Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. V.
; THE APPEAL.
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A Proclamation.
G* L
h «EOPGIA.
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'v RUFUS B. BULLOOK,
‘ ,L Governor of said State.
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Itai’.rr *7 E keAB, Official information has been re
hiiiiu: j at this Department that One Ficus
ry, R'Lj a notorious character, lias of late com
many depredations upon the good and
abiding citizens of Lumpkin county, and
foT sale counties adjacent thereto, and that several
t * ,a yHictments are now pending against him iu
hose counties, charging him with assault with
•intent to murder, ui son, horse stealing, and
oilier divers crimes ; and _
Whereas, Notwithstanding the diligent es-
forts by the civil authorities in endeavoring
to apprehend tlie said Fricks, he has succeeded
in eluding their vigilance, and is sftill at large,
greatly to the terror and the disturbance of
tlie peace and good oi der of said communities:
Now, therefore, believing that th<s offering
of a suitable reward is essential as a means of
Hinging to justice the said Fricks, I have
thought proper to .issue,this my Proclamation,
hereby offering a reward of Five Huudred Dol
lars for the apprehension and delivery of the
said Pleue Fricks to tlie Sheriff of Lumpkin
county, and an additional reward of Five
Hundred Dollars on his conviction of any of
the felouiea with which he Btands charged,
Giveu under my hand and the Great Seal of
11 the State, at the capitol, in tlie city of At
1 lanta, this 12th and y of July, in the year of
our Lord Eighteen Hundred aud Seventy-
One, and of the Independence of the Uui
• ted States of America the Ninety-Sixth.
RUFUS JB. BULLOCK
tty the Governor :
David G. (Dotting, Secretary of State.
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A I^roeljimation.
GEORGIA.
By It UFUS B. B ULL 0 CK,
Governor of Said State.
Whereas, on the 7th day of June, 1870, a
Proclamation was issued from this Depart
ment, offering a reward of Two Hundred Dol
lars for the apprehension and delivery, with
evidence to convict, to the Sheriff of Taliafei.
ro county, of Alexander H. Evans, charged
with the murder of JeSße Nunn, in said coun
ty ; and
•Whereas, the said Evans #s still at large,
continuing his depredations, and it being
represented to me that the murder conra itted
by him was most willful and atrocious, and
that it U the universal desire of the citizens of
•aid county that the said Evans he arrested
for his evil doings and brought to a speedy trial
and punishment;
Now, therefore, in order the more effectual
ly to make certain the arrest of the said Evans
I have thought proper, and do h reby offer an
additional reward ot Five Hundred Dollars
for the arrest and delivery of the said Alexan
der H. Evans to the Sheriff of Taliaferro conn
ty, and a reward of Five Hundred Dollars on
his conviction
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this
twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one, and of
the Independence of the United States of
America the Ninety sixth.
RUFUS B. BULJ.OCK.
tty the Governor -.
David G, Dotting, Secretary of State
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A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
By R UFUS B. B ULL O CK,
Governor of Said State.
Whereas, Official information has been re
ceived at this Department that James Toombs,
a desperate character, recently convicted of
murder, and confined under sentence of death
in the common jail of Houston county, has
made his escape from said jail and is now at
large ;
Now, therefore, I have thought proper to
Issue this, my Proclamation, hereby offering a
reward of Five Hundred Dollars fortlie ap
prehension and delivery of the said James
Toombs to the Sheriff Os Houston county, in
order that he may be punished for the offense
of which he stands convicted.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the
Executive Department at the Capitol in
Atlanta, this fourteenth day of July, in
the year of onr Lord Eighteen Hundred
and Seventy-one, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the Ninety
sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor
David G. (Dotting, Sec'y of State.
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Fruits and Flowers,
Durham, Mountain Leaf
Smoking' Tobacco,
For sale by T. S. POWELL, Trustee,
CUTHBERT lj§l APPEAL.
The Duty of Life.
BY CARRIE BELL SINCLAIR.
Look not mournfully .back to the Past,
The Present’s the hour for Duty,
And Lite, be it ever so dark,
Has moments of sunshine and beauty.
Look up! for the sun is still shining
Although a black cloud may be there ;
Remember the bright silver lining
From under the cloud will appear.
Sit not with the hands folded—
Each one has a duty to do, •
And if life has its struggles for others,
Why have only pleasures for you ?
Seek uot to pluck only the roses,
Faint not in the heat of the strife ;
But put on the armor of courage,
To fight in the battle of life.
