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Newspaper Page TextVOL. y. Til* APPEAL. rußi.igHEn evkrt Friday, BY SAWTELL & CHRISTIAN. Term* Os Subscription: )nk Year $3 00 | Six Months....s2 00 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. I tST No attention paid to orders for t lie pa ier un'eeß accompanied by the Cash. Rates of Advertising; : One nqnare, (ten line* or lessd ®l‘oo for tl*e fli-st and 75 cents for each subsequent inser tlon. A liberal deduction made to parties who advertise tfy the year. Persons sendinif advertisements should mark the number of times tliev desire them inser ted, or tilt* will V«coiiiinued until foetid and ■^harnedAecOixiingly. i Transient advertisements must be paid for Lt the time of insertion. If not paid tor before (the expiration of the time aflvfcft'Sed, 25 per ■rent additiooaj witlhe charited. I ArttliuiNchiy of candidates for office, 85.00. Cash, in all eases P Oftitnary notices over five lines, charged at Iregular advertising ra*es. I All communications intend* tftto promote the [ private ends or interests of ©orporations, So cieties, or individuals, will be charged as ad vertisements, Jon Wohk, such as Pampldets, Circulars, Cards, Blanks, Handbills, etc , will be exeeu ted in good style and at, reasonable ifttes. All letters addressed to the Proprietor will > be promptly attended to. REMOVAL! PLANTERS WAREHOUSE ! WE npw have the pleasure of informing the planters of Randolph and adjacent ■comities, that K. McDonald lias erected anew, large and Commodious Warehouse, on depot gtre. t, south eide of and near the public square. The location being.more central and near the business part of llie city, wHI enable us lo of fer many more inducements to the planting public Ilian heretofore—where we will be uleiscd to meet with ortp nrimeroua old plant ing friends and Customers beside* many, many mew ones. We have ample arrangements for the recep tion and Storage of Cotton ail Ms. UulivulvQ lU fiaClUilL i iftilw Thankful tor past favors, we hope, with in creased advantages and personal attention, to general satisfaction and merit a liberal patronage. The latest published Commercial News will at all times be at the service of our friends and patrons. Liberal rash advances made op cotton and .goods in store. Consignments Solicited. l Personal attention given to the sale of Jottou, Bagging, Ties, Salt, Qnnirt, Thresh ing Machines,, Cotton Gins, Wagons, Buggies, Harness, &•<.■., &c. Plantation supplies furnished atlowert mar ket prices. Wagon yard, well, rooms, fire places, fur nished teamsters free. We are looking forward with pleasure to the speedy completion of two new Kail Road thoroughfares to our city, which will doubt less cause a great reduction in freights, there by enhancing the value of cotton and making our nmikct second to none In the Inter! >r. , Planters, look to your Inte est au 1 biing your cotton to Cuthhert. e. McDonald & co. •augß-4in ANDREW Female College, OUTHBERT QA. THE exercises of this institution will lie resumed on Wednesday, the 20th of Si p temlier next, and close on Thursday before the last Sabbath in June. The scholastic year will he divided into Three Terms, beginning 2*'tU September, Ist. January and lstot April: REGULAR COURSE: PKRTKUM. J-KK ANNUM. Primary Department sl2 00 S3OIO iPreparatory ,l 15 00 45 00 ■Collegiate rt 20 0(1 Go,U<> .Diploma Fee, (paid on graduating) $5 00 'lncidentals 100 Hoard, Washing, Fuel and Lights, IS 00 Regular tuition of daughters livi g by the ministry—pit charge ,Eadh hoarding pupil should he urnished -wiih a Bible, Trunk, one pair of sheets, one pair of PiltoNy-cfiew, ope pail- Blankets, tom jmnd-Towels. oVcr slJeds and nutbrella. EXTRA COURSE : /, 7 Pi tt ANNUM. •Greek andKrench, each S4O tin Tuition in fjlusic 60 00 .Use of Piaub 8 00 Drawing and Pastel 30 00 Instruction in Oi' Painting, 40 00 Calisthenics, conducted l>y a lady 5 0o Singing iu Classes No ?h4ige ■ Extra course pursued at the option or Pa rents and GuauliwHy Payments must be made iu October, Jahmrry mid April. Each pupil should be present, a* the opening -of tiie School. The undersigned having boon elected Presi dent of Andrew Female College, an old and popular Institution, sends fraternal greetings vto live Colleges of the South, makes his bow ito the public, and solicits sympathy and u lib ■eral share of patronage. Summoned to a high and holy work—that • rtf preparing the mindsand hearts of the you g tfor the business and pleasures, joys and sor rows of life—he will call to Ins assistance uhe host educators of the eountrv, and address ihimeelf to the task with all the zeal and in dustry that he can command. Should time, .whose verdict we woo, demonstrate that lie ■cannot preside with dignity nud success— .that he is incapable of imparting instruction— I that he is is not in the proper place—that A. Ly. C. does not return a substantial equivalent its patrons- the President will abandon the enterprise and refund all damages reli i giously assessed. i Parents and guardians wishing to educate girls should not forget our healthful locality. I refined society, commodious and well ventila -1 ted buildings' beautiful grounds, magnificent, grove, and reasonable rates. 