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iWt Hawkins.
How IHacon Came to l»c Settled—In
teresting: Ilistorieal Ineidents
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\c>v History of Macon,
(Georgia.
The article below was sent by the Rev. S
Boykin of Macon, Ga. and is an extract from a
forthcoming history of the city of Macon by Mr.
J. C. Butler. The book will be read with much
interest by all Georgians as it will contain
much historical information concerning the
early matters and events of the middle portions
of the State.
The engraving was made from a drawing by
Mr. E. D. Irvine, a talented young artist of
Macon. It gives an idea of what Fort Hawkins
was originally and also the present appearance
of the old Block House now remaining.
In 1802, by a treaty held at Fort Wilkinson, on
the Oconee river, part of that land between that
river and the Ocmulgee was obtained. The
United States was represented at the command
assembled by James Wilkinson, Brigadier Gen-
U. S. A. Col. Benjamin Hawkins, of North
Carolina and Andrew Pickens Esq., of South
Carolina who were commissioned plenipotentia
ry of the United States; and the Creek Nation
was represented by their kings, chiefs, head
men and warriors. The treaty was preliminary
to the one of 1805, which secured the lands be
tween the Oconee and Ocmulgee, except a por
tion of the ‘Old Ocmulgee Fields’ which was to
bo used as a trading post between the Whites
and the Indians. The ceremonies which took
place at the meeting of the council were report
ed to Hon. Dearborn, Secretary of War, from
which we make a few extracts:
Fort Hawkins, near Macon, 6a.
House of Representatives, at Washington City,
a voluminous report upon Indian affairs, embra
cing the condition of all the forts with statistics
showing the capital employed in the Indian
trade at each of the trading posts, or factories
as they were now commonly called,for the four
preceeding years; and in that report, which in
cluded 12 factories, the Secretary heads,on every
occasion, his statements with ‘Fort Hawkins
Factory No. 1.’ Jonathan Halstead was the U.
S. agent at Fort Hawkins at that time, and the
amount of trade with the Indians in exchange
. „ . for peltries etc., was $22,317,28 up to Sept. 30,
May loth, 1802. The chiefs sent to inform the | 1811<
Americans that on the next day they wished to DuriDg the Creek War of 1812-14, Fort Haw-
receive them according to the ancient customs of j.jn was a prominent port for the landing and
their country, at the public square; and they re- ^j S p 08 iti 0 n of troops. At that time, Capt. Phil
quested the commissioners to be ready to move
from their encampment early in the morniDg,
and as soon as the runners arrived, to inform
them everything was ready for their reception.
May 24Ih. The commissioners went to the
square, and were seated with all their attend
ants. The chiefs of the upper and lower towns,
having met at some distance from them, moved
on in a body, two men in front dancing the
eagle-tail dance, to music accompanied by the
voices of all the men and the women. As soon
as they arrived at the square the commissioners
moved to a place prepared for them, when they
were touched by the wiDgs in the hands of the
Cook, afterwards Major of the 8th Regiment of
U. S. Infantry, was in command. Among the
prominent Georgians,Gen. David E. Triggs and
Col. Wm. Cummin, were at that time in servioe
as captains in the 8th Regiment. Gen’ls, Jack-
son, Gaines and Floyd,were several times at the
Fort in consultation with Col. Hawkins.
About two miles beyond the Fort, on the Mil-
edgeville road, Camp Hope was located, where
Floyd’s army, with 750 men,at one time encam
ped. Several skirmishes with the Indians oc
curred near this camp and a battle on the oppo
site side of the river, where Macon now stands,
was fought and the Indians were defeated and
dancers; behind Gen. ilkinson was a small j re treated beyond a high eminence, now known
pit and a white staff standing by it; they
brought a bow and arrow painted red, showed
them to the commissioners then broke them,
put them into the pit, covered them with eaith,
and with a white deer skin; then great chiefs
representing the Upper and Lower towns, wiped
the faces of the commissioners with white deer
skins, spread the skins on a log, and then sat
them down. With the other skins they covered
the commissioners, and after the embrace of
friendship addressed them;
Efaic Haujo—for the Upper Creeks—We, this
day, a fine one for the occasion, a clear sun and \
sky meet our friends, brothers and fathers to j
take them by the hand, according to the cus- |
toms of our forefathers, as old as time itself. We j
have at the feet of the Generaj buried the sharp j
weapons of war which were in use in old times
and such as we have; our white deer skins we
place on the seat of our friends and cover them
opbp; p prH one other emblem—a
." * r
pipe.