Look round on the highways and gather,
Not only the flowers so sweet,
But lake up the stones that are bruising
Some Weary, worn traveler’s feet;
Seek out some cool spring in the desert,
And give to the lips that are dry—
Speak a kind word of hope oi of comfort
To each sorrowing one who goes by.
Pluck a thorn lrom some poor, bleeding
bosom,
Make strong some faint heart for the
strife;
Rouse up the weak feet that have
Oh this is the mission of Life ;
Ask uot if the world will applaud you—
No matter since duty is done ;
There’s One who will better reward you,
With the crown you have faithfully won.
“ Come Home, Father.”
Father, dear father, come home with me
now!
The clock in the steeple strikes one ;
You said y#u were coming right home from
the shop,
As soon as your day's work was done.
Our fire has gone out—our house is all dark,
And mother’s been watching since tea,
With poor brother Benny, so sick in her arms,
And no one to help her but me.
Conic home ! come home ! come home !
Please, father, dear lather, come home.
Hear the sweet voice of the child,
Which the night winds, repeat as they
roam!
Oh, who could resist this most plaintive
of prayers ?
‘•Please, father, dear father, come home!’’
Father, dear father, com j homo with -me
now,
The clock in the steeple strikes two 1
The night has grown colder, and Benny is
woue—
But he has been calliug for you.
Indeed he is worse—Ma says he will die,
I’eihaps before morning shnlKdawn ;
And this is the message she sent me to bring?
Come quickly or ho will be gone.”
Father, dear lather, coihe home with me now,
The clock in the steeple strikes three :
The home is so lonely—the hours are so long
For poor wcepiifg mother and me.
Yes, we are alone —poor Benny is dead,
And gone with the angels of light ;
And these were the very last words that he
said—
“ I want to kiss papa good night.”
Tlie Man who Hadn’t any Objection.
The author of St. Twel’mo, no
ted for Jiis love of a practical joke,
and a slight impediment in hisspeech,
was “ on. duty ” at the fair of the
American Institute, and finding a
convenient point of rest behind a
pyramid of paste and blacking, went
quietly to work to write up his notes.
He had just completed a glowing
eulogium on the merits of a patent
bean sifter when he was interrupted
by a tall countryman, who asked:
“ Haow do you sell yer blackin,”
mister ? ”
“ 1 d-d-dont sell it, said the ab
sorbed writer.
“Don’t gin it away, do ye ? ” said
the querist, handling a box covet
ously.
“ I ha-ha-haven’t g : g-given away'
any yet,” replied the still busy
knight of the pencil.
“ Hain’t got any objections to my
takin’ a box Lave ye ? ” persisted
the torment.
“ N n-not the 1-least in the world,
said the now thoroughly aroused
joker, calmly closing his book,
and beaming blandly upon tlie in
terrogator.
The contrymau immediately seiz
ed upon a box of polish; a sharp
boy standing near followed his ex
ample ; the news ot free blacking
spread among other sharp boys, and
the pyramid of blacking was soon
reduced to a plain, when the news
paper man was overtaken a little
distance further in the hall by the
blacking dealer, irate and red-faced,
with two policemen, Who had the
original offender and half dozen
boys in custody.
“ What tlie blazes do you mean,”
said the man of polish, m anything
but polished language ; “ by setting
people to steal my blacking ? ”
“ M-m-my dear sir,” said the par
agrapher, urbanely, “ the g-g-gen
tleman asked me if I ha-ha-had any
objections to.his t-t-t-taking a box
of blacking, and I hadn’t any ob
jections at all, and I d-d-don’t know
why I should have.” And he walk
ed quietly on in pursuit of his la
bors, leaving Messrs. Day and Mar
tin to charge a gross of paste black
ing to profit and loss.
A Philadelphia lady appeared
at a ball at Cape May with a dress
made entirely of lace purchased, in
Brussels, and which cost $'7,000.
It is kept in an air tight case and
the sunlight is never allowed to fall
on it.
The State Road lessees have fork
ed over $25,000 rent for the month
of August.
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1871.
[communicated.]
Messrs. Editors : Thinking that
these lines may find an appreciative
eye among your readers, I have de
termined to give a little account of a
protracted meeting which has just
closed at “Damascus” church, a
few.miles from this place.
On my way “ out home,” I call
ed in to see my estimable friend,
Mrs. H. As usual she met me with
a smile of welcome, and insisted
that I would remain with her until
after preaching, saying, “We have
a most delightful meeting going on
in the Baptist Church, out here.”
I hope that my friends will excuse
me for alluding to them, but I can
not resist the impulse of approving
the disinterested benevolence which
has characterized the course of this
family towards the church at this
place. It is so seldom of late years
that we witness the padormance of
an unselfish act, that it induces us
to make a speciality of the matter.
