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About The Southern sun. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 1869-1872 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1871)
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Oo 00 00 72 00 100 00 \ ur ,., 40 00 55 00 68 00 80 00 110 00 ‘■ rt ,aa 44 ou 62 00 74 Goißo 00 120 00 Iff boy stood on the burning deck— IN A HORN! rvr c mle stood on a steamboat, deck; “jj . land he would not tread ; . h „ filled the halter round his neck, ‘ • 1 cracked him o’er the head. v,.- firm and steadfast there ho stood ",. though fonned for to rule ; . critter of heroic Idood, that there cussed mule. c nssed and swore, he would not go, [ util he felt in inclined ; Hod though they showered blow on blow, s a„ wouldn't ohange his mind. i . , ( k hands to the shore then cried, litre mule’s bound to stay,’* . jV; upon the critter’s hide ■’'intilash they fired away. , ...aster from the shore replied— Yhe boat's about to sail, ~ ; every other pi cans you’ve tried, Oppose you twist his tail !” ~ft, nkely that will make him land,” He deck hand, brave though pale, p. , uhed him with his outstretched hand ‘jo twist his muleship’s tail. Xj. h came a sudden kick behind ! The man-oh ! wher6 was he ? . .k of the softly blowing wind. The fishes of tho sea. \\ a moment, there was not a sound, When that mule wink<*d his eye, A. though to ask of those around, •?iow how is that for high ?” •fnt that nmlo’s throat right away,” The Captain did command, .the noblest critter killed that day tV«s the fearless, brave deck hand. SLEEPING IN CHURCH. Hie following parody onTennysan’s “Charge of rt; Light Biigade" is based upon the statement r.«le by Dr. Guthrie that, at a large religious ■lotting ho once attended, he actually counted on hundred people asleep s O’er their devoted heads While the law thunder'd Snugly and heedlessly Snored the six hundred. Great was the preacher’s theme ; Screw'd on was all the steam ; Neither with shout nor scream Could he disturb the dream Os the six hundred 1 Terrors to the right of them, Terrors to the left of them, Terrors in front of them— Ilell itself plundered Os its moßt awful things, Well-minded preacher dings At the dumb-founded. boldly he spoke and well ; All on deaf ears it fell ; Vain was the loudest yell Volley’d and thunder’d For caring —the truth to tell— Noithor for heaven nor hell, Snored the six hundred. Still with redoubled zeal, (Still ho spoke onward, And in a wild appeal, Striking with hand heol, Waking the pulpit reel, Shaken and sundered— Called them the Church’s foes. Threatened with endless woes, Faintly the answer rose < Proof of their sweet respose) From the united nose Os the six hundred, Normon of near an hour. Too much for human power ; Prayers, too, made to match [ Kxtemporaneous batch,J Woefully blundered ; With a service of musiri , Fit to turn every peW sick— Should it be wondered ? Churches that will not move Oat of the anoient groove Through which they have floundered, If they would lag behind, Mill must expect to find Hearers «>f such a kind As the six hundred. Retribution. t2T.VTE OF GENERAL DUVAIr—LBCOMT AND THOMAS AVANG D. *'iil Taris Letter .J Jtjfx&l Duval was made prisoner on Chatillon .:ys. and was on his way| to Versailles with the huudred other insurgent prisoners captur ' the same time, when, at the crossroads where -u. Paris, Versailles, and Bieve roads fork, *- r prisoners and the guard met General \inoy j ■ s Uff. who were riding to Chatillion Heights, d’ Wrtdthe guard to halt, and he dismounted, ■to ihn prisoners and said : “ lhere is among • a Monsieur Duval who calls himself Geneial. j 1 like to see him. ” General Duval stepped *'' m ranks calmly and with dignity, and said, r *m be." General Vinoy added : “And there ' ’ ‘chefs de bataiilon’ also with you." They ‘ i'l'cd forward. General Vinoy said to them . : are frightful wretches (cannailles); you shot : -r*i Cl ant Thomas and General Lecompte, yon know your fate.” Turning to the com -145 fer of the guard, he said : “Captain, detail a -of ten riflemen, and do you gentlemen, go - him to yonder field. ’’ The insurgent officer *ry walked to the spot indicated, a narrow 03 the road to Meudon, and lying on the ' - —rrii side of a white boundary wall, on which Tsintad in very large letters : ‘‘Duval Garden.” * > r -t of this wall General Duval and his com ms stood threw off their ooats, and placed t-lves before the platoon charged with their -'ion. When the muskets were leveled at ' r breasts they shouted, “vive la Commune l 5 '* ’"‘ e eext instant fell oorpses. , he office of a New York paper there stood in report of a sermon, and a paragraph ’-ho career of a mad dog. In “making np ’ - , X . two mixed, and the readers of the paper ky were astounded by the following me -s*: The Rev. James Thompson preached to ‘ audience last Sunday.. This was his last ~~ r - previous to his embarkation for Europe. " -- rtedhis