8 JOHN B McGEHEE, President A F. C. Cuthbert, Ga., Aug. 16th, 1871, ts VALUABLE LAND FOR SALEM * MlJftijl'l IhdJl JgMiW&'iij- I offer for sale my Plantation lying on the Be nevolence road, one and a hall miles from . Cuthbert, containing 405 Acres, known as Lots Nos. 227 and 228. There are 131) acres cleared, balance well timbered.— Comfortable dwellings and necessary out buildings. Will be sold at a bargain. i o WaIL“ SNUFF & TOBACCO, BY THE JAR AND BOX Very Low, at ALLISLN // / i II ! ' V* tOM 51P dil// if J • * ll ■' - *»«,,■ CUTHBERT |jg| APPEAL. Ihe Bum Fiend’* S«Bg. BY ISA AMEND EBERHAUT. 1 dosli along through the thoughtless throng, With my banner of flame unfurl’d, My poisqitoas breath is scattering dgath As I in* over a rttifttkl world. 1 snatch the bread from the child unfed, I mock at the mother’s tear ; My mirth rings out with the wildest hhout, As I dance on the father’s bier. I bind with a chain, the statesman's bruin, I murtK-r the patriot’s hope ; I burn out reason, I smite on treason. And play with the hangman's rope. I spread my pinions o’er Christ’s dominions, And Iris minister's qnil witli dread. While ruin and slaughter, my son and daugh ter, Are smiling wherever I tread. With a sneer or frown I'm tearing down Whatever the good men prize, And my tfglttshonse. the prison, has higher risen, Till it pierces tin- blood-red skies. Then, hail to the world ! my banner’s unfurl ed, 1 Each streamer is playing well ! Will you join my throng, as wc rush along, To the bottomless haunts ot bell ? Tricks or Jugglers. Our softer Christian neighbors of the New York Observer are respon sible for the following. We think Hermann and Heller are jugglers, but what ran they do to compare with the Chinese tricksters? A traveler at Kinsai was entertained by the Viceroy, the Amir Kustai, and this was one of the amuse ‘f That 6ame night, a juggler ap peared, who was one of the greatest Khan’s slaves, and the Arairsaid to him, “ Come and show us some of your wonders.” Upon which lie took a wooden ball with seven holes in it, through which thongs were passed, and, laying hold of one of these, slung the ball into the air.— It went so high that wo lost sight of it altogether. (It was the hot test season of the year, and wc wsrf outside in the middle of the palace court. There notv remained only the short end of a thong in the con juror’s hand, and he desired one of the boys who assisted him to lay hold of it and mount. He did so, climbing by the thong, and we lost sight of him. The conjuror then called to him three times, but get ting no answer he snatched up a knife, as if in a great rage, laid hold of the thong, and disappeared in his turn. By and by he threw down one of the boy’s hands, theii a foot, then the other h ind and the oilier foot, then the trunk, and last of all, the head ! Lastly, he came down himself, jftiffing and blowing, and kissed the ground be fore the Amir, and said something to him in Chinese. The Amir gave some order in reply, and our friend then took the lad’s limbs, laid them together in their places, and gave a kick, When, presto! there was the boy who got ,u,p and stood before us. All this astonished me beyond measure. “ Whiskey has Used Him Up.” —There is scarcely a community or neighborhood from Maine to Ore gon where this saying is not used utmost everyday in the year, and .altogether too truly'. A subject of this kind is to be found in almost every town. The merchant has failed aud whiskey has done it.— The lawyer, with a brilliant talent and a large business has fallen below the ,range of respectability aud con tideiice; whiskey was the cause.— The politician, with bright prospects before him has played out, and the account is charged to whiskey. The judge, of talent, age and respecta bility is the subject of private and neighborhood talk. His enemies point with derision, and his friends hang their heads in shame ; aud whiskey has done it. That kind hearted neighbor and hard working mau has beeome a pest to society amt a trouble to his family Whis key has beat him. Whiskey will beat any man liviug, and that is just what it is made for. Blunders of Bashfulness. —-If there is any uelect more striking than another in American character, it is bashfulness. Young America, in particular, is painfully affected by it. An incident is mentioned by a correspondent, who was desired by his aunt to go ever to neighbor Shaw’s and see if he had any straw for sale for filling beds. ‘‘Mr. Shaw,” said our informant, “was blessed with a goodly number of Misses Shaw, and I therefore felt a little timid at encountering them. To make the matter worse, I ar rived justs as the family were seated at dinuer. Stopping at