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WOULDN'T LOOK AT A GIRL. A BASHFUL MAS’S EXPERIENCE AS RELATED BY H’MSELF. Senator Sebastian of Arkansas, says the Louisville Commercial, a native of Hickman county, On one occasion a member of Congress was lamenting his bashful- ness and awkwardness. ‘W by,’ said the Senator from Arkansas, ‘You don't know what basbfulnesi is. Let me tell you a story, and when I get through I will stand the bob if you don't agree that you never knew anything about basbfulness and its baneful effects.. I was the most bashful boy west of the Alleghanies, 1 wouldn’t look at a girl, much less than speak to one; but for all that I fell desperately in lose with a sweet neighbor girl. It was a desirable match on both sides, and the old folks saw the drift, and fixed it up. 1 thought I should just die thinking of it. 1 was a gawky, awkward country lout, about nineteen years old. She was an intelligent, refined, and fairly well educated girl, in a country, and at a time when the girls had superior advantages, and were, therefore, superior in culture to the boys. I fixed the day as far as 1 could have it put off. I lay awake in cold perspiration, as the time drew near, aod shivered with agony as I thought of the terrible ordeal* ‘The dreadful day came, I went through the programme somehow in a dazed, confused, mechanicaf sort ol way, like an automaton booby through a supper where I could eat nothing, and through such games as Jpossum pie/ ‘Sister Phoebe/ and all that sort of thing. The guests one by one departed and my hair began to stand on end. Beyond the awful curtain of Isis lay the terrible till known. My blood grew cold and boiled by turns, I was in a fever ami then an ague, pale and flushed by turns. 1 felt like fleeing to the woods, spending the night in the barn, leaving for the west never to return. I "'as deeply denoted to Sal lie. 1 loved her harder than a mule can kick, but Unit dreadful ordeal I could not, I dared not stand it. Finally the last guest was gone, the bride retired, the family gone to bed, and l was left alone ,• horror ot horrors, alone with the old rain. ».Iohn,’ said he, ‘you can take that candle ; you will find your room just over l hi6'. Good night, John, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul,’ and with a mischievous twinkle of his fine grey eye, the old man left the room, I mentally said ‘Amen,’ to his “Heaven help you,’ and when 1 heard him close a distant door stag- gcred to 1113’ feet ami seized the farthing dip with a nervous grasp. 1 stood for some minutes contemplating my terrible fate and the inevitable and speedy doom about to overwhelm me. I knew it could not be avoided, and 3 r et 1 hesitated to meet my fate like a man. I stood so long that three love letters had grown on the wick of the tallow dip and a winding sheet was decorating the side of the brass candle stick. *A happy thought strueA* me. I hastily climbed the stair, marked the position of the landing and the door of the bridal chamber. I would have died before I would have disrobed in that holy chamber, where awaited me a beautiful and trembling girl, a blushing maiden,‘clothed upon’with her own beauty aud modesty, and her snowy robe do uoit. 1 would make Uie usual preparations without, blow out the light, open the door, and frieudly night would shield my shrinking modestv and bashfulness, and grateful darkness at least mitigate the horrors of the situation. It was scon done. Preparations for rpiiriug were few and simple in their charac- ter in Hick man. altogether consisting of disrobing, and owincr to a scarcity of cloth in those days, man was somewhere near the Adamic state when he was prepared to woo sweet sleep The dreadful hour had come ; 1 was ready. I blew out the liiiliL cramped the door knob with a deathly •Trip and nervous clutch ; one moment and it would all be over. One moment and it wasn’t over bv a d-n Heaped within, and ‘there-around a irl 0 win fT liicaorv fire, with candles brightly burning on the mantel and bureau, was the blushing bride, rounded by six lovely bridesmaids fjf it r- OCCOA NEWS By Edw- SCHAEFER- r y QJ\,^ J ^ WHITE AND BLACK. THE YOUNG DAUGHTER OF A WEALTHY RESIDENT OF HOf,YOKE MARRIES THE WRONG MAN. Hartford, June 16.