The convention met on May 23d, and continued
until June 8 th, when it re-asembled and con
tinued until June 30th. Another convention
was held at the Agency on the Flint river on
Nov. 23rd, 1804, represented by Beuj. Hawkins
and the chief men of the Creek Nation which
made other provisions and all of which were
as ‘Singer's Hill, 1 about 4 miles northwest of
Macon.
General Jackson was at the Fort received a
portion of the Georgia troops and assembled his
army at Hartford, one of the dead towns of
Georgia which was located on the Ocmulgee,
oposite to where Hawkinsville now stands. The
Indians were met in force in Alabama by Jack-
son; the Georgia troops were under General
Floyd who fought the famous battle of Aoutsia,
defeating the enemy and gaining new laurels as
a military commander. It was during this
campaign that Major Christopher, B. Strong was
severely wounded. Ten years afterwards, in
March 1723, a town was laid out in the wilder
ness opposite to Fort Hawkins and in a few
years after its settlement Major Strong became
j one of the leading citizens and was the third
I Judge of the Supreme Court of the Flint circuit
to which Bibb County was then attached.
J Tig.'-As? In 1 , O or* err! Jac-hoon :■ ‘ Fort
Hawkins with 1000 Tennesseans. He was rein
forced by 050 Georgians and 400 friendly Indians
and marched upon the Seminoles and Creeksjin
Florida, who again commerced a war upon the
whites. It was during this campaign that
i Ambrister and Arbuthnot were captured by
Jackson and were executed.
other than as regarded their respective appoint
ments. The same profuse luxuriousness that char
acterizes the other parts of the mansion is observa
ble in the dining apartment. It measur- s about
eighty feet in length, and comfortably seats eighty
people. The billiard room adjoining was pressed
into service, and a Horded accommodations for about
twenty couples. The dining room was lighted by
four chandeliers constructed on a scale of elegance
worthy of the palace of Aladdin. The carles dc me-
nu were very tastily and expensively gotten up in
red impression on white and tinted satin. Those
of the ladies were edged with lace, and were with
out exception preserved as precious souvenirs. The
room presented a scene equalled only by that of the
dancing pavilion. The long tables were freighted
with every palatable luxury that was procurable.
The cook of the l’alace Hotel and hisassistants, with
a full corps ol waiters, had been engaged all day in
perfecting the culinary arrangements and the beau
ty of the festal board. A remarkable feature of the
table was the collection of fancy pieces of pastry
work. The collection contained eighteen pieces,
embracing the elegant, unique and substantial; cu
rious devices of ancient castles; naval and military
ornamental pieces, and one in particular, entitled
the “Lone I-'isherman.” It represented a staid, sober
looking, ‘sucking pig,' leaning against a eastle.before
which was a crystal lake; from his hand hung sus
pended a fish line baited with a monstous fly,
which approached but did not touch the water, in
which, swimming above a submerged mirror, were
several minute specimens of goldfish. The patient
face with which the unfortunate fellow endured his
ill-luck, and the comical effect of the master-piece
elicited many remarks of heart y appreciation of the
cook's genius. The whole affair was a grand success
in ail its details, and will long be remembered by
those who participated as one of the most brilliant
receptions ever gotten up on the Pacific coast. At 2
oclock the first return train for San Francisco left
the station, and at four the remainder of the guests
left.
DEAD LETTERS.
A Peep Inside of the Office at
Washington.
Difficulties in the Way of Letters Reaching
their Destination.
WIIO EXECUTED ROBERT EMMET l
The Historical finery Answered After Seven'
five Years.
