from pride, the younger from innocence
of heart. They thought the best me
thod of attacking the brute would be
to enter the forest at opposite sides;
so the elder started on the adventure
in the evening, and the younger on the
following morning. When the youngest
iiad gone a short distance, a little dwarf
accosted him, with a black spear in his
hand, saying:
“Take this spear; attack the boar
boldly with it; he cannot do you any
harm, for your heart is innocent and
good.”
“I heartily thank you,” replied the
youth, accepting the spear gratefully.
Armed with this weapon, he walked
on full of courage. In a short space, he
saw the wild boar rushing on to tfim
with all its force; but he held the spear
right in front of him, so that the sav
age animal, in its blind rage, flew on it
with such headlong .rashness that its
heart was pierced quite through. Then
he slung the beast over his shoulder,
and prepared to go home to show the
king what good succuss he had attained,
and to claim tho princess as his wife.
But matters fell out differently ; for
just as ho came out on the other side
of the wood, there was a house of en
tertainment on the outskirts, where
people met to make merry, and dance
and sing, one with the other.
Here sat his elder brother among a
number of guests, singing aloud, and
drinking deep to keep his courage up,
never dreaming that while he was en
joying himself, his brother had already
gained the laurels. When, therefore,
he saw his brother coming out of the
forest, stooping under the weight of
this monstrous boar, his ill-natured,
envious heart would not lot him rest.
So he called to his brother:
“How tired you look, my dear
brother! Como in here and refresh
yourself ; here is plenty of good wine
to be had for the drinking.”
“ Thank you,” replied the young
man, as he stepped in, never thinking
of harm.
Then he told the story of the good
natured little dwarf,-who had so kindly
given him the spear with which he had
killed the boar.
The elder brother kept him there in
conversation until the evening, when
they departed in company with each
other. The night was very dark, and
they had to cross a bridge over a
stream, when the wicked elder brother
gave the other a knock on the head
from behind, which killed him at once.
Then he buried him in the sand, and
taking the boar, carried it before the
kiug; where he falsely related how he
had slain it, and so received the prin
cess in marriage, as a reward of valor.
He then wickedly reported that the
boar had torn the body of his younger
brother to pieces; and as he did not
come back, everybody believed the
treacherous falsehood he told.
But as all wicked doings are sure to
come to light some day or other, so
was the knowledge of this black deed
brought home to this wicked man, for
some time after, as a countryman was
driving his herd of cattle across the
bridge, he saw something lying at the
bottom of the brook, in the sand, as
white as snow.
“It is a bone, and will make me;[a
good mouthpiece,” said he.
So he stooped down and secured it;
then taking out his knife, cut it to the
shi *e of a mouthpiece for his horn.
But no sooner had he blown through it
than, to his astonishment, it began to
sing of itself:
“ My brother killed me with one blow,
Then under the sand lie laid me low;
The hoar I stabbed through the heart with
a spear;
But he falsely wedded my princess dear.”
“My heart! what a wonderful bone !”
exclaimed tho herdsman; “ why it sings
of itself 1 Oh ! I must certainly take
this and show it to the King.”
It was no sooner before the Kiug
thaif it began tho song again, of its
own accord; but while all wondered,
the wise King perfectly understood it.
So he caused tho sand to be dug up
under the bridge, and then all the
younger brother’s bones came to light.
The elder brother was so alarmed
when the crime was thus brought home
to him that he could not deny the deed,
and his punishment was, that he should
be sewed up in a sack and drowned.
Then tho whitened bones of tho good
brother were collected together anil de
cently buried In the nearest church
yard.
Guizot’s heirs have discovered tho
suit which was the last expression of
Guizot’s pride. His idea was that
neither himself nor his family should
be indebted to the empire, which he
hated. One of his family was thus in
debted, and had accepted assistance
from the Emperor, and tho suit was
that the Emperor’s heirs should be
compelled to accept repayment from
Guizot. In this material time it is
rare to see a suit maintained on one
side to compel the acceptance of $lO,-
000 and on tho other upholding the
right to refuse tho sum.