the door way, hat in hand, I stammered out: Mr. Shaw can you spare me enough shaw to fill a couple of beds ?” “Well/’ replied the old gentle man, glancing around at his large family, and enjoyiug my mistake, “I don’t know but I can ; how many will you peed ?” “Before I could recover, those hateful girls burst into a chorus of laughter, and I broke for home in a cold sweat.” **■ Some of the farmers’ clubs in lowa are discussing the question, “Is retroactive element magnified by oleaginous nutriment?” Most of them think it is. In Wyojping last year a woman beat her husband in the nomination for a local office, and then went home perfectly satisfied that (he office was to be iu the family. CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 18-71. WHO BETRAYED GEN ERAL MORGAN? An Account of His Treacherous Sur prise and Brutal Murder. By M. A. Withers , His Chief of SU'jf. Savannah, Oct. 25, 1871. Editor Morning Hews : Dear Sir— My attention having been tailed to au article which ap peared in a Memphis paper—under signature of Alvin C. Gillem, U. S. A.—purporting to be a true version of the manner in which Gen. John H. Morgan was killed, and the statement made by your efficient correspondent, whom I suspect to be an old and respected friend, in your issue of the 24th iust., compels ine, very reluctantly, to appear in print to refute a willful misrepre sentation on the part of the former, and an unintentional mistake of my worthy comrade. I had intended, soon after the war, and several times since, to have published a statement of what passed under my personal observation on that eventful 4th of September, the dies iroe of our command, but cautious friends ad vised against any re-opening of dead issues to incite fresh animosities, which our model (/) accept-the-sit uationists declared would delay the day of the Prodigal’s return to the bosom of this “ Glorious Union.”— The letter in tho Memphis Appeal determined my course, and I had already commenced a reply, when your correspondent’s notice of the circumstance causes me to hastily lay before your readers, and all who love our dear South and the glori ous cause so manfully maintained, as succinct a statement as I can pos sibly make of the true events of that- mournful day. To anticipate : On the morning of the 2d of September, 1864, I re ceived orders from General Morgan, then at Abingdon, Va., to have the command ready for immediate movement. At that time it con sisted of tho Old Brigade, under command of Col D. Howard Smith, the Second Brigade, under command of Colonel 11. L. Giltner, and a de tachment of General Vaughn’s Brigade (the latter composed of stragglers, men reporting from leave of absence, etc., their brigade being absent with General Early in Maryland,) under command of Col. Wm. E. Bradford—the whole force numbering, as well as I can recol lect, thirteen hundred men. We were stationed at Carter’s Station, on the East Tennessee and Virgin ia Railroad, about thirty rniks from Greenville. Later in the day, or ders came to move the next morning early, on Greenville, and on the 3d Gen. Morgan, with Major W. C. Gassett, G. M., Capt. Henry Clay, Acting Aid de Camp, Captain Jas. Rogers, Acting Inspector Geueral, and L. C. Johnston, a clerk in my office, armed on the train, and we immediately proceeded to Jonesbo ro, at that time the terminus of the road. We here met the command, and advanced in regular marching order on Greenville. Not having an opportunity on the train of discussing his plans, the General invited me to ride forward with him, said we rode beyond our advanced videttes. I remonstrated against this as dangerous, but the General said that he desired to con verse with me quietly. He seemed to have a foreboding of evil, for he remarked upon my. suggestion that we might be captured* “they will never take me alive—they have sworn to kill me if they ever catch me agaiu.” We still rode in ad vance, and entered Greenville fully fifteen minutes before our advauce guard The after directing me as to the opposition of the troops, established his headquarters at the house of Mrs. Williams, but imme diately sent for a detail of a lieu tenant and ten men ; and upon go ing up to the house I learned that upon our arrival a Mrs. Williams, daughter-in-law of our hostess, had suddenly taken her departure, ior the ostensible purpose of getting some “ watermelons.” To those who know that smile when he was angry, I refer whether the General suspected treachery or uo. His re ply to tne was “ that he wished the men to assist Mrs. Williams in bringing the watermelons back, and that they must go until they find herP When alone, he told me his suspicions that Mrs. Williams had gone to give information to the en emy —“ but that was nothing, as a thousand of our noble girls had brought us news, but I must pre vent, if possible, the enemy getting wind of our approach.” The scout ing party returned unsuccessful af ter a diligent search, and