Benjamin Hawkins, after whom the Fort was
signed and more territory acquired in December ! named, died at his farm the old Creek Agency
1805 at Washington City and finally ratified in | on the Flint River in 1810. He had been in the
June 1800, the chiefs representing the Indians, j Revolutionary war, and won the esteem of Gen-
and Mr. Deaborn Secretary of M ar, the United j eral Washington. After that war he represented
States in presence of President Jefferson
This treaty reserved the tract of land five
miles long and three miles broad, a part of the
Old Ocmulgee Fields, to the Creeks, while it
his native state, North Carolina, in Congress as
U. S. Senator. He was appointed by Washing
ton Indian Commissioner South of the Ohio
river, and in 1785 was transferred to Georgia to
lan Mclntoch to negotiate with the Creek Nation
of Indians. He accomplished more successful
work with the Indians than any commissioner
ever in the service of the Government. He
was a man of high character and scholastic ac
quirements. The selection of the site lor the
establishment of a United States Fort and Fac
tory on the old Ocmuigee Fields, which is alone
attributable to him gave the place a prominence
in that portion of Georgia which induced a
settlement by the whites in its vicinity andsub-
sequently led to the foundation of the town of
Macon.
GETTING INTO SOCIETY.
How Senator Sharon’s Daughter Made her
Debut in California.
Elaborate descriptions are furnished of a grand
party given by Senator Sharon of California, in cel
ebration of the “coming out” of liis second daugh
ter, Flora. The event took place on the evening of
the sth inst. sit Belmont, formerly the home of the
millionaire Ralston, and now occupied by Senator
Sharon. Two thousand invitations had been issued.
Thirteen ears were provided and they were soon
filled. Ats:2U o'clock the long train, drawn by two
locomotives, slowly drew out of the depot and was
soon speeding towards its destination. The train
arrived in Belmont in the midst of blazing bonfires
at !t:2 > o'clock, and carriages, barouches and other
vehicles were in readiness to convey them to the
house, about three quarters of a mile distant. The
entire iengt h of 1 he i oad was lighted on either side
granted to the United States Government, the join Andrew Pickens, Joseph Martin and Lach-
right to establish thereon and continue a military ' ' " ’ “
post, with a factory, or trading house.
FORT HAWKINS.
Upon the recommendation of Col. Hawkins
to the War Department in 1802, Mr. Jefferson in
all the treaties with the Creek nation insisted
npon the establishment of a military post on
the Old Ocmulgee Fields. The right being now
obtained, instructions were issued to the Com
missioners to build the necessary fortifications
and establish the factory or trading post.
Col. Benj. Hawkins, who had been so long
and efficiently engaged as a commissioner with
the Indians, selected the site on the command
ing eminence, near the river where but a soli
tary blockhouse now remains.
One hundred acres of ground were for many
years reserved for military purposes around the
fort. The fortifications comprised two large
blockhouses, store houses and houses for the
garrison, all surrounded by a stockade covering
an area of four acres. The blockhouse which
now remains, though.
‘Thou’rt crumbling to the dust, old pile’
was located in the southwestern corner of the
stockades and its counterpart, the last relics ot
which were removed a few years ago, was diag
onally from it in the Northwestern corner. These
houses were twenty-eight feet square with a
basement and two stories which were surmoun
ted by a sentinel’s tower. The basement was
built of blocks of stone cemented together, each ! "J' 11 ‘ 'binese lanterns, and the darkness of tbe
stone eighteen inches thick, and was ten teet I ni Sbf lent to their br.lUaul refiect.onsall the
high; upon this was the first story of hewn
timber,twelve inches thick and twelve feet high
containing port holes on all sides for cannon
and muskets; the second story was of twelve
inch timber, twelve feet in height and cemen
ted port holes as the first story. The second
story projected over the under work three feet
on all sides with port-holes for muskets in the
part of the floor projecting so that if in case of
an attack the Indians attempted to scale the
stone basement and set fire to the woodwork
above, the troops within could shoot down on
them. The sentinels tower in the center of
the roof was about eight feet high and gave quite
an ornamental appearance to the structure.
There were houses at the other corners of the
stockade and also in its center the fronts of
which formed a part of it. The stockade was
built of timbers fourteen feet long, very com
pact, set four feet in the earth, and each alter
nate timber was pierced with a port hole for
musketry. The forest for one hundred acres
around was cleared of large growth so that the
Indians could not conceal themselves for pro
tection against the fire from the fort in time
of battle. The fort was regarded a very im
pregnable one against Indian warfare. The
Indians used no artillery; the tomahawk and
bows and arrows were their principal weapons;
they had hut few small firearms.
The Fort was built in 180G, and garrisoned
by the removal of the U. 18. troops from Fort
Wilkinson, near Milledgeville Ga. in 1807, the
year that the Legislature held its first session
at then the new capitol of the State.