“Have you Goldsmith’s Greece ? was
asked of the clerk in a store in which
books and various miscellaneous arti
cles were sold. “No,” said the clerk
reflectively, “we haven’t Godsmlth’s
Greece, but wo have some splendid hair
oil. ♦
Prudent mother—“ Don’t look at
Prof. Yon Bangs so, Dora dear, or peo
ple will think you are in love with him.”
Dora (who is inconsolable for the loss
of her darling poodle)—“ I can’t help It
ma; he is the exact imago of poor
Mopsy 1”
fFrom the Richmond Dispatch.]
The Night After Christmas.
[The author of the following is a
highly esteemed old gentleman of this
city, who has twenty-six grand-chil
dren and twenty-four great-grand-chil
dren.—Editors Dispatch.]
’Twas the night after Christmas, and all
through the town
The nurses were running—some up and
some down;
The doctor was wanted, for plague on Old
Nick,
His visit had made all the little ones sick;
His cakes were so nice, and his pies were
so sweet,
That from morning till night they did
nothing but eat.
Their hearts were all light and peeped out
of their eyes,
Their stomachs were light, and chock full
of mince pies!
They were merry *as larks, had no care for
to-morrow,
Unmindful that joy is soon folio *ved by sor
row.
Tho lights were all out and the blinds were
all closed,
Papa and mama in deep slumber reposed;
The cat on the hearth-rug was licking her
paws,
And seemed to be thinking of old Santa
Claus;
The fire in the chimney burned cheerful
and bright,
And the frost on the panes shone like crys
tals of light;
The tea-kettle bubbling before the warm
blaze
Was singing the dirge of once happier
day#!
The clock on the mantel had just 'sounded
one,
And announced that another now day had
begun.
When, hark! from tho nursory a solo of
moans,
Then a duet of sobs with a chorus of
groans
Broke in on the stillness and silence of
night,
And threw the whole house in commotion
fright.
Tho mother’s quick ear first encountered
the sound;
She sprang up in the bed and sprang out
with a bound;
But "papa had oft witnessed such tumults
before,
And the louder the groans, why the louder
he’d snore.
And oh! such a sight was ne’er witnessed
before—
The children were rolling about on the
floor,
The bed-clothes were ruined, the carpet
was spoiled,
And their pretty night-dresses were rum
pled aud soiled;
The nurse, all bewildered, was fretting and
grieving,
The children, in concert, were retching and
heaving;
They kicked, and they twisted, and they
squirmed all about;
Sbo was sure that their bowels were turned
inside out.
“Oh, I’m so sick! I shall die of this pain;
I’ll never touch Santa Claus’s candy again.”
Poor ma, in a flutter, threw up her sad
eyes;
Little Bob, with a splutter, threw up his
mince pies;
And St. Nick, who was peeping, cried out
with a titter,
“In everything sweet there’s a drop that is
bitter;”
“ But cheer up, my children, you’ll soon be
all right,”
And cracking his whip he was soon out of
sight.
The cries were over, and all went to bed;
Sweet slumber soon fell upon each dizzy
head;
The life-blood again freely coursed in their
veins.
And dreams of St. Nicholas danced through
ther brains.
With a smile they awoke from theirvisions
of bliss,
As mama on each rosy lip planted a kiss;
And they vowed that in spite of all sickness
amt pain
I’liey’d hang up their stockings next Christ
mas again.
List of Marriages in Augusta.
18CG.
Jan. 9—Whitney H. Rhodes and Rebecca
Rheney.
Jan. 28—William E. Avret and Lucy J.
Harbin.
Jan. 28—John D. D. Harbin and Susan
Bevins.
Feb. 9—Charles Abrahams and Eliza
Douglass.
Feb. 22.—Felix D. Fuller and Mary O.
Osborne.
March I—Francis M. Netherland and
Sarah Jenkins.
March 6—Oliver F. Gregory and Keziah
A. Hobson.
March 6- James Hanham and Elmira
Wilson.
March B—Thomas Carolan and Sarah
Mullouney.
March 10—Robert Harvey and Laura
Swineford.
March 11—William W. Haughton and
Parmelia H. Patterson.
March 13—Henry M. Clark and Emma A.