reported that-she had not been to the farm, to which the elder Mrs. W. had said she had gone. In the disposition of the Division Colonel Bradford was placed on the extreme left, his left resting ou the Nolichucky river, and his line ex tending iu a semi-circle until it touched Colonel Giltner’s left, and the latter in the same manner to the left of Col. Smith—thus forming two-thirds of a circle around Green ville fronting the enemy’s position, and about two miles from the town. I intimated the propriety of placing Colonel Smith iu Bradford’s posi tion, as the force of the latter was without regular organization, but the General said that he intended his men should lead the chargej in the morning, and that he desired they should be relieved from all du ty- -1 A written order was dispatched to Colonel Bradford to select his best officer and fifty picked men as a scouting party, with instructions to advance toward Bull’s Gap until they struck the enemy’s position, and to feel his picket until the com mand arrived tne next morning.— Captain Clay and Major Gassett were ordered to ride over the pick et line, and sec that every road aud by-path were properly guarded, and at 11 o’clock, p, m. they reported that all instructions had been fully executed. After issuing orders for the com mand to rendezvous ou the Bull Gap road at daylight the next morning, the General retired. He occupied a front room alone. At daylight on the morning of the 4th, I was awakened by the sentinel on duty, and went into the General’s room to awaken him. Upon inqui ry, finding that it was raining, he instructed me to countermand the order for immediate movement, and fixing seven o’clock as the hour.— After receiving receipts from the different brigade commanders, I re turned to bed, and was awakened by the heavy firing around the house. Hastening into the Gen eral’s room, I found that he had gone out, and on searching, found him in the garden. A description of the grounds will better enable your readers to fully understand subsequent events. The enclosure occupied just one blook, and therefore was surrounded by four streets, on the northern side, and occupying almost tho whole space stood the house—a large sub stantial brick, fronting south. To the right and southward were the stables ; and still farther, and reach ing to the front street was a small viueyard of probably two hundred vines. In the southeast corner of the lot stood a small frame church, raised on brick columns, about three feet from the ground. The reumiuder of the lot was filled .with flowers and shrubbery. I found the General in the viciu ity of tho church, and we took ref uge under it to consult. He di rected me to go to the top of the house to see if there was an opening through which we could pass, aud upon reaching the upper rooms, I went into each opening in different directions, and found every street blocked with cavalry, while lines of men wei*e riding around the fence, (a high plank fence,) shooting in all dhections through the grounds. I could also see squads of men at tho torminus of eaeh street on the outskirts of the village. Reporting these facts to the Gen eral, I urged him to go into the house and there surrender, as it was our only chance, and that growing momentarily less, as the fire was growing heavy and at point blank range. He replied : “It is useless; they have sworn never to take me a prisoner.’’ Hearing the church being forced, open, we crossed over into the vine yard. It must here be stated that all our movements were effected by almost crawling and taking advan tage of each bush, as the enemy were .not over twenty yards from us ; and crouching down among the vines, Mr. Johuson and myself again urged him to go up to the house. This he refused, and told us that we had better separate, as three together might be perceived. In leaving, tJUe General shook hands with me, and remarked : “ \ ou will never see me again.” I had gone but a few steps when I heard him call out: “ Don’t shoot ! I surrender.” Stopping immediately, I looked around, and upon the outside of the fence, almost over the Geueral, who had risen, and was holding up his hands, sat a Yankee with gun pre sented, who replied: “ Surrender and be God damned —I know you”—and fired. I was so close, that to this day I firmly believe that I can identify the man. As soon as the shot was fired, and the General fallen, he commenced shouting : “ I’ye killed the damned horse thiefand began tearing down the fence, in which he was soon assisted by a large crowd of his comrades. (I neglected to men tion that while we were dodging about in the garden, some fiends in the noble guise of woman were call ing to the Yankees from their upper windows, “Yonder he goes!”