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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
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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
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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.