About two years ago Mrs. 11. hear
ing a poor widow Woman compiaia
'ing of the spiritual condition of her
family, and wishing that her - cir
cumstauces were such that she could
have her children religiously in
structed, mentioned the fact toiler
husband. Knowing that there was
a number of poor people around him
who, like the woman alluded to,
had a great incumberauce in the
way of children, and consequently
were denied church privileges, Mr.
H. being a man of gCneious feel
ings, and with hand and heart ever
ready to promote both, individual
and public good, began in a delicate
way to interest the neighbors on
the subject. Belonging to a differ
ent denomination of Christians, and
fearing that his motives might be
impugned, he operated in an indi
rect way. He began first, by call
ing their gtteution to the number of
children who were growing up
around them without any religious
instruction whatever, and intimated
that for the good of the community,
someone ought to make an effort
to build a house, and invite some
minister of God’s gospel to visit
them occasionally and administer to
their spiritual wants. He soon
found that the idea met their ' ap
proval. He then proposed to be
one of a number of men who would
meet at all appointed time, and make
preparation for building a house ©f
worship. The appointed day having
arrived, the neighbors met, and go
ing heartily to work, soon erected a
neat little log house by the road
side. Knowing the religions feel
ing of the neighborhood, he believed
that a church with opposite views
to bis own, would soon be constitut
ed in the house; but like a true
hearted Christian, he cared only lor
the good of others.
In a short time the neighbors'
met and constituted a Baptist
church. For a year they had no
regular pastor, but held monthly
meetings. Mr. H. and family at
tended their meetings regularly ;
opened their bouse to the people,
.and performed nobly their part in
taking care of the preacher.
Hoping that the reasons given
for my deviation, are sufficient, I
will return to the subject. After
partaking of an early supper, such
as only the social, hospitable lady of
a country home can prepare, we be
gan our walk to the house of God,
which was nearly a mild distant.—
My emotions as we drew near the
.church were indescribable. I would
that I had tbo power of language
that I might convey to the minds
of my readers the impression made
upon my heart, as I saw in the
twilight, crowds of people
pouring in from tlie different roads
and by-paths, and collecting
around the little log house. With
silent praise they entered the
church. A placid stillness reigned
until the man of God opened the
book, and with impressive voice
read the word of life. My mind
wandered back to the time, when
an innocent child, I was led to the
house of prayer ky parents who
worshipped God “with the spirit
and the understanding when
pure and vital religion reigned in
the hearts of the professed follow
ers of Jesus, aliiinng fqrth in rdeeds
of kindness, and words of love;
when the children of God worship
ped not at the shrine of fashion and
false refinement, but when from the
hearts of Christians, overflowing
with love and gratitude, burst forth
sweet songs of praise. ’
Mr. Culbreth, the worthy pastor,
in a soft persuasive voice reasoned
with his bearers upon the uncertain
ty of life, and the certainty,. of
death and the judgment. In an ef
fort to remove from the minds of
sorne'their objection to revivals of
religion, he advanced an idea which,
although I think a good one, never
occurred ty me before. Thinking
that perhaps it will strike others
with force, I will briefly allude to
it. He referred to the impotent
man that Christ healed at the pool
ofßethesda; said that Commenta
tors assigned different reasons for
the healing properties which tlie
waters of the pool possessed at cer
tain seasons-; but that he believed'
that the miracle was performed as a
lesson for Christians in ull ages; that
it taught them that the spirit of
God strove with men, at one time
more than another, and that it was
the duty of Christians to meet at
ceitain seasons and pray for the spe
cial blessing of God, as the impo
tent lnan laid around the pool wait
ing and desiring the moving of the
waters.
I never saw a more quiet, atten
tive congregation in-my life. A1
though circumstances were 'Such
that,a number of chiidern were pres
ent, not a sound bfoke the solemni
ty of tlie occasion.
After the sermon was ended, an
opportunity? was offerod those who
wished an interest in the prayers of
God’s people, to come forward and
extend then* hand to the pastor.—
Quite a number arose, and with
thoughtful countenances, went for
ward.
I had the pleasure of attending
the meeting the next night, and al
so the following Gabbath' morning.
The last sermon of the occasion,
was addressed to the young con
verts. About twelve went forward,
and occupied the seats which had
been arranged on either, side of the
pulpit for those who had united
with the church during the meet
ing. Among the number was the
family of my friend, Mr. H. The
sermon was given in an affectionate,
impressive spirit, and will no doubt
act as both a guide and check
to those, -who had that day publicly
put on a profession of religion.