— “ That’s him !” “ That’s Morgan !”) etc., etc. Being soon after captured, and taken some distance out of town, I saw nothing of the General’s body until, when, after repeated solicita tions, the Sergeant who had me in charge consented to take me to Geri. Gillem, the Commander of the Fed eral force, and on my way there I was stopped by a crowd of half drunken wretches, who made me dismount. “ They wanted to show me something.” That “ something ” was the dead body of General Mor gan thrown into a jyuddy ditch by the roadside, the features almost undistinguisbable from mud and blood, and the body nude save a pair of drawers, the clothing being torn up into small pieces as souvi ners of the “ Dead Lion.” Upon reaching the town, I found Gen. Gillem at Mrs. Williams’ house and with him was tho Mrs. Wil liams who had gone out the day be fore after “ watermelons ” (?) and who had returned, strange to say, about the same time with the Yan kees. I stated to Gen. Gillem that my object In coming to him was for permission to get the General’s body “ as his men were treating it like a dog.” “ Ah, sir, and it shall lie there and rot like a dog,” was his reply ; and then followed a series of abuse, which would scarcely be palatable to your readers, or pertinent to this statement. Suffice it to say, he re jected every proposition by which I had hoped to have succeeded in get ting the General’s body to his friend. B Our foree having rallied, Geneval Gillem was summoued to the front, and one of his staff, whom I have thought was Col. Brownlow, though my memory may have been at fault, but who nevertheless seemed to be a gontleman, offered to bring in tine body, which was done, and in a small back room, Capt. Jas. Rogers and myself, with the assistance of a negro man, washed and dressed it. The wound was lull in the breast* and seemed to have glanced on the breastbone, passing through tlie heart and coming out nnder the left arm. The head was much bruised and the skin brokeD in several places upon the face and temples, seeming a verification ot the state ment that the body was thrown over a horse, with the head dang ling against the stirrups. Such, Mr. Editor, is a plain, un varnished statement of facts, so far as my memory goes, for I have no data upou which to roly. I sent a similar statement to Col. Reedy, the father of Mrs. Morgan, immediately after my escape and when I reached Canada, I also wrote more fully to the General’s mother in Lexington, Kentucky, and to Col. Dick Morgan, then a prisoner at Fort Warren.— This is another reason why I haven’t given this statement sooner to the public,as I felt that as the General’s immediate family were in possession of the facts they would publish them if they thought it best. Now, how ever, as Gen Gillem has deemed it prudent to make a statement, and as one of our own staff has endorsed it, I can no longer remain silent, not only in justice to the history of our holy cause, but to the ’feacred memory of one with whom it was my honor and privilege to serve, and than whom there never breath ed a more noble and gallant spirit, whose name will be fondly cherish ed when those of his foul murderers shall have perished in oblivion. Very respectfully, C. A. Withers, Formerly adjutant General on the salt’of Gen. John H. Morgan. Anvils. In a deserted shop in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, there rests on its block an anvil that has done duty for more than three hundred years, It is as sound to day as it was when in 1633, when Eltweed Pomeroy, after welding for the Stuarts the ponderous hoiseshoes of die same , style aud pattern that his ancestors had made during generations for the Tudors and Plantagenets, grew weary of taxes without wages, and anvil in hand sailed for the uew world. A deft workman, he throve in the settlements,and left his anvil as an heirloom to his descendants. They show you in the Tower of London the anvil on which the sword was forged Richard Coeur dc Lion used in his contest with Sa ladin, and at the collection of Pompei an excavations in Naples there is in anvil, certainly older than the Chris tian centuries, which, of precisely the same shape we use, had certain ly doue service for stalwart work men of many generations before the city was buried. But better still, in the Egyptian room of the British Museum, there is a veritable anvil of the Pharaohs. It is older than Rome, older than Greece, older than Jerusalem ; as old as the days of Abraham, and probably in exist ence when the patriarch, “was come into Egypt and the Egyptians beheld Sarai that she was very fair.” It is just like a modern anvil, made apparently in the same \vay, weigh ing about seventy-five pounds, and sound as it was when first 6truck by the hammer thirty centuries ago. Gkapk Vine Terminology. —The Illinois State Horticultural Society Ind the Missouri Valley Grape Grower’s Association have adopted the following terminology of the grape viue: Boots —That part of the vine growing below the surface of the ground; Stem— The main stock below the branches. Arm —A portion of the vino permanently trained in a horizon tal position. Shoots —Green wood. This con sists of “fruit shoots,” “young canes ” and “ sucKers.” Lateral —A branch fro pi a shoot. Cane —A ripening shoot from the stem, arm or Spur. - Spur —The cane cut short Joint or JSTode —The enlarged part whence come buds, leaves or tendrils. Internode The part between joints. Tendrils —A twiuing support. As we have frequently spoken agaiust the use of tobacco, we are willing to say a word in its favor. It once saved a man from being de voured by cannibals. His compan ions were eaten. One of the natives afterward explained that our hero was not partaken pf and ’Cause him taste too like tobacco.” But as the man was killed, it is hardly worth while tor travelers to begin to use obaceo as a safeguard. The ties that connect business men with the public—advertise. Refuse not to be informed, for that shows pride or stupidity. The Hutual Runaway. “ Your aunt Charlton and cousin Jennie will be here on the next train, Russell,” said Mr. Wilder to his nephew. “ You had better bring the pony chaise, and bring them from the— 3 ’ “ Can’t. Am gbing away myself, sir.” “The—the d—-1 yon aret ” re sponded the old gentleman, pushing his spectacles up over his forehead, and regarding his nephew with an air of surprise and consternation. “ Yes, sir. Ofcarly Hunt invited me out to Ins place for a few weeks, and I thought that I might as well go now as any time.” “ I should say that it was a very ■ {strange time to leave home. Yonr auut and'dousin will consider it as a personal affront, sir.” “ It is not intended as such, sir. Though, to be frank, considering the object of Jennie’s visit, I prefer not to see her. And I must say she would have showed more sense and delicacy ifshe had stayed away.” “ Your cousin is a very lovely girl, Mr Impudence, and w-on’t be likely to go a begging.” “ I don’t doubt it in tine least, But for all that, she won’t suit me for a wife, uncle.” “IlAw do yOu know that, you conceited young donkey, when you have never seen her?” inquired the irate old man, bringing his eanc down upon the floor with startling* emphasis. “Common sense teaches me flint no marriage can boa happy one that does not spring from mutual love. And on one tiling I am re solved, that I will never marry from lucre..■ mirV motives'” “Nobody wants you to jparry the girl unless you like her ! ” roar ed Mr. Wider, his face growing purple with rage and vexation at his nephew’s perversity. “ All 1 ask is that yon stay and see her. And this is a point I insist upon — yes, sir, I insist upon it !” “ I am sorry to disobey you, un cle, but if I should stay, it will give rise to conclusions that I4m anx» ious to avoid. But I will tell you what to doI will relinquish all claim to the property that you are anxious should not be divided. As that seems to be the main object, i think that ought to be satisfactory to all parties.” A few minutes late.r, Russell pass ed by the window, valise in hand. He nodded good-humoredly lo his uneie, as ho glanced in, who glared after him in speechlesss rage. “ He shan’t have a penny—not a penny !’’ he growled,assinking back in his chair, be wiped the perspira tion from his forehead. “ What’s the mattar now ? ” said ,the gentle vcice of his wifo, Polly, who had just entered the room. “Matter enough, I should say ; Russell has gone —actually cleared out, so as noi to see his cousin.— What do you think of that?” “I think you’ll have another at tack of the gout, if you get your self so excited,” said the good lady, as she placidly resumed her knit ting. “What’s to be done now ?” “Nothing, that I can see. If Russell and Jenny had seen each other before they had any notion that you wanted them to marry, ten to one but that they would have fallen head and ears' in 'love with each other; but as matters are now, I don’t believe it would be of the least use. From what Ellen writes me, I should think Jennie to be its much opposed tQ it as Rus sell. She says ’sue can’t hear his name mentioned, and that it was as much as she could do to get her consent to come at all, when she heard that Russell was to be at home.” “They (i.r.e a couple of simple tons,” said the old gentleman, testi ly. “I’ve got half a mind to make another will, and leave my proper ty to some charitable institution!” In going to Dighton, whither he was bound, Russell Wilder had to travel part of the way by stage. There was only one pasenger be sides himself, for which Re was not sorry, the day being very hot (ind sultry. This passenger was a lady—there was an air Os unmistakable lady hood about her which told him that. He noticed particularly the daintily gloVed hands and well-fitting boots. Her graceful form indicated that she was both young and pretty, but he could not see her. face on account of the envious veil that hid jt. But soon as she got comfortably settled in tho corner, to jvhich Rus selt assisted her, she threw it back, disclosing a fair, sweet face, lighted by a pair of wbndrously bright eyes, which shot a swdft, bewilder ing