In 1812 Hod. Wm. Eustis, Secretary of War,
transmitted to Hon. Henry Clay, Speaker of the
SPLENDOR OF A FAIRY SCENE.
As the longtrain of vehicles passed along the road
they presented a pay appearance. Entering the
house any eye but that accustomed to tbe|most luxu
rious appointments would be dazzled with the
splendor of all things it encounters. Every evidence
of genuine taste, every indication of refinement, the
total absence of vulgar display or shoddyism, capti
vates the mind and holds it enthralled in an uncon
scious acknowledgment of cultured gentility. The
guests moving about lightly, drinking in with ea
ger eyes and breath each new beauty in its turn,
present a gorgeous spectacle. And espial to the
grainiest artistic efforts to be anywhere encounter
ed in or out of the house was the appearance of the
gueststlfem^elves. Fully realizing the great mo
ment of the occasion, every endeavor was exerted
by maid and mistress alike to beautify every minu-
tiea in person and apparel. The costumes, some of
them soelegant as to defy description by tongue or
portrayal by pen, made the scene resplendent.
THE PAVILION
is about one hundred feet in length. The floor, pol
ished until it shines with a lustre akin to that of a
diamond, is composed of alternate strips of light and
dark California woods, and with a well designed
borderof the same material. The wall would ap
pear to be one vast stretch of mirrors On every
side, and allowing only space enough between them
to afford a tasty relief, are mirrors of the most mag
nificent proportions. Before each mirror is placed a
set o, costly and elegant vases, containing bouquets
of the rarest flowers. About the sides of the room
are ottomans, framed witli ebony and with tops of
the most beautiful specimens of Italian marble. A
cut glass skylight, extending the length of the room
is made to cast back a brilliant reflect ion by the aid
of three chandeliers containing sixty-six jets, and
shining through as many gloties of the tastiest de
vice. The ceiling is moulded in so elegant a shape
as to find a counterpartjonly in themindof him who
designed it. Handsomely gilded and frescoed, itls a
gem of artistic effort.
THE DINING-HAI.il
is similar in size and appearanoe to thedancing pa
vilion, neither one diflering inany essential respect
The question of Who was the executioner of Rob
ert Emmet? which has so long been a matter of in
terest to Irish historical students, has at length
been solved. On the 5th of August, according to a
late Dublin letter, an extremely old man died in
the Workhouse at Baltina, Mayo county, and two
days later was consigned to a pauper's grave. His
name was Barney Moran. He was a native of Dub
lin, and so long as he was able to tramp about, lie
made a livelihood as a professional it inerant ballad-
singer. He believed himself at t lie time of his death
to be about ninety-nine years of age. On his death
bed he made a singular revelation to the doctor, j
master and chaplain of Hie Workhouse, He toid
them that he was one of the band of soldiers who,on I
tbe oight of Mav .■•»> s accomnan 5 ' d M BorsSirr I
ami swan'ToTEe b * ’< >i Mr. Xiciiofiis Murphy, the |
feather merchant, N<\ i53 Thomas street, when
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, was concealed, and effect- |
ed the capture of the rebel chieftan. Barney Moran j
avowed that in the terrible business he faithfully |
discharged liis duty as a loyal soldier to the British j
Crown.
But his most startlingrevelation was to come. This
was that lie also was the executioner of Robert. Fin-
met. This confession has been corroborated since
Moran's death by a most respectable gentleman of
Beilina, who states that for many years he was
awa-e of the unpleasant secret, but was pledged not
to divulge it till Moran was beyond the reach of the
obloquy sure to fall upon him. Moran's statement
was to the effect that he was on duty at Portobello
barracks on the evening of Sept, lath, 1803, when an
emissary from Major Sirr came and offered him a
considerable sun if next morning lie would officiate
as hangman for Emmet, Barney Moran was unite
willing on this occasion also to prove liis “loyalty”
by working strangely out of keeping with a soldier's
true vocation. But the history of that awful crime
attests that British soldiers in too many cases lost
all sense of honor and took a fiendish delight in the
performance of any bloody deed, the victim ofwhieh
would bean Irish rebel or suspected person.