-To day Adolphus Hal!, a lull b.ooued negro, was arrested here for bigamy. On May 13 he married Mamie Grover? a white girl, daughter of Win. Grover. su p er i u te n dent of a mill in Holyoke, y. lsg ^ | le being already married to Jennie Chase Ilall, colored. Two years ago Hall and liis wife were employed in the stewards' depart¬ ment of Trinity College in this city. They quarreled frequently, and in the fall of 1881 Hall abandoned her and fled the town. In the early part of the present year he went to Holyoke Mass., and found employment on the place of a wealthy resident of that town. Adjoining the premises is the Young Ladies’ High School. Miss Grover was a pupil there, and had opportunity of frequently seeing Hall at ids work. At length tlmy met, and the girl became infatuated with him. Her father's commands and threats were unheeded, and at es r ery opportunity she had clandestine meetings with Hall. Soon afterward the couple fled to Springfield, Mass., and were mar¬ ried by tiie Rev, Mr. Garrett, a retired white clergyman, Mamie falsely swearing that she was over 18 years of age, Her father learned of this clandestine marriage the next day? ftnJ l(>cked up his daughter and used ever y efiort to bring about a divorce, but he was stoutly opposed by Ma mic, who would not consent to a sep¬ aration. Hall fled. Recently Mr Grover heard of Hall s first marriage, and steps were taken to arrest him for bigamy- He was arrested this morning on arriving here from .Vie- riden, and on refusing to go to Mas¬ sachusetts without a requisition he was locked up here, lie professed a will ngness to do anything which may be necessary for a legal separa¬ tion from A/amic. Hall is 30 years of age. quick wilted and cautious. Mamie is 17, a blonde, handsome and accomplished Her father is rich. DE LONG’S PARTY, particulars of the finding of THE BODIES. [By Telegraph.] New York, June 20.—The Herald has the following particulars of the discovery' of DeLong’s party .* A fter Aielville readied the neighborhood where Ninderman and Noros left DcLong, he found the wicek of a scow, and soon came upon a rifle barrel supported b\ r a few sticks. Digging near these sticks they found two bodies undcr 8 feet of tine snow, 4 Exploring further, Melville found a tent, camp kettle and remains, and approaching, nearly stumbled upon DeL ng’s baud, sticking cut of the snow about thirty feet fr 9 m the edge ofthebank. Here, under a foot of snow, they found the bodies of Do- Long and Ambler, about three feet apart, with Fam lying at their feet. All were partially covered by pieces of the tent and a few pieces of blank- et. All the others, except. Alexia. they found at the place where the tent was pitched. Lee and Koch were close by in a cleft in a bank toward the west. None of the dead had boots. Their feet were covered with rags tied on. In the pockets of all were pieces of burnt skin clothing. which thev had been eating. The hands of all were more crlegs burned, and looked as if when dying they had into the fire. Bovd was lying over the fire, his clothing being burned through to the sUn, which was not burned. Collins' face was covered with a cloth. All of the bodies were carried to the top of a Devoted to News* Polities* Agriculture and General progress- TOCCOA, GA., JULY l, hill 3C0 feet high, about forty versts to the southwest from where they were found, and there interred in a mausoleum constructed of wood from the scow, built in the form of a pyramid, twenty two. feet long and seven feet high, surmounted by cross twenty two feet high and a toot square, hewn out ol driftwood, and conspicuous at a distance of twenty versts. COL. MAROLLLUS E. THORN TON. Sunny South. No doubt many good hearts were touched by a recent card in the Constitution, over the signature of •A Friend,’ writing in behalf of Col. Thoreton, and in which it was said that all he wanted or asked lor was that the proscription be removed from him personally. We do not thine Col. Thornton has any good grounds for believing that he is in any way proscribed in this communi¬ ty, for the people regard him as an exceedingly cleyer, obliging uud progressive young man, and in evi¬ dence of their appreciation of his energy and moral worth they are giving his excellent paper, the Lost- Appeal, a large and paying