The meeting in the litttle log
house by the roadside will long be
remembered *by thokc whosfe privi
lege it was to attend, -and its rc suit
eternity alone will unfold.
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The Wrong Picture.
“ A pretty face—a pretty face in
deed ”
I turned the little photograph up
side dawn,, lipid it off at arm’s
lenght to get a perspective view,
and scrutinize it perfectly with my T
eye-glasses.
Henry Wallis looked pleased ; a
man naturally likes to have liis affi
anced admired and'appreciated.
“So this is Bessie Armitage I
have heard so much of; really', Wal
lis, she does credit to your taste.
A blonde, I suppose?”
“Fair as a lily-leaf, with blue
eyes and sunniest golden hair.”
“Ah! we11,.1 must say I prefer
the brunette style, so far as my in
dividual teste goes, but then, fan
cies differ, you know.”
It was all very well for Henry
Wallis to go into ecstasies about
the pallid, fair-haired Bessie Armi
tage; he had never seen the glance
of Cecilia Vernon’s magnificent
dark eyes. What did he know
about the true tvpc of female beau
ty ? . •
“As you say, fancies differ,” Wal
lis returned, lightly. “But I wish
you would select a handsome frame
for it when you go to town next
blue velvet with a gold ring on the
margin, or some such tasteful ar
rangement.’/
“I’ll see to it.” I said, deposit
ing the picture in its envelope, and
returned it to my inside breastpock
et.
“You’ll be very careful of it ?”
“Careful ? Os course I shall.”
I smiled a little at Willis’ solici
tude, and we parted.
After all, Henry Willis was bet
ter off' than I was, for he was se
curely engaged to the dimpled, yel
low-tressed little object iff his af
fections; while I was yet, as it
were, in outer darkness, uncertain
whether my peerless Cecilia return
ed my ardent devotion, or whether
she secretely inclined toward that
unprincipled fellow, Fitzhue Tre
foil. A' score of times I had re
solved to settle the question; a
score of times I had gone to the
Vernons’ with the very .formula $f
the declaration on my lips, and as
often had the words died uway un
voiced and übspbken.
If fate had only gifted me with
one thousandth part of Fitzhue
Trefoil’s off-hand audacity ! I don’t
think anything bhort of the deluge
could check his cool selbpossessiou;
an earthquake wouldn’t, and I
don’t ihink that the millenium could.
However, love inspires the feeb
lest heart with a sort of factitious
courage, and I was anew man since
Miss Vernon smiled on me. What
was the use of doubting, hesitating
and trembling? Why not decide
my fate at once ? Henry Wallis’ se
rene content exercised a stimula
ting influence upon me. I Would
fain have been even as he was !
“There is no sense in procrastir
nafciug matters any further.” I
said half aloud as I walked up and
down the rather limited domains of
my little law office. “ I have been
a doubting fool quite long enough.”
I am afraid I was not a very amia
ble member of the domestic circle
that afternoon.
“ I think Paul is growing crosser
every day,” said my sister, shrug
ging her little plump shoulders.—
“Mamma, I wish you’d speak to
him,”
But my mother, bless her wise
old soul, knew better than that. She
only looked at me over the rims of
her spectacles, and went on darn
ing stockings.
“ Paulis worried with business
matters, I suppose,” she said, apol
ogetically. “ Paul will be well
enough if you ouly let him alone.”
I went up to iny room after din
ner, and made an elaborate toilet;
but all the pains I bestowed upon
it served only to heighten the gen*
eral-effect of awkwardness.
“ I’ve two minds to whit until to
raon'fl W;” quotljj Flo myself, abrabt*
ly stopping, with my -cravat half
tied.- —^
No,' f might be a coward, hut I
was not such an unmitigated pal
troon as that. I had begun the en
terprise, and I would carry it through
if it cost me the last drop of my
heart’s blood. Moreover I had an
inspiration. An entirely new meth
od of putting the momentous query
—“ popping the question ” is a vul
garism that I for one, could not tole
rate'—had occurred to. me. r
“ Hang, Fitzhue Trefoil,” I ex
claimed gleefully, half aloud," though
there was no ear to hear lfty ejacu
lation, “I’ll win the dark-eved treas
ure yet, in spite of him ! ”
I opened my writing-case, and
carefully took out a little carte
de visite wrapped in tissue paper,
and tenderly laid away with a pink
silk perfume sachel that Minnie had
made for me once. It was Cecilia’s
picture; she had allowed me. to
steal it away from her, with scarcely
a remonstrance, a week before. —
Then was the time I ought to have
proposed; but, like a timorous,
doubting moon-calf as I was, I bad
lot the golden tide of opportunity
slip unimproved away from me.