Lyon.
March 14—Sidney M. ’Browne and Sarah
J. Ferris.
March 15—Pickens Ferguson and Anna
Bakor.
March 22—William Allen and: Tempo
Cliavous.
April 5 -Gustav F. Becher and Cornelia
Elizabeth Oswald.
April 7—Eugeuo N. Hart and Marie A.
Ballot.
April B—Edmund Tabb and Fannie F.
Wise.
Aoril 11—James K. Powell and Ellen J.
McDonald.
April 17—William H. Jones and Julia V.
Martin.
April 17—John Harris and Ellen Crews.
April 18—W. Henry Warren and Mary P.
Mooro.
April 20—August Arnold and Elizabeth
Quin.
April 22—Edward C. McCarty and Fannie
Clapp.
April 26—Allen. Walker and Anna Addi
son.
April 29—Eli Holliday and Jane L. Walker.
April 29—James Harveston and Francis
Bailey.
April 29—Peter M. Tice and Elizabeth
Jackson.
April 30—John Meyer and Sallna Feegan.
May I—James C. Barton and Frances E.
Adam.
May 2—Albert G. Ruffin aud Lucy Jane
Ivoy.
May 3—J. H. Stringer and M. E. Welsh.
May B—Ludwig Snremper aud Dorothia
Marie Stubbondick.
May 7—Wiley It. Fulghum and Mary F.
Phillips.
May 15—Colin Buchanan and Ann Booth.
May 17—Jonathan H. Lowrey and Harriet
L. Blackston.
May 22—Robert M. Adam and Sophro
nia L. Willis.
May 22—Richard J. May and Frances E.
Aughtrey.
May 24—William H. Wheeler and Mary
L. Cunningham.
May 24—Edmond Murphy and Sarah K.
McCoikle,
May 29—Robert S. Smith and ..Elizabeth
Roe.
May 31—William Lyons and Mary Calla
ghan.
June 3—Michael Hook and Sarah Mc-
Mahon.
Juno B—Franklin D. Yance and Fannie
Eulow.
June s—Joseph J. Green and Mary E.
Williams.
June 7—Amos K. Clark and Elizabeth W.
Freeman.
June B—Charles Martin and Selina Sallls.
June 10—Balaam M. Ivoy and Sarah Mor
gan.
June 10—Emil Richard Liebscherj and
Elizabeth Christman.
June 13—Bernard MoNammon and Eliza
beth Edwards.
June 14—Martin V. Calvin and Mary A.
Carnigbau.
June 17—Artomus J. Wolfe and Sarah L.
McDowell.
June 17—John H. Damish and Isabella
Stallings.
June 17—Thomas N. Colley Mary T.
Sills.
June 21—Thomas L. Williams and Ella J.
Hall. ,
Juno 24—Hillary E. Wolfe and Ed ra
Dixon.
June 28—William R. Davis and Mary E.
Allen. , „
Juno 28—Daniel Cochlin and Hannah
Doody. . . ...
June 28—Job Russoll, Jr., and Amanda C.
Butler.
July 3—James Yongo and Catblena J.
Wilson. . _ ...
July 10—George P. McDougall and Sallio
A. Liegh. _ , J , T
July 10—Samuel A. Beldon and Jane
Lokeo. , „
July 12—Edwin It. Rowley aud Jane F.
Cussaok.
July 12—Patrick H. Wallace and Margaret
A. Gleason.
July 15—Michael Daly and Kate Dannelly.
July 19—John H. Keaton aud Cornelia
Parker.
July 22—Asa R. Jones and Martha E.
Newman.
July 22—James Blacker and Jane Munroe.
July 25—James D. White and Anna E.
Tobin
July 27—Russell Yale and Mary Brooks.
July 31—William 11. Edwards and Mary
Moylan.
Aug. I—Patrick Walsh and Anna Isabella
McDonald.
Aug. s—John Bresnihan and Catherine
Carolan.
Aug. s—Edwin It. Cunningham and Carrie
E. King.
Aug. B—Asa Almonds and . Josephine
Penroy.
Aug. 11—William McMahon aud Sarah
Ward.