And so on the morning of Sept. 20th, 1803, Barney
Moran (having been conveyed thither in civilian's
clothes stood on the platform in Thomas street, di
rectly opposite St. Catherine's Church, with Emmet
beside him, pinioned and standing beneath the gal
lows. The story runs that Emmet expected a res
cue, and gazed about him long and wistfully as if
trying to read hope in the upturned faces of the
crowd. He protracted his arrangements as long as
possible. Even with the halter around his neck, in
answer to the executioner’s question whether lie
was ready, lie several times exclaimed,“Not yet, not
yet.” At length the executioner weary of waiting
turned him off, with the words “not yet” coming
from his lips. Moran admits that he was the man
who did this deed, end after the hanging.severed the
head from the body and held it up to the gaze of the
spectators with the stereotyped formula, “This is
tile head of a traitor.” After the execution Moran
was conveyed by Major Sirr's underlings to the Cas
tle, and then sent back to liis military duty. He
kept the secret, for well he knew the tempest of ha
tred and abhorrence which would gather around his
head were it once known what he had done. His
ill-got gains did not prosper. He quitted the army,
and after a wandering life of hardship and privation
for half a century, exactly seventy-five years after
Emmet's death his executioner lias found a pauper’s
death and a nameless grave. And thus there is one
enigma less fur tiie historical student.
A Sad, Sad Case.
Persons not now in the city can never realize the
sorrows and pressure of duties resting upon the few
who have remained during the epidemic. Let this
case illustrate many and indicate something of our
condition. On Thursday the son of a pastor of one
of our churches nun bering four hundred, was bur
ied. The son him ' had many friends. Who at
tended the funerai 8 The parents, themselves just
from a yellow fever bed, and two nurses of the son—
one an Italian, and the other a negro. These four
and no others. Not a member of that pastor's
church, not a citizen could he spared for an hour to
go with him and bis heart-broken wife to the grave
of their son. This was not from any want of friend
ship, sympathy or affection on the part of thousands
who knew the’family; it simply shows into what
fearful necessities and sorrows this “noisome” pes
tilence lias brought us.—Memphis l-’c.
The Dead-Letter Office is a unique bureau, and a
visit to it at Washington will show why letters be
come “dead” and liow they are brought to life
again. The room where the first operation is per
formed upon the defunct missives is occupied by
some score of clerks, and the appearance is strong
ly suggestive of an old-fashfoned husking match.
Huge piles of letters that have come from every
point of the compass and almost every country in
the world lie upon the tables, and the operatives
are very busy inspecting and classifying them ac
cording to their character or value. Each clerk
makes five classes of the letters as he opens them.
First and most valuable are the “money letters,”
containing bank notes or coin to the amount of $1
or more. Whenever a letter of this descriptioms
opened, the contents are examined and immediate
ly returned to the envelope, upon which the clerk
indorses the amount and kind of money within,
subscribing his own name or initials. A careful
record is made of all such letters, aud they are then
passed into the hands of a chief clerk, whose busi
ness it is to return them to the writers, with proper
instructions to the deputy postmasters to deliver
the money and take receipts for it. The greatest
care and vigilance are exercised in this branch of
the business, and there is scarcely a possibility
that a valuable letter, which fca^ once reached the
Dead-letter (ifllce, should fail of getting back, either
to the writer or the person originally addressed,
provided that either of them can be found or heard
of at the address given on the letter.
THE DAILY AVERAGE
of money now found is about 8200. Last year more
than tso,hod was returned to the owners through
this office. Sometimes money is enclosed in an en
velope without any letter accompanying it, or,
what is just as bad, without any proper signature.
In such cases another effort is made to reach t he
person to whom it was addressed, and failing in
this, the money is deposited at the department, to
be delivered to the rightful owner whenever he
snail come forward ana establish his claim. The
second class of letters made by the clerks are tech
nically called “minors,” and contain notes of hand,
drafts, checks, bills of exchange, deeds, mortgages,
insurance policies, and other papers that are or
may become representatives of money value; and
besides these a great many articles of more or less
value, including jewelry, pictures, etc. All letters
of this class are re-enveloped and indorsed by the
clerks who open them, and after being carefully
registered are sent to another office to be returned
to the owners. Many letters are received at the de
partment making anxious inquiries for money or
valuables sent through the mail and known to
have failed in reaching the persons addressed.—
These letters cannot expedite their return. The
lost letter must remain two months advertised at
the local office before it is sent to Washington, and
then it must be found before it can be returned to
the owner. Formerly there was qufte
A COLLECTION OF CURIOSITIES
at the Department composed of articles found in
dead letters without any one to claim them. This
lias been dispensed with, and every letter contain
ing anything of value is retured to the owner if it j
is at all practicable. The third class of letters con
sists of such as contain stamps, com in less sums j
than one dollar, receipts for money or property, |
legal documents, etc These, being of less value,
are not formerly registered with a description of |
their contents, but special cierks devote their time !
in returning them to their owners. Last, but not
least in number of tiie preserved letters, are those
which contain no valuable inclosure, but are so [
[Answers to Correspondents.