I drew Bessie Armitage’s vacant
doll-like face from its envelope, and
compared the two with a thrill of
triumph in my heart.
“ Colorless water beside crimson,
sparkling champagne ! a pale violet
in the shadow of a royal rose!
pearls eclipsed by the fiery flash of
diamond ! ” I exclaimed. “Ijenry
Wallis’ taste may be very correct
and classical, but give me my ra
diant brunette. The bleached out
beauties don’t correspond with my
ideal of perfection.”
It was a lovely spring evening as
I entered the wide gravelled path
that led up to the broad porch of
tlie old-fashioned Vernon mansion.
Squire Vernon sat there smoking
his meerschaum.
“ Woq’t you sit down and have a
smoke ? ” he demanded hospitably.
“ It’s a real luxury to ho able to
take a whiff out of doors, after being
shut up in the house all winter. Or
maybe you’d prefer going in to see
Cecil ? ” Sensible old gentleman,
lie had not forgotten his own young
days. 1 intimated, not without con
siderable awkwardness, that the
special object of my visit had been
to see Cecilia.”
“ Well, she is in the parlor all by
herself,” said the *squire, good hu
moredly, motioning me in. “ Walk
in—walk in.”
Cecilia Vernon was sitting in the
parlor alone, as her father had said,
the bright centre of a cheerful cir
cle of lamplight. A bit of crochet
work was lying in her lap, and an
open volume of poems—poems I
had sent her—was on the table.
Cecilia Vernon was always fair to
look upon, in my sight; to-night,
however, she seemed more than .or
dinarily beautiful.
I sat down, and began hesitating
ly upon tlie never-failing topic of
the weather. A proposal had seem
ed the easiest thing in the world as
I walked along the dewy edge of
the peaceful starlight road. Con
templating it from afar off, but now
that I was face to face with it, Alps
upon Alps of difficulty and perplex
ity seemed to surround its accom
plishment. I would have given all
that I was worth to postpone the
evil day but twenty-four hours—all
but my selfrespcct, and that was
imperilled now.
Cecilia tried her best to keep tlie
ball of conversation in motion, she
introduced new subjects, asked
leading questions, and feigned deep
ihterest in the most obstruse of tqp
ics. But even Cecilia could not
talk on forever, and presently, with
a little sigh of despair, she sub
dued into silence.
Now was the eventful moment of
my desiirijr. * • * ii it ft
“Cecilia!” I said softly.
She raised the liquid brown eyes
to mine.
“I want to confide in you to-night
—have I your permission to speak?”
“Certainly, Mr. Markham.” 4
“I am very much in love, Cecil
ia ; in fact, my heart has long ag*
gone out of my own possession into
that of—”
I stopped with the fatal husky
feeling in my throat. Miss Cecilia
was Mushing divinely. I drew my
ohiir close to hers, with the sensa
tion of a man who had just pulled
the string of a cold shower bath.,
“Who is the lady ?” faltered Ce
cilia—ns if she didn’t know perfect
ly well already.
“Shall I show von her picture,
Cecilia?” -
Miss Vernon inclined her head
almost to the level of my shoulder,
to look at the little carte de visite I
drewfrOhi my’poekftt? 'l'slflllfdtly
■stole one arm round her waist.
“See clearest!” • f .
But to my horror and dismay, she
snatched her hand from my clasp,
sprang up and started away, like
some fair avenging goddess !
“llow dai-e you insult me thus,
Mr. Markham?”
“Cecilia ! how—what—”
“Don’t presume to call me Cecil
ia, sir !” sobbed the indignant girl,
bursting into tears, and sweeping
from the room. • . -
I sat like one palsied. What had
I done? Why was the gracious
mood of my enchantress thus sud
denly transformed to gall and bit
terness ! Surely sjie would present
ly return and apologize for her ca
pricious exit ? B.ut she did not re
turn ; and after wailing long in
vain, I sneaked out of a side door,.
and crept dejectedly home, my
heart burning with wonder and re
sentment. I had nO mind to meet
the assembled family. group ; sol
admitted myself with the latch-key,
and stole noiseless up stairs, where
my lamp I had lighted with high
and hounding hopes, was burning.
I threw oil' tny coat viciously; as
I did so the forgotten carte de visi
le fell from my pocket. I stooped
to pick it up. It was tlie portrait
of Bessie Armitage ! And there on
the mantel, where I in my heedless
haste had left it,, was the divine
countenance of my queen, Cecilia !
I had shown her the wrong pho
tograph.
All was clear now! Her indig.
nation and resentment —the whole
tangled web of mystery was unrav
eled now: I caught up my hat to
rush back to her, bat at that mo
ment the clock struck eleven.