Aug. 12—Ferdinand Phinizy aud Anne
Davis.
Aug. 12—William Lowis and Lilia Wallen.
Aug. 14—Benjamin F. H. March and
Octavia Fountain.
Aug. 18—Timothy Singleton and Ellen .
Lahy.
Aug. 19—James J. Knight and Laura B.
Johnson.
Aug. 22—Murphy Doas and Ruthy Huff
man.
Aug. 22—Arruand Y. Bignon and Helen
V. Rogers.
Aug. 23—Joseph C. Roberts and Annie M.
Parr.
Aug. 28—Louisa J. Stewart and Nancy
Galvin.
Aug. 29.—John W. Beall and Georgia V.
Dowdy.
Aug. 29—Tliomas R. Richardson and
Sophronia J. Dowdy.
Sept. I—Merritt Coggin and Julia Guy.
Sept. 2—Charles W 7 Kennedy and Mary
E. Moffit.
Sept. 3—Alphonso Ivey and Christinia
Pearson.
Sept. s—George T. Jones and Josephine
Thomas.
Sept. 5—F. M. Simmons and Mary Jane
MeKinne.
Sept. 6—John C. Allen and Matilda S.
Cartledge.
Sept, 6—Seth D. Comard and Mary Funt
ing.
Sept. 10—John E. Navey and Mary Mur
phy.
Sept. 12—John M. Martin and Kate J.
Canning.
Sept. 16—Lovett llolsenback and Mag
nolia Beal.
Sept. 18—William H. Dorset and Sarah
C. March.
Sept. 20—Jackson W. Sherrill and Jennie
Maske.
Sept. 20—John llennes and Elizabeth
Stoniker.
Sept. 20—Charles G. Goodrich and Mary
Gibson.
Sept. 25—Daniel Hanlon and Catherine
Lane.
Sept. 25—Malacliy Ryan and Margaret
Sullivan.
Sept. 26—William Dirseoll and Georgiana
Dennis.
Sept. 26—Jackson Cushman and Victoria
Gunter.
Sept. 27—Bartlett Saunders and Mary
Tinley.
Sept. 27—William M. Charters and Emily
A. Cleveland.
Oct. 2—Edwin G. Phillips and Dolly
Bland.
Oct. 3—Henry Kennedy and Anna E. Cur
ren.
Oct. 3—Matthew Mahoney and Deborah
Wall.
Oct. 4—Amos E. Owens and Mary Carlyle.
Oct. 6—Joseph Bush and Zilpha Pearce.
Oct. 9—Cornelius Lenehan and Mary E.
Galvin.
Oct. 9—William Callahan and Hannah
Murphy.
Oct. 10—Philip L. Cohen and Ellen G.
Wright.
Oct. 10—David 0. Blunt and Mattie E.
Williams.
Oct. 14—Isham Evans and Henrietta Lit
tle.
Oct. 16—Robert Elliott and Mildred
Malone.
Oct. 16—Julius B. Gaudry and Clio J.
Setze.
Oct. 21—Aaron Rhodes and Ann E. Coar
sey.
Oct. 23 —Tollit E. Clarke and Sarah E.
Anderson.
Oct. 25—Peter Johnson and Melvina Har
per.
Oct. 30—James Burke and Margaret Dil
lon.
Oct. 30—Henry Sehneiker and A. Eliza
beth Meyer.
Nov. I—Sebastian Funk and Lena Be
eping.
Nov. 7—Bernard Carroll and Mary Ann
Gargan.
Nov. B—Fee Wilson and Alice L. Adam.
Nov. B—Allen W. Shaw and Mary Ful
ghum.
Nov. 13—William M. Dunbar and Rebecca
C. Hopkins.
Nov. 15—William P. Isdale aud Elizabeth
J. Whitaker.
Nov. 20—Francis Edgeworth Eve and
Mary E. Lamkin.
Nov. 20— James Al. Whitner and Ellen M.
Stovall.
Nov. 29—Noel K. Camp and Tempe Wil
liamson.
Dec. 4—William M. Mitchell and Sarah C.
Cobb.