patronage. The truth is, his success is remarka¬ ble, and only in one thing has he displayed finer judgment than in the character of the men vvitfi whom lie has surrounded himself. In Mr. DeWitt, his chief editor, he has secured an able and thorough news- paper man and a strong and versatile writer, and in Mr Reid, the chief associate of Mr. DeWitt, he has an amiable, cultured and brilliant para- graphist whose place could not be easily tilled, while Mr. Bran nan, his chief roustabout seems to be ubiqui. tons. He is everywhere at the same time with his sharpened Faber, and takes iu all there is a going. Mr. Crenshaw, his chief business mana- ger, and Mr. Pal suer, his assistant, are excellent gentlemen with large experience and agreeable manners-, These are some of the men with whom Col. Thornton has surrounded himself, and as before remarked he has displayed better judgment in only one selection, and that is in the chief copartnership of his business generally. As all will testify who have met Mrs. Marcellus Thornton, she is a most excellent, highly cultured and agreeable lady. She is regarded by all as a most valuable acquisition to Atlanta society, and we only trust she is as much pleased with her new home as her numerous friends and admirers are with her. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. We understand that the Supreme Lodge K. of II., at their annual session in Baltimore, made it a law of the order that on and after July 1, 1882, no person over fifty years old shall be admitted to its membership the law ns it now stands takes in those up to afty five years. The rates ol assessments remain unchanged. They alsp provide for a reserve fund, created through assessments at first. and left in the hands of Grand Lodges, which is to prevent the regu- lar assessments cf its members in- creasing annually over a certain amount. This, while not yet a law, will be held over till the next session of the Supreme Lodge, in order that the subordinate lodges may have time to examine its provisions. The question of a change of ritual. which has been up for three years or more, as the matter of separate State juris Jictions, was not approved by the Supreme Lodge, it being con3id- ered unwise to make any change at present. Everything of a legislative character that was passed was with a view of a perpetuity and permanency of the order, which i3 now an assured fact,---Sayan pah News, SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THE EVERDAY LIFE OF UNCLE SAM’S WASHINGTON EM PLOT ES. Tb*government and its employes bear a> relation to our city similar to that of a college and its students to the little Now England village where it is located. There arc enough office-holders who are resi* dents of Washington to make a good sized city of themselves, in the various departments the work goes on the same from one year's cud to another, and one would scarcely realize how great the number of employes in the various departments is. The number is about 10,008. This is exclusive of the capital, city P ost offi ce and district government offices. This body of government employes forms not only a large but a very intelligent and agreeable element of the population of Washing- ton. A large proportion of them are people of thought, education and refinement, and their presence would be an acquisition to any community. The remuneration ot’ the employes in the departments varies somewhat but generally the salaries range from $900 to $2,000 for clerical work, the latter being given to those who occupy responsible or particularly positions, and the first generally to copyists, a great many of whom are ladies, The latter are hard- worked and they wor/; well and receive the smallest remuneration, but the wqlf is ept from the door of many a family by their eafuest endeavors. A great many of them once belonged to families' of wealth, bnt reverse came and they arc glad to be able to work for a living. In the Treasury Department there are over five hundred lady clerks and in the bureau or engraving and printing as many more, /a the Treasury and interior Departments changes are most fre- quent, and it is in these mostly that women are employed, aud every now and then there arc rumors of pending changes which set their hearts