It was too late now. All apolo
gy and explanation must be left un
til the morrow. And with a dis
contented spirit I sought my couch.
Early next morning I walked
over to*the old Vernon mansion;
but expeditious as I was, Trefoil
had been there before me. I met
hiiiLcdming down the walk as self
possed as ever.
“Congratulate me, my dear fellow!
I am the happiest man in the world.
Cecilia Vernon has just promised
to be my wife !”
I stared blankly at him, aud with
one or two unintelligible murmurs,
turned short round and walked
home again. My rival had improv
ed the propitious opportunity, aud
caught Cecilia’s heart in the re
bound !
Well—so goes tbo world, and I
am a bacholor yet. There is but
one Cecilia, aud she, alas 1 is mar
ried io Fitzhue Trefoil.
Moral. —When you go courting
be certain whose picture you are
carrying next your heart.
The Thief’s Expedient.
There is a fable among the Hin
doos that a thief, having been de
tected and condemned to die, happi
ly hit upon an expedient which
gave him hope of life. He sent for
his jailor, and told him that he had
a secret of great.importance which
he desired to impart to the King,
'and when that had been done he
would be prepared to die. Upon
receiving this piece of intelligence,
the King at once ordered the cub
prit to be conducted to his presence,
and demanded of him to know his
secret. The thief replied that he
knew the secret of causing trees to
grow which would bear fruit oi
pure gold. The experiment might
be easily tried, and his majesty
would not lose tbo opportunity; so
a*ccompanied by bis prime minister,
his courtiers and his chief priest, he
went with the thief to a spot se
lected near .the city-wall, where the
latter performed a series of solemn
incantations. This done the con
demned man produced a piece of"
gold and declared that if it should
be planted it would produce a tree
every branch of which would bear
gold.
“But,” lie added, “this must be
put into the ground by a hand that
has never been stained with a dis
honest act. My hand is not clean,
therefore I pass it to your Majes
ty-”
The King took the plfece of gold ;
but hesitated. Finally he said :
“I remember that in my younger
days I often filched money from my
father’s treasury which was not
mine. I have repented of the sin,
but yet I hardly dare say n.y hand
is clean, I pass it, therefore, to my
prime minister. The latter, after
a brief consideration, answered :
“It were a pity to break- the
charm through a possible blunder.
I receive taxes from the people, and
as I am exposed to many tempta
tions, how can I be sure that I am
perfectly honest?' I must give it to
the Governor of our citadel.”
“No, no,” cried the Governor
drawing back. “Remember that I
have the serving out of pay and
provisions to the soldiers. Let the
high priest plant it.”
And the priest said :
“You forget, I have tlie collect
ing of tithes, and the disbursement
for sacrifice.”
At length the thief exclaimed :
“Your Majesty, I think it were
better for society that all five of us
should be hanged, since it appears
that not an honest man can be found
among us.”
In spite of the lamentable expos
ure the king laughed ; and so pleas
ed was he with the thief’s cunning
expedient, that he granted him a
pardon; ■
Remedy for Poison. —A corres
pondent of the London Literary
Gazette, alluding to the numerous
cases of death from accidental poi
soning, adds:
“ I venture to affirm there is
scarce even a cottage in this coun
try that does not contain an inval
uable, certain, immediate remedy
for such events—nothing more than
a dessert spoonful of made mustard,
in a glass of warm water, and drank
immediately. It acts as an emetic,
is always ready, and may be used
in an}? case where one is.required.
By making this simple antidote,
you may be the means of saving
many a fellow creature from an un
timely end.”
Horrors in Persia.— The fam
ine in Persia is causing dreadful
havoc. The mortality in the pro
vince of Khorassan averages three
hundred daily, and so great is the
distress that the dead bodies of the
victims are devoured by the survi
vors ; and men women and children
are in some cases killed to render
tlie supply of food more abundant.
The plague has also appeared among
the Persians, and the Turkish Gov
ernrnent has been compelled to
draw a sanitary cordon along the
border of its dominions.
Card from General Gordon.
Editor Constitution lam told
that during my absence an article
was transferred to your columns,
reflecting upon mo personally aud
upon the University Publishing
Company, and paid for by a rival
enterprise.
Os the allusiobs to myself I shall
take no notice. I have something
to say, however, of this company
with which I am associated, and as
you have, unintentionally, doubt
less; done the long list of' Southern
gentlemen interested in this compa
ny the wrong of giving circulation
to such an article, I trust yon will
percieve the justice of making
equally public the statements I give
below?.