' Sarah: Promise to quit talking about our neigh
bors? Don't promise any such foolishness, Sarah
We are stagnating now in our “sleepy hollows" of
towns, without being deprived of our pepper sauce.
Gossip is a necessary evil and keeps folks straight.
Just think what the world would be if no one no
ticed what any one else was doing. Think of it
seriously. How many enthusiastic ladies would
ttiere be at Miss. Bugg’s opening of sublime hats
and bonnets? Would Kate want a white silk
wedding dress and be married in the church, only
she thinks all the town will he there and some
times it isn’t, and she is not criticised, envied or
pitied as much as she likes. Take away the bacon
and sorghum and snuff mops, but don’t try to
deprive the woman of what alone makes life en
durable—gossip about one another.
Ida: Do we look funny ? No, we don’t. We look
like we “bad laid in the nettles and fed on the corn
cobs of life,” and if you think youv'eseen that sub
lime line in Tennyson's, “Maud,” we beg leave t^
inform you that you did not, for wedon’tcopy from
any one. Don’t you know there's no humor in a
perpetual giggler?
Belsiiazak : You can’t see what cotton worms
were made lor ?jt Well, your education has been
sadly neglected. Cotton worms, business, cyclones
and domestic burs, make people ready and willing
to die. Who do you suppose would sigh for the
“better land” if the old raven disappointment, that
follows man from the cradle to the grave, croaking
“nevermore” at liis heels, were to be driven out of
this world and never more allowed to enter it
again. If you will look at your crop of worms
philosophically, Belshazar, you will acknowledge
that every thing that destroys happiness in this
life, is an invaluable blessing and “blessed is he
who expects nothing for he shall not be disappoint
ed.”
r Hunter: Certainly we know that the musketo
is not a “night bird” only. Do you think we have
never “tramped it” in the vicinity of a swamp or
fished in a Florida lake ? If you will touch a little
spirits of turpentine over your hands and about
your face and clothes, the pests will not trouble
you.
Country Girl: If you are not aware of where
the best goods, and most reasonable prices are to be
had in the city stores and have no acquaintance in
the city to accompany you in your shopping, your
best course will be to look through various eetab-
ments and compare prices and goods. “I will look,
elsewhere” will usually bring the clerk, who may
be trying to impose on you, to bottom prices, for
great is the competition among “ye dry goots" men.
Bays Bertha, of Richmond—“Now tell me is it true
that among the French families of Louisiana it is
the custom where there is an engaged couple, for
the prospective bridegroom to furnish the bridal
out-lit for his intended?”
It is. The fiance furnishes everything the bride
wears at her marriage from veil to slippers. Wo
believe it is a custom brought from la belli France.
John 1’: it is best to keep a sharp eye on the
girl if she talks in that style. However, she may
be putting you to a test, or just teasing. Girls are
dated and signed that it is possible to return them
to the writers. These letters constitute about one- ! hard to understand, but often their caprices are on-
haif of all the dead letters returned to the < General j ]y surface deep, and the wisest lover is he who doe
Post Office. The other half of this great multitude j
of stray epistles is composed of such as are not da- :
ted at any post town or office i the postmark itself
frequently illegible), and have no proper 1
being frequently illegible), and hav
signature. These and some others of an utterly
worthless class are first torn to shreds by a machine
to render them illegible, and then sold to the paper-
makers. There are a great number of clerks en
gaged in opening and returning dead letters. They
dispose of over 15,<m<) a day, amounting to several
millions in the course of a year. It i s pertinent to
ask the question, why do so many letters
FA q.TO KFV111 niK PERSONS
to whom they/are add Jessed? It is Evidently no
fault of the mail carriers, for each dead letter has
been to the office to which it was directed and re
mained there several months. It is because peo
ple are so migratory in their habits that they can
not remain stationary long enough to have a" let ter
delivered through the mail ? This principle ac
counts for it in part, but there are many other
causes. Thousands of Iettets arc directed to the
wrong Post (ifficc by the writer, who merely guess
es he is sending it to the right one. Other thousands
have tiie name of the party addressed so imper
fectly written that the owner of the letter himself
could liot tell that it belonged to him. Others have
the name of the State so imperfectly written that
the letters are quite as likely to go in the wrong
direction as the right. It is better generally to
avoid abbreviations and write the name of a state
in full, thus preventing the possibility of going in
the wrong direction. There are seven states—
Maine, Massachusetts. Maryland, Michigan, Min
nesota, Missouri and Mississippi—beginning with
M. The abbreviations of these names imperfectly
written will frequently send a letter two or three
thousand miles in the wrong direction. If you
wish a letter to reach its destination, or, failing to
find the person to whom it is sent, to be returned,
it can be secured almost beyond the possibility of
failure, by observing the iollowing directions,' Di
rect the letter legibly, writing the name of the per
son to whom it is sent, his town, county, if possi
ble, and State upon the envelope.