flutter- ing with dread until the danger over. A. position iq the State Department is considered a permanent thing. It U run on a plan similar to our army and navy. When some one dies promo- tions take place, and there is a chance for an appointment. In the M ar and jVqyy Departments, also, changes dp not often occur, and many a clerk whose hair is now white entere 1 the service when a young man. Employes perform their labors in a remarkably satisfactory manner. In fact it is apparent that the government cler*, taken on the average, has greatly improved in many respects w it hip the past dozen years. HOW GARFIELD LOOKS. q H ^ v , v of Iowa Visits the ^ ec t..e Unto ___ C ’ ev0ian ' t4a ‘ a - Gov. Sherman, of Iowa, who is visiting at Elmira, N. Y., said to a reporter there the other day: T saw President Garfield a day or two ago in Cleveland. You need not look astonished; I really saw him—not his spirit, b it his own form and features. I had visited his tomb to do homage to the spot where the martyr- President was sleeping. The watch- man iu charge, on learning whence I came and who I was, asked me if I would lile to see the President. I was greatly surprised as you can be. He simply showed me he was in earnest, invited me into the tomb, unscrewed and removed the lid from the sacred casket, and there lay General Garfield before me, just as he looked the day of ills funeral as if in a veary.-uflre- TEEMS-$1 50 A YEAE. jjl 0. I . r) freshing sleep. 1 was surprised, for despite the emaciation of those noble features, I was at once struck with their likeness to the General as I had seen him alive, I presume that years will pass ere the preserving traces of the embalmer’s work will have been removed from all that is left qn earth Garfield. A reporter of the Herald, with the above extract in hand, visited Lake View cemetery to make an inquiry in regard to the matter and learn if it was true that the remains of the dead Presided had been exposed to view even to satisfy the curiosity of the Governor of Iowa. The sexton being interviewed about the matter, said it was true that Governor Sherman had been allowed to view the remains ol the dead, but that he bad nothing to say or do in the case, The 7tcys_ of the vault were in possession of Lieutenant Van Yliet, of the Tenth United States Infantry, the officer in charge ol the detail ot soldiei* guards Lig the tomb, aqd the lieutenant unlocked the gate ot the \au.t, unscrewed the lid that covers the glass plate set into the top of the coffin, and allowed Governor Gherman and party to view the remains. »• COL. CASH AGAIN AT HIS LAWLESSNESS. Special lo the News and Courier. Columbia, Juno 20-Thc absorb- lug topic of conversation in Columbia to day has been the serious personal difficulty which is said to have taken place in Cheraw on last Saturday between Col. 15. 13. C. Cash and Capt. I heodore . ,, h. Malloy.. ,, ,, The story it ., . v here, for <• as is given . the truth of which, however, 1 do not vouch, teas follows: On last Satur- day , Col. ,, , Cash i went «. to v Uie.aw, and „ n q : m n company with Mr. \\ e ls and several other ■ friends went lo the store o. Mi. ()a aching t the store Col. 1 w Cttp MttH oy. who was present, and , asked , . him , . it ... be bud . , said that Col. Blair, of Kershaw, was no better than Whiltemore. Malloy replied that he had said so ; where- upou Col Cash called him a damned liar ; Malloy at once struck Cash, and Cash falling over a plough that was Ending iu the store Malloy S p ran g ° on tt>p of him. Several bloW3 wcrc struck by each of the parties, but friends interfered and jq ie y ^ere separated. On Sunday, as the story goes, Mr. B. Cash, Col. Cash’s son, went tQ Cheraw, carrying with him a c i ia llenge to fight a duel Irom his fl , ther to Capt. Malloy. Capt. jialloy declined to receive the on the ground that the day was Sunday and not the proper time for ma king arrangements for a hostile meeting, On Moadav (vostcflnv) Col. C»»b aud hie son went to Cheraw, Cash on horseback and Col. Cash on the train. [Then the train reached Cheraw Cob Cash was arrested as soon as be . got oii Ike tra:n, and , was £ * aired lum “ t>nc a o“ ’ cr'e thousand debars to , keep the , peace. Through the influence of his counsel Gen. W. L. T. Prince, the amount o bond was afterwards reduced to hundred dollars- This ionc was given by Co). Cash m this a, “ OUDt and he returned to his borne a Casas Depot m the afternoon. Efforts were made to arrest young Cash, but the of cer, were e and up to the time my informant left Cheraw he bad no„ been biou^ i before the magistrate. An efiort was made by tne vev. E. Buist to sett.e the difficulty between Col. Cash an 1 Capt. Mallov but wichout success. A great deal of excitement vails in Cheraw oier the and unfortunate consequences are expected to result from it. J. C. H. A PARTICULAR ADVERTISER. ‘llow much will this cost in your paper?’ asked a quiet looking man, as he handed in the following advcr- tisement a few days since : Smith —Rusted a trace in this city, Friday, jest after dinner, Mary wife of the undersigned and daughter of old Sam Pratt, the leading black- smith of Denver, Colorado, The corpse was highly respected l>y the high-tond’est families, but death got the drop on her, and she kicked^the bucket with perfect confidence that she would have a square show the other side of the Divide. The plant transpires this afternoon at her boarding house on Willow Street. Come one, come all. Dearest Mary thou hast left ns, For you on earth there wasn't room; But ’tis Heaven that has bereft us, -dad suatyhed our darling up the Hume. Denver papers please copy and end bill, or draw on sight. By her late husband. P. Smith. T don’t believe you want it just that way do you? asked the clerk, rubbing his chin dubiously. "■* 4 Why nqt, stranger?’ asked the quiet man. ‘It don't read quite right, dogs it?* asfced the cler/r. * ‘M as you acquainted with the corpse, stranger?’ demanded the mau, *\\ as you aware of the late lamented while she was bustling around iq society down at that boarding house?’ -I don’t know that I ever met her,’ responded the clerk. ‘So 1 reckoned, Judge ; you wasn’t up to the deceased when she was in the living business. Now judge, the deceased wrote that cralion herself afore she died, and 1 want it published* Do you hook on parduer?’ ‘But it isn’t our style of notice?’ objected the clerL' mine, neither,’ acquiesced the picture ““'t and a /, lot Wa more * ft tali, '“ but V, “ 8 sire , ‘ wanted to be quiet and modest, so that up. bay stranger, »* gomsmU. yo»r valuable space without difficulty? J T don t know, ’ said the clerk, , , 1 do eiu ^ ’I know, pardner. lhm . colcbra- tion conies off to-morrow afternoon ^ ^ , g iu in Ul0 morlung if , lu of „ caDuoas mouth . Oe got gnet . „ enough , on my v brums . now stranger, iv .thout erectmg a fort on the sidewalk, but if you want war ^ ^ ijp nU rigIlt in tbo back part of these mourning clothes, *** tW Uk Docs it maAe . any difference where lt . fiCS? aske 4 th clerk. § e I want u iu the paper, said the niomner, ,in ' ' ^ 111,1 114 a es ApiiCtiimu lin ^ I ou caa my racket stranger?’ ‘All right, replied the clerfc, ‘I U pu« it in among t e mourn u lemar's. 1 °m dollais, it 3 on please, ^ , usiuess ’ an< ^ ie $uaq paid the | money. ‘It . you ain t come aiound to monow. 1 in going to give the old woman a good 3cnd atu.it the gospeller don’t w0 ^ a l )iet ‘T L r ° od programme be tore he gets to the < oxo logy his folks will think fee s been doiug con¬ siderable business with a saw mill. She w» «good one, jud^e, and she pious from the back of her neck ^ »“ ker heel; you can tell that irom the notice/ and the mourning widower wiped hU eyes on the sK, apd later in the day was fined ben dollars for thrashing the undertaker, who had put silver ban- on the cas/cet instead of gold. ----------- : The last legislature appointed a committee to investigate the State ro ad lease and tuat committee recommended to the governor to require the lessees to make a new bond, ana in the event ot their fail ure, to Ring suit ,o recover the *_tate road and set aside the lease. Gpv- Coiquiti notified bov. Brown that he must ma*e a new bond, No steps were taken to comply with the order, so the governor has taken legal steps to set aside the lease. Attorney General Anderson has filed the papers. The governor has employed Capt. Ilarrv Jackson to assist the attorney general. This will be the most important suit commenced m Georgia in many a year, and no doubt will be stubbornly resisted.—Augus T ra News.