glance into his that were so in tently regarding her. The sudden starting of the coach, which sent some of the lady’s par cels from the seat to the floor, gave Russell an opportunity of speaking, as he returned them, of which he was not slow to take advantage. From this they fell easily into conversation; and it was curious how social they beedme. They talked of the beautitul scen ery through which they were pass ing ; ot the newest books and la test magazines, some of which Rus sell had with him. The lady inwardly thought her companion to be the most entertain ing and agreeable man she ever met with- And as for Russell, he often lost the thread of his discourse in admiring the red, dimpled lips, and the pearly teeth they disclosed whenever she spoke or smiled. <n Certain it is, that his four hours’ ride from P to Dighton, were the shortest four hours lie had ever known in his life. “ Where do you want to be left, sir? ” inquired the coachman as he entered the village. “At Mr. Charles Hunt’s, Loeust Hill. Do you know where that is?” said Russell, puttiug his hpip) onl of the window. “ Certainly sir, take you there in a jiffy.” “ Why, there’s where I’m going ! said the lady, opening her eyes wide ly. Nell—Mr. Hunt’s wife is my most particular friend ; we used to go to school together.” “And Charley Hunt is my most particular friend, and one of the ti nest fellows in the world.” “ How very odd ! ” “ How very fortunate! ” exclaim ed Russell, with a meaning glance at his fair companion, which made the rosy cheeks still more rosy. Might I take the liberty of inquir ing ? ” But just at this moment th.e stage stopped in front of the house, on the portico of which stood Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, enjoying the evening breeze. In a moment Russell was shak ing hands with the former, while his companion rushed eagerly into the arms of tho surprised and de lighted wife. “Why, what a happy surprise, Jennie!” she said, spiriting her visitor off to her own room; I had given up all idea of seeing you this siwatpor.” “And, I had jio idea of bejng able to come, until just before I started. You see, mamma-—my step-mamma, you know—was going to Ur.cle Wilder’s and she insisted on my going with her to see the hateful, disagreeable cousin of mine, that they are determined to marry me to. So when mamma was busy packing, I just put on my things and slipped off, leaving a ueto to tell where I Was going. Wasu’t that a good joke on them all ?” “I should think it was,” said Nellie, with a burst of iyen'imcri f , far more than the occasion warrant ed. When I saw who your com panion was, I thought you were off on your wedding tour ?” “No, indeed; never saw the man until he got into the stage at P . But, really, he is the finest looking man I ever saw, and so agreeable. Who is he?” “Oh I’ll introduce you when you come down stairs. There’s Sarah, wanting to see me about supper.— You’ll have only time to dress.— Mind, and look your prettiest!” And with a roguish shake of her finger at her friend, Nellie ran away to see about supper. If Jeunie did not look her pret tiest, she certainly looked very love ly as she entered the supper room, her linen suit exchanged for afresh soft muslin, whose simplicity and purity were relieved only by the violet-colored ribbpns on her luiir and throat. Russel had also taken great pains with his toilet as could be seen by his spotless Uuqn and carefully ar ranged hair. The pause that followed Jennie’s entrance was broken by Mr. Hunt, who in response to a meaning glance from his wife said : “Russell, allow me to introduce to you your cousin, Jennie; Miss Car-’ ifetou, your cousin, Russell Wilder. The embarrassment which fol lowing the blank astonishment into which this announcement threw the parties so unexpectedly made to each other, was quickly dispelled bv the turn that was given it by their host and hostess. “I suppose you’ll want to book yourself for the next stage ?” said Mr. Hunt slyly to Russell, who had been taken jnto hit friend’s confi dence. “And you, said hi? wife, turning to Jennie. “J don’t suppose any thing could tempt you to remain, now that you have seen that hate ful, disagreeable .” “Nellie!” interrupted Jennie, crimsoning, as she remembered her words. “Well, I won’t then. But you must let ine laugh ? Just to think of both running in the same direc tion, and to the same place !” The ringing laugh that burst from Nellie’s lips, was too conta gious to be resisted, even by those at whose expense it was raised. This merriment was followed by a general good feeling, and A pleas anter tea party never gathered around social board. We need hardly say that Russell did not take the stage the next morning, nor did Jennie seem at all disposed to cut short her visit on account of her cousin’s unex pected appearance. When they did go they went as they came, together. Mr. Wilder’s astonishment was only equalled by his delight, on looking out of the