It is well also to repeat this either at the head or
foot of the letter itself. If he Is to be found there
the letter will reach him almost without fail At
the head of the letter write your own address,
town, county, and .State in full. It is not enough
to give the town merely, for there are so many
places of the same name in different counties and
States that this alonegives no sufficient clue to the
one in question. If your letter is dated merely
“Jackson,” how can the office know which of the
150 “Jacksons” in the country has the honor of be
ing your residence? Then sign your name clearly
at the end. If you indulge in a fancy signature,
which only yourself and the teller ol the bank where
you keep your funds can read, do not use it. The
office has not the pleasure of your personal acquain
tance and has no means of identifying your cabalis-
ticsignature. Write your name in full. It is not
sufficient to.sign “Your affect innate brother, Rob."
or “Your own loving Maggie.” For all the office
knows there are in your town a score of “Robs"
and “Maggies,’’just as “affectionate” and “loving”
as you are.
If you observe those directions, and the letter
faiis to reach the person for whom it was intended,
you will, in due time, receive it through tiie Dead-
letter office, provided always that you have not in
the meanwhile changed your residence.
not worry over them.
Cornfield: Yes, sugar is beiDg made- of com
stalks quite successfully as an experiment.
Young Doctor : Find a new field of operation, and
use tact and patience in working yourself into a
practice, Don't sit down and wait to be sought.—
Fiud the medium between vulgar pushing and a
i laudable desire to bring yourself into notice.
2nd, The cold water and stripping experi :nentdi<l
iml succeed in curing yellow lever.
Dora writes—“I have a beau whom I like but
he has one fault, when becomes to see me in the
evening he will stay too long. I bate to hurt hi-
feelings by saying ‘go\ and am at a loss what to do,<
If he wont take a hint, tell him frankly that, you
prefer his leaving at a reasonable hour. If he is
sensible, he will like you none the less for your
candor. Itisa great breach of etiquette for a young
man to break into the regular habits ofa family by
prolonging his evening visit beyond the usual
hour for retiring. Ten o'clock is late enough ior a
call in the evening.
SOCIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Helping The Poor.
Sudden Death and Overwhelming Sorrow.
The most startling death since tiie epidemic was
first announced, and one that conveys a warning
to convalescents, is that of Francis \V. Schley, of
31 Winchester avenue. It occurred yesterday, on
Market street between three and half-past-
four o’clock—no one can tell exactly the mo
ment as he was alone and no person seems to have
traveled the street until about the latter hour—
when Dr. Nuttal found the unfortunate man lying
upon his bank, quite dead, a basket containing a
couple of bushels of potatoes beside him. He left
his wife at three o’clock for the grocery, where lie
purchased the potatoes, ami was on bis way borne
and within, perhaps, a hundred yards of-it when his
strength which he had overtaxed as a convalescent
gaveout’aml ho foil, perhaps lay down and died. He
had a very severe attack of the fever, but for two
weeks had been convalescing, and was supposed to
be beyond any danger. But so slender and lender
is the cord of life as the fever leaves it, that even the
slight exertion of a short walk and the weight ol a
basket a little child might carry without strain,
broke It and he passed away alone, so near and yet
so far from the touch ofa tender hand and the kiss
of afiectionate lips. Dr. Nuttall conveyed the sad
news to his wife as tenderly as he could, but her
emotion none the less overcame her and she gave
way to a soul-harrowing grief. She has the sympa
thy of the conunnuity.—M&niphis sLvaUvnche,
Some weeks since a youth whose parents live
on Second street, began saving up his pennies
to help the poor when winter came, and he ex
hibited so much enthusiasm in the good work
that his father was liberal with small change.