First—This movement has been
indorsed by onr peojile, from Gen
eral Lee down, with a unanimity
and an enthusiasm never bofore
equalled probably, save by that cre
ated by the war. It would be
strange if it were otherwise.
Second—The stockholders num
ber at present. I believe, about 300.
Os these all are representative men
of the South, except thirteen; • aud
among thesejdiirtoen are Cyrus 11.
McCormick, *a Virginian, now of
New York, who so Tibci‘nlly endow
ed Gon. Lee’s college; rind several
others of Southern birth and edu-t
cation. Among, the .pQQ Southern
stockholders are ex-President Da
vis, General Jokcph E. Joinistem,
General Beauregard, General Ewell,
General Hood, General Hays, -Gan
era! Buckner, General Taylor, Gen
eral Lee, eldest son of P. E. Lee,
General Lawton, .General Gilmer,
General Colquitt, General Wilcox,
General Bate, General Manning,
General Polk, General Sorrel, Gen
eral Clanton, Mr. Sedden, late Sec
retary of War of tlie Confederate
States, and many of the most prom
inent Ex-Governors aud Governors
of the South, Bishops, Railroad and
Bank Presidents, clergy, teachers,
leading planters, merchants, law
yers, physicians, etc., etc.
Third—The object of the organ
ization is to rid the South of the
school books, which are obnoxious
to Southern sentiment and to co op
erate with all effort in that direc
tion, and to furnish, as it has suc
ceeded in doing, books of the high
est merit.
Fourth—The authors of the books
are Prof. John and Joseph LeConte,
formerly of the Universities of
Georgia and South Carolina ; 'Colo
nel Richard Johnson, one of Geor
gia’s most distinguished teachers,
now at the head of Penn Lucy In
stitute, near Baltimore; Colonel
Charles Venable, Professor of Math
ematics in the University of Virgin
ia, and during the war, Gen. Lee’s
staff’ officer ; Prof. Gildersleive, Pro
fessor of Greek in the University of
Virginia, and who, during the war
was severely wounded while serving
upon my staff; Dr. Holmes, of the
University of Virginia, Professor oh
Literature and History ; Prof.
Sachtleben, of the. University of
South Carolina, aiyl Commodore M.
F. Maury, the greatest probably of
living Geographers, and during the
war of the Confederate Navy, and
recently elected President of the
University of Alabama.
' So much for its status as a South
ern Institution.
The company owns no publishing
house, no presses or binding estab
lishment. It prints and binds by
contract , the work being done
wherever it is done cheapest and
best. As the lowest bids are made
by New York, and as that city fur
nishes superior faciliotis to any
other, the books are printed there
at present, as are nearly (nfl our
Southern boohs.
It is the purpose of the 'compa
ny eventually to build up its own
publishing house in some Southern
city," wluCTi' be done ”so<%‘
a s practicable ; but it would
require to dp this on a scale to
meet the demand already created
for these books, a vast amount of
capital, endanger the success of the
enterprise, and make the books
higher priced. True political econ
omy, as w'ell as patriotism, demands
that the books be published so as
to make them cheapest for the thou
sands of Southern children who coff
sumo them; They are the many—
the manufacturers arethefew. The
true interests; therefore,' of the
company, and of the codfitfy, so
far as the country 'isy irifrireSted in
it, is to continue for the contract'
plati of publishing.
Mr. LeSvisMcLane, of Baltimore,
known to the country, is President
of the company. Mr. C. B. Rich
ardson, of New York, and myself
are Vice Presidents. The authors
had arranged with Mr. Richardson
for the publication of their works,
and from him and his associates the
company 'purchased the rights,
plates, stereotypes, etc., etc. The
company needs and retains his
practical skill in ‘supervising the
publication of these books. “
These are the facts as to the com
pany, its stockholders, its purposes,
books, authors, mode of publica
tion,. etc., and these are made pub
lic only in answer to attacks made
upon it. Tlie company prefers to
00-operate with aIL similar efforts,
and if put in collision with such, it
will be only in defense.
Its success is without a parallel iu
this country. The hearts of the
people are in it, and public atten
tion cannot bo diverted, frotu the
patriotic purposes in view, by at
tacks upon individuals or the place
of publishing. The books—their
effect upon the minds and hearts
and characters of Southern chil-
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dren—this is the great question.
The efforts to raise other issues are
puerile, weak and , frivolous. As
well oppose on similar grouiMs, the
works of John C. Calhoun or the
great history of ’Alexander 11. Ste- '
phens. Respectfully, .
J . B. Gordon.