Dec. 6—William E. McCarter and Lavina
E. Cates.
Dec. 6—William D. Shaw and Martha-).
Brown.
Dec. 7—Walter P. Stoy and Lucinda A.
Simmons.
Dec. 10—William H. Broadwater and
Fanny Robbins.
Dec. 11— William T. Williams and Alice
M. Sibley.
Dec. 11—Wilson L. Fenley and Mattie
Bettison.
Dec. 12—Handy H. Fulgham and Cathe
rine L. Baliantine.
Dec. 13—Thomas Watts and Julia Slater.
Dec. 17—Oliver H. Ricketson and Mary
A. Dye.
Dec. 19—Richard Summerall and Jane
Smith.
Dec. 19—Elza Bland and Sarah Luellon
Neyland.
Dee. 20—Charles S. Bradford and Julia A.
Ernenputsch.
Dec. 20—Robert A. Crockett and Eliza
beth H. Ruddell.
Dec. 20—John A. Price and Mary E. Jen
kins.
Dec. 23—Jasper Harris and Mary E.
Smith.
Dec.23—Edward F. Newman and Arabella
A. Shirley. , .
Dec. 24—Nicholas B. Boddie and Ann
Eliza Chavous.
Deo. 24—John A. Sanford and Clementine
Davenport. , „
Dec. 25—Reuben Kelley and Harriet
Porter. , „ ~
Doc. 26—John M. Weigle and Emily S.
McCafferty.
Dec. 27--James S. Snellings and Mary
Bryant.
Executor’s Sale of Land.
BY virtue of a decree in equity, in Burk*
Superior Court, in favor of V. L.
Jonos, et al. vs. Francis A. Jones, et at. ren
dered at the November Term, 1873, of said
Court, the undersigned, Executor and Com
missioners of the estate of M. D. Jones,
late of Burke county, deceased, will sell, at
public outcry, on the FIRST TUESDAY in
JANUARY, 1875, before the Court House
door, in the town of Waynesboro, said
county, at tho risk of the first purchaser, a
tract or parcel of land, situate, lying anil
being in said county, containing Four
Hunilrod and Sixty-Three and a Half (463%)
Aoros, be the same, more or less, being that
part of tho Gilstrap Place, belonging to
said deceased’s estate, known as Lot No. 1.
and adjoining Lot No. 8, and Lot No. 2, of
same place, and lands of Mrs. N. Warnock,
Merritt ami estate of D. Corker.
Sold for the benefit of creditors of said
estate, ami at the risk of first purchaser.
Terms CASH. F. A. JONES,
Executor M. D. Jones, deceased.
JOHN T. SHEWMAKE,
W. W. MONTGOMERY,
J. J. JONES,
STEPHEN A. CORKER,
aov2B-td Commissioners.
NOTICE.
CHARLES G. GOODRICH has made an
assignment, dated December 8, 1874, to
us for the benefit of his creditors. All per
sons having claims against him are re
quested to give notice of tho amount and
character of the same, in order that they
may be properly classified for payment
pro rata. GEO. W. SUMMERS,
JAMES J. BROOM.
_decl2-3
COAL CREEK
AND
ANTHKACITE COAL,
OF all sizes, wholesale and retail. Weight
and quality guaranteed.
G. S. HOOKEY,
uovl-tf Oyer 210 Broad Street.
Fall and Winter, 1874!
C. J. T.'SALK,
No. 136 Broad, below Monument Street,
HAS NOW IN STORE a full assortment
of Dry Goods for Fall and Winter.
Great bargains in Jeans and Cassimeres.
Great bargains in Black Alpacas.
Good Black Silk at $1 per yard.
Velveteens, in black and colors, from tec.
up; 1,000 Ladies’ Felt Skirts, the cheapest
in town; the best 25c. Towel in the city;
Cotton Goods lower than ever; 600 dozen
Coats’ Thread, at 70c. per dozen; tho best
assortment of Calicoes, Bod Ticking, Blan
kets. Linseys, Flannels, etc., cheap. Look
for No. 136 Broad street, between Monu
ment and Centre street. Special induce
ments to wholesale buyers. Orders care
fully attended to. My one price system
(prices being marked in plain figures) se
cures the same advantages to the most in
experienced buyers as to tho best judges of
Dry Goods. Goods cheerfully shown and
samples given. C. J. T. BALK.
sop2o-suwefrtf _
NEW CROCKERY STORE!