The lad’s savings footed up about three dollars,
when, the other noon the father came to dinner
to find a fruit peddler’s wagon just leaving the
alley, and such a stack of muskmelons in the
back yard as he never saw before.
‘What does all this mean ?’ he enquired of tbe
son, whose dancing eyes betrayed the good feel
ing in his heart.
‘I’ve bought ’em—bought the whole pile for
four cents apiece !’ was the reply.
‘You have ! Why I thought you were saving
up money for the poor.’
‘That’s what I was doing, but now I’ve invest
ed it for ’em. I’m going to keep these melons
down cellar till New Year, and then I’m going
to carry 'em around and give the poor a surprise!
Won‘t they feel boss, though !‘
A method of makiDg an artificial marble is
said to have been devised by Miss Hosmer, the
sculptor. The subject is first sculptured in
limestone, and then placed in a boiler filled with
pure water, in which it is hermetically sealed,
and fire applied. When the pressure indicat
ed by a manometer shows an atmospheric pres
sure of five or six degrees the water is allowed
to cool. The sculpture is then withdrawn and
treated in colored baths, with a suitable mor
dant, such as alum, for fixing the colors.
This department became such a huge and popm
lar feature that we could not attend to the
hundreds of letters which accumulated each week
and we were forced to abandon it for a while. But
there has been such a clamor for its re-establish
ment that we again introduce it with the following
restrictions;
1. All letters must be accompanied with the cash
at the rate of five cents per line, ten words make
a line.
2- Letters to be forwarded must be open for
inspection.
3. Each letter must be enclosed in a paid
envelope.
Will Miss “Estelle" please send her address to
Sunny South office, directed to Roseliury, and re
ceive immediate response from a devoted admirer.
I am a young man of nineteen summers. Five feet,
nine inches high, gray eyes, black hair, and fair
complexion, and of high social standing. Photo
graph exchanged if desired.
May, of Tennessee, solicits a few young gentle
men'correspondents. Description given in first
letter. Direct care Sunny South.
Frank DeColma, still wishes a lew more lady
correspondents added to his list. Accurate descrip
tion given; also, true name and photograph ex
changed if desired.
Allie Eden would be pleased to secure a limited
number of gentleman correspondents, with moral
habits, and amiable dispositions.
Will you please say to the young ladies of the
South,* widows included , that S. S. 15.,* a bachelor
of thirty-five, would be extremely happy to secure
a few correspondents. Object—amusement and
matrimony. True name, and other particulars giv
en if required. Address, S. S. B., care Sunuy South,
J. C. G desires an immediate response from some
young lady, between fifteen and eighteen; blonde
preferred. * < ibject, improvement and fun. Address,
care of this office.
Lucinda, Emma Jerusha Jane, and Alice Genie
three young ladies, would like to corespond with
a limited number ol young gentlemen, who can
wash, iron, cook, and uo all kind of house work,
as we believe'tis a poor rule that wont work both
ways," and not leave all the drudgery as ‘‘Mare
Morae', would have it to the ladies, vet Jerusha
says she would like to correspond with “Mare,”
just to ascertain the kind of material he is com
posed of. Should he respond to this she will an
swer immediately.
■Will Henry S, Lake write instanter to Cecil Lav-
ami secure an agreeable correspondent. Direct care
Sunny South.
St. Elmo wishes to correspond with a blonde,
between the ages of fifteen and eighteen.
George Barton is five feet, eleven inches, with
light hair, and desires to correspond with a blonde,
between eighteen and twenty. Object matrimony.
Clifton Gordon is five feet nine, and has black
hair and eyes, would delight in a correspondence
with a brunette, between fifteen and seventeen.
Object pure. Address care Sunny South.
Please say to Longfellow and Narvin Jr., that
“Heartsease” aged sweet-sixteen, light brown hair
and brown eyes, fair complexion, would be pleased
to hear from either one or both of them, provided
they ope u the correspondence by writing the tirst
letter.