Extraordinary Manifestation at Ger
mantown, Ohio—The Biggest
Sensation of the Season.-
Cincinnati, July 2S.—Tliej’have
a firstclass sensation near German?
town, Ohio, in the shape Os ntHui
festions of spiritstet tho house of
Benj. Stiver. Tlie furniture 13 re?
moved, milk creeks upset, eatables
disturbed, and (lie whole household
disarranged in the most extraordi
nary manner. Eight members okn
the family, though not.all residing,,
together, appear in an article in the
Commercial this morning,* under
oath, reciting the circumstances
with singular particularity. The
affiants are old citizens, and have j
the general respect of the people of
that county.
The, following is a specimen of
’the sworn testimony of one of the
witnesses, Benjamin! F* Stiver:
“The family. Bible//wlrich was’ on
the bureau, tell on the floor, no one
being within its reach at the time.
Mother picked if "tip ahd* iJui?
back, and it fell again immudiatiel/'f
after she had reiAoved her hand
from it. The balance of the chairs
six or seven, commenced turniim
sommersaults in the room, and the
cradle turned over and father re'
placed it, when it turned upside 1
down again without further notice.
I went into tlie bed. room and got
my rifle aud shot gun,-and took
them out and fired them off, So aS
to avoid danger, and when I got
back I took out the clock from the'
bed-room, and while on the porch
heard the nickuacks, toys etc.
about fifty in number, swept from
the mantle-piece to the floor, a num-
Jber of which were broken. ' ■ ’
“No one was in the room at th«v
time. When I was taking the nick- ■
Hacks out, the light, which Was oh
the dough-tray in the bed room,
was thrown oft to the floor and put
out. I took out tho tray, and while
gone the bench on which the tray
was standing was turned upside
down in its place.
“ While wo were carrying the bit-1
rean and cupboard from the sitting
room to the yard, we heard a noise
in the bedroom; fdthei 1 went there
followed by mother and the boy,n
and father saw,the.guns, which had
been placed by me under a chest
after they were discharged, mov
ing away farther under the chest.*
lie saw them move eight Or- ten 1
inches. ~,j . j
“The shovel, which probably pro*
duced the noise, was moved a dis->
tance of three or fotir feet, and a
crock, which contained nails, was
upset.
As father and mother and tho
little boy were stalling out of the
bed-room, the hoy remarked “that
the feather bed was moving,
across the bed. - Mother shoved it
against the wall again, and as they
turned to go out of the room the
feather-bed was hoisted a wav. off
the bed to the middle of the floor,
striking their heels and tailing up-,
side down, with the quilt aceompa-uj
nying. They then started
the little boy behind; and as ha
passed a large bag of flour stand
ing at tho foot of the stirway in
Lite hall, he remarked touching it:
“I guess this will go next,” and be
fore he got uff stairs he heard' the '
bag fall off the sttfol dti which it had [
been standing, no one being near at,)
the time. When we got down
stairs again into 'the sitting-room
the stool in tbdhall where* the flour*
was, tumbled into the stiting-room
from the hall, u distance of tour or *
five teet.
W e then heard some noise in the
sleeping room again, and father ain!
mother found'A stand ' turned over,
and then, when in the kitchen, the
dining room table turned over in
its tracks, before fathej-’s and moth
ers’ eye-, as quick as lightning.—
On the porch the flower pots'wirff 1 ’
also tumbled over.”
, VARffer£T~
Wicked Tit erf stumble otcr
•slrawfcthr. the 'heaven, bufti
{climb over hills iu'itho t way to tleH ,
struction.i- .
.1 fMMDWngilt KV XO K)
Some antkur says that, one of* {
the uses of adversity is to bring U a
out. Thats true—especially at the
•’knees and’-elboWiSr * ‘ * r iri n
u lj h- TtmiQ A-,!?
Never Interpret social maxims
too literally. ' To "speed the parting''
guest, it is not essential that you
kick him down stairs. ■
“Charlie, my dear, come and**
get some candy 2” “I guess I won’-kv
mind it now,” replied the
hopeful; “I haye got a chew of to
bacco in.”
—An old Indian who had wit
nessed the effect tfo WliisLey'for**
many years, s:Ud a barrel labeled'
“whiskey” contained a thousand
songs and fifty tights. . . i ri .,
E. llulbert issues a circular to i
the “ corporators of the various
projected and unorganized railways
in Georgia,” calling them to meet
fn Atlanta on the 16th of August '
for the purpose off consultation,
and the devising of some plan by
which these important enterprises
may be inaugurated with a prob- ■>
pect of ultimate success.
IP ; ■*m ‘‘ •: ■ ■
The mortality among Mor- •
inon women and children is said to
he appalling.