No. 187 Broad Street,
(Opposite Jas. Gray & Co.’s Store.)
MRS. V. V. COLLINS (late with Eli Mus
. tin) respectfully calls the attention of
her friends and the public to her Large As
sortment.of Goods, consisting in part of
FRENCH CHINA,
Gold Band Decorated and Plain Chambor
Sets.
Gold Band Decorated and Plain Tea Sots.
Gold Band Decorated and Plain Mustache
Cun and Saucer.
Match Boxes in Parian and Bronze, Vases,
China, Lava, and Bohemian Candlesticks,
Gold Band and Bronze; together with Toy,
Dinner and Tea Sets, very pretty; Plain
and Decorated Bed Room Sets, Japanned
Tea Trays, Tin Ware, Brittania Ware, Cof
fee and Tea Pots, Spoons, Knives and
Forks, Bar Tumblers, Bar Bottles, Decan
ters, and a fine assortment of Engraved
and Plain Glassware.
Orders from the Country solicited.
My city friends and the public will please
give me a call. I will convince them that I
am selling as CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST.
decl3-suwefr-6
DISSOLUTION.
mHE COPARTNERSHIP horotofore exist-
I mg under the name and style of LAW
TON <fc LAWTON was dissolved on the Ist
day of this month by mutual consent. T.
P. LAWTON will assume all tho liabilities
of tho late firm. He will continue the
WOOD AND GOAL BUSINESS in all its
branches. Thankful for the patronage so
liberally bestowed on the late firm he re
spectfully solicits a continuanco of the
same. All orders left at either No. 2J3
Broad street or Wood Yard will bo prompt
ly filled.
E. M. LAWTON,
T. P. LAWTON.
Augusta, Ga., December 12th, 1874.
I HAVE ou hand a large lot of BLACK
JACK, DRY PINE and FAT LIGHT
WOOD. Also, EGG and NUT COAL.
decl2-tf T. P. LAWTON.
Sugars and Molasses.
BBLS. REFINED SUGARS.
1/4A BBLS. N. O. MOLASSES, prime
XI ‘U and choice.
BBLS. REBOILED MOLASSES.
20 HHDS, REBOILED MOLASSES.
WALTON, CLARK & CO.
decl3-3aw2w
WHISKEYS
lA/\ BBLS RECTIFIED and CORN
lUU WHISKEY.
I /A BBLS. RYE WHISKEY, of good
XU grade.
WALTON, CLARK & CO.
dec!3-3aw2w __
WOOD. WOOD
ON hand and constantly receiving a line
lot of OAK, BLACK JACK and HICK
ORY WOOD, which will be delivered in
any portion of the city at $5.60 per cord.
All orders loft at REANEY & DURBAN’S
Drug Store, accompanied by the Cash, will
receive prompt attention. dec2o-l*
Choice Timothy Hay, Pea
Meal, Bran, Fine Feed, Mid
dlings, Grits, Corn Meal and
Granite Mills Flour. For sale
by GEO. T. JACKSON & CO.
dec2o-3
CHAS. R. ROWLAND,
Upholsterer and Cabinet Maker.
M.ATTRESSES made to order and reno
vated. Ellis street, opposite Empire Steam
Laundry. _ dec2o-su3m
C. E. DODD A CO.,
219 BROAD STREET.
OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL.
You will find a nice line of
Men’s, Boys’ and Child’s Hats
and Caps.
nov2-tf
FURNITURE
E. G. ROGERS,
147 and 140 Broad St.,
OPPOSITE THE FOUNTAIN.
A Full Assortment of all Kinds.
CHAMBER SUITS.
New and Handsome Styles at reduced prices
PARLOR SUITS,
Great Bargains offered.
DINING ROOM SUITS,
A Handsome assortment.
OFFICE FURNITURE.
A great variety of Office Desks and Chairs.
UNDERTAKING.