window to see the two walking up the path to wards the house, arm in arm, appa rently on the best of terms. As for Russell and Jennie, they seemed to regard the unexpected meeting as an indication of the “manifest destiny,” accepting it as such, much to the joy of their un de, whose darling wish accomplish ed in the marriagp of the two, thus made happy iu spite of themselves. Some friend was remonstrating with Clark, an actor, about his pro lamty, and quoted the scriptural in junction, “Swear not at all,” I don’t,” said Clark, “I only swear at those who offend me.” NO. 48 - ■ —v * ft . = Johnny ai|d his Dog:. Johnny bad a little dog. q’itjh hair as black ns jet. Ami every piaco itiat Johnny went, The pnrp went too, you bet. fie followed him to school one day. That happened to lie near. But when the teacher booted him, He walked off on his ear. Returning home he met a cow, And at the cow did fly ; She tossed him tip five hundred feet And how is that for high 1 The poor beast, ne'er came down agsiq And Joint was left a mourner : For the pnrp was left in the steeple top Os the little church ’round the corner. When Johnuy beard hie darling's fate, A word lie scarcely said, But toddled home and weeping cried, “ Now put me in my little bed.” VARIETY. Can a ship with two owners lje caljetj a partnership? What man carries everything b*r fore him ? The waiter. Somo wag gets this off: “purp petual motion”—a dog’s tail. Monogram painting on bald head* is the last insanity. What does a man see in the wild, wild yraves ? Sea foams. The vety hpst kind of agriucul tural fair—farmer’s daughters. “I presnme you won’t charge anything for just remembering me, said a one-legged sailor to a wood en-leg manofacjjjyfir. If a woman were tp change her sex of what religion would she be? She would be a kc-thcn. llow to fire and fall back—Get a gun that kicks. Tuneful'lyre—the music teaches who broke his engagement. • Is a temperance lecture synony mous with a water spout? To make liens lay—Tie their legs together so they can’t stand up.— Greeley. Drink, But Remember, If you think it is your duty to drink intoxicating liquor, by means do so. On no account vio late your conscientious convictions, but while you raise the, cup to yonr lips, that ties draught represents Che bread of a starving brother, for food of at least six mil lion persons is yearly grasped by the nialsler and distiller, and it» nourishment destroyed. Remember that so long as yon are iu health, these liquors are un.- necessary; 2,000 medical men have asserted it, and hundreds of thou sands of tetotallers have proved it. Remember that most persons who act as you do, injure their health and shorten their lives by MO doing. Remember that not drunkenness alone, but drinking, fills our jails and penitentiaries, our poor-houses, tmk our lunatic asylum, employs o«r coroners and our hangman, and works mischief incalculable on ajj ranks aud both sexes of which no human institution takes cognizance. Remember that drinking retards education, industry and ey.ery branch of political and social im provement. Remember that multitudes year ly die a drunkard’s death, and go to meet a drunkard’s doom. Remember that every yea f .mul titudes tall from your “moderata” ranks to recruit the wasted army of drunkards. ,t Remember that every drunkard once tried to follow- the example yon set, and on trial, fell from his slippery grouod into the whirlpool of intemperance. Remember if you sanction the custom, you are answearable for jjz fruits. Remember that the weak and tempted ones look to you ; and that under God it depends on you wheth er they become drunkards or sober men. Remember that “to him that knoweth to good and doeth it not, to him it is aud that there is woe for that nun whom offense to the little ones oonjetV’ Remember that you canpQt be neutral, and that there wil{ boa day when you will be unable to plead ignorance. Remember that all this weight of responsibility rests with you, os yon raise that cup, if you think it right; bnt we envy not your copr science. Economy of Loko Furrows iy Plowing.— A German agricultural journal observes that farmers usual ly pay very jittlc attention to the leugth of the furrows to be plqwed in a field, and yet great waste of time and labor is the necessary con sequence of unsuitable arrangements in this respect. The turning of the plow and the commencing of a »ew furrow require more exertion in the plowman and the team thau contin ued work on a straight line, and how great may really be the lose of time Irorn frequent interruptions iu short turns, may be shown by the following calculations :— ln a field 225 feet long, hours qgt of lfi are used in redirecting tho plow; with a length of 575 feet, * HQMf# are sufficient for tho purpose, ainf when the plow oan proceed without interruption for 800 sept, only l| hours of the daily working tune are consumed. Heuce the rule to make the furrows as long as circumstan ces will admit.