METALIC CASES and CASKETS. COF
FINS of all grades, home-made and from
the best manufacturers, always on hand.
octls-3m
FOR SALE CHEAP.
A. COMPLETE SET OF SPLENDID
MAGICIANS’ INSTRUMENTS, comprising
about 260 Illusions or Tricks. Apply to
declS-3 L p. GIRARDEY,
New Series—Vol. 2. No. 237
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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especially designed for the farmer, the
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We aim to make the Weekly smi the best
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Our Illustrated Catalogue for 1875,
containing many choice novelties, is now
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Send for list of papers and schedule of
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aprs-suwdfr&ctf
DISSOLUTION.
THE FIRM OF PERKINS & BRO. was
dissolved by mutual consent on the Ist
of December, 1874, so far as relates to tho
Lumber and Shingle business. The busi
ngs will be continued by S. M. PERKINS,
who assumes the liabilities of the copart
nership, and will collect all claims due to
the same. S. E. PERKINS.
doc 2-5 8. M. PERKINS.
DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL
FOR
CHILDREN AND YOUNG LADIES,
WILL also be received as Summer
Boarders.
Address MRS. GEO. I. KOLLOCK,
jo2B-su6m* Clarksville, Hab Cos., Geo.
Foreign Exchange.
Merchants & Planters National Bank, i
Augusta, Ga., November 17, 1874. j
THIS BANK draws Sight Bills of Ex
change, in sums to suit purchasers, at
lowest rates, on England, Ireland. Scot
land, France, Germany, Prussia ana other
European countries.
nov!7-tf J. S. MAN, Cashier.
COAL. COAL.
WE HAVE just received a large and su
perior lot of ANTHRACITE COAL.
We warrant this a first class article, and
It will be sold at reasonable rates.
LAWTON & LAWTON,
octlß-tf 213 Broad street.
A Great Book for Agents !
Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes and
Letters of
GEN. ROBERT E. LEE,
BY REV. J. WM. JONES, D. D., formerly
Chaplain Army Northern Virginia,
and of Washington College, Virginia. Pub
lished by authority of the Lee family, and
of the Faculty of Washington and Lee Unl
vei’sity.
sixteen splendid portraits and en
gravings.
Price, in Cloth, $3.50; Sheep, $4.50; Half
Turkey, $5.50; Full Turkey, $7.50; applica
tions for exclusive Agencies for Counties
should be made at once, naming first, sec
ond and third choice of territory.
D. APPLETON & CO.. Publishers,
nov22-w3 549 and 551 Broadway, NY
HOME ENTERPRISE.
Cigars for the Million!
MANUFACTORY AND STORE
Corner JLCllis and Mclntosh WtreeU
HAVING recently occupied the spacious
stores corner Ellis and Mclntosh
streets, I now have increased facilities for
manufacturing CIGARS of all grades, and
keep on hand constantly a well selected
stoek of
Cigars and Smoker’s Articles Generally,
P. S.-—Orders for special brands solicited
and promptly attended to.
P. HANSBERGER.
oct2s-su wef r2m
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 1
BALTIMORE, MD.
The next annual session will begin Octo
ber Ist, 1874, and end Februrry 25th, 1875.
The Hospital and General and Special Dis
pensaries furnish ample material for Clini
cal Instruction. For Catalogue with infor
mation as to plan of instruction, Fees, cost
of living, etc,, address
J. E. LINDSAY, M. D„ Dean.
HENRY JAMES OSBORNE,
OCULISTIC OPTICIAN.
NO 171% BROAD STREET,
under the Augusta Hotel. aug2o-tf
720 ACRES OF T~ANB
For Sale, Lease or Rent.
I OFFER as above the LAND lying about
half In Columbia and half in McDuffie
county, on Little River and Cano Creek—
the Creek the dividing line between tne
two counties. The Land Is well timbered
with oak, hickory and pine,
lands, uplands and lowlands
as good producing lands to v
ton as any in this section ef Geoigia. Ihore
is good fall and location for water power on
the Creek. For further particulars address
me at Clay HUl.cta.or person on the place,
OCtl3-w3m •• A. COLLINo,