brethren and sisters, and after * a devout prayer, took a whim to cut up , - frantic freaks. He ran upjSmith street to and down Carr street to College. At this ; * the proceedings some boys seised him pV 4 to his tail, and let him go. A gathered, and for a few minutes there Fianiiy* ta iw tfwt by a VOL. V. The Labor Difficulties. Much has been spoken and written con-* ceruing the deficiencies and unreliability of out present labor system, but one source of the trouble remains to be told. Unprincipled whites are potential agents of mischief among the colored population. A little leven loveneth the whole lump. So a few selfish and wicked men are able to break up and destroy the peace and tiros* perity of the largest communities. /This is especially true in the efforts of this class to demoralize and divert to tbcii own-uses the ignorant and unsuspecting freeumen. It is a fact patent to every planner, that, despite existing statutes, attempts are constantly being made, sometimes by near*, cst neighbors, to unsettle and entice away his field lobor. I bis is accomplished by the offer of larger wages, slandering prc sent employers, winking at theft, con., jugal infidelity, and other breaches of the law, or pretending to be in affinity and sympathy with them upon political ques tions. By these means (and the writer could cite instances in Randolph county and other parts of the State.,) many of our best and most upright citizens have been despoiled of all their laboring force, and fertile fields lie waste, a prey to briars and brambles. It is a corcedcd fact, that whether on the principal of spoiling the Egyptain, or se curing back wages for the days of slavery, kleptomania or the game of grab, exists to a fearful extent among our newly onfian cliised citizens. Ku*klux : committees to the contrary, these multitudinous outrages so far from being harshly dealt with, in a majority of instances are committed almost with impunity. To attempt to punish all, or evo* half of them, would bankrupt the State with cost and jail fees. But the effort of a conscientious citizen to justice, is sure to used to his prejudice designing men, who poison the minds of his employes against him. Hence the frequent conflagrations of giu-houses and dwellings throughout the country. What then e„n be done to check these mischievous practices, and protect the far mer in his right ? We answer ; Ist By a revision of the penal code and the substitution of other modes of punishment in lion of fine and imprisonment for minor offences. 2d. By an increase of the penalties for the inleri'erenco with,.’and violation of contracts, 2d. By placing under the ban of public censure and execration all who attempt to sow the seed of discord between tue races, and lastly, by liberal treatment and kind attention to the freedmen themselves, wc may hope to arrest those greatest of all evils, intestine dissensions and the war between the capital and the labor. Let every good citizen aid in the work. Dninking in England and America, lhe Saturday Review made attack some time ago, on drinking among ladies in the upper circles ot society. An Ameri can journal made the application to our own ladies, which led to a great deal of newspaper discussion, and was productive (if no good whatever, lho Saturday Re* view again returns to the Assault, but this inveighs against the men, and charges that English business men drink entirely too much. The New York Times of Saturday follows the lead of the English papa's, and declares that the portations of the mercan tile classes ot the Empire ciiy afe far too frequent. One reason assigned fur the in crease of iutempercence is that, -formerly there was an interval between his letters and getting replies, when he could meditate calmly on his affairs. Now, all things are decided off-hand, and consequently there is kept up a constant fever ot excitement, which produces nervous exhaustion, an calls for stimulants. Fashion Notes* Half high shoes will be more en regie for summer wear than high laced and button ed boots. . . i Uncarved ivory fans and ivory ft stretchers are considered suitable guts for j a bride to receive. j Tbo Jockey Club bow, fastened with a bowspiing to the collar button, .s the last style announced in gentlemen's cravats. ‘The latest style collar for gentlemen .s narrow and turned over, worn low in the neck. The stouter the person toe lower can the collar be worn. Fashionables, both ladies aud gentlemen, now affect the Tennyson reversible cuff Its distinguishing feature is a notched-off edge below the sleeve button. Cuffs and collars of brown ecrue linen the thing gammer traveling >ve®r, . CTotjli*2ilcll Devoted to tlie lixtorests of O BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1871, They are trimmed with narrow ruffles of the same, edged with a line of English ,ace - A pretty carriage shade fora bride is one of uncarved ivory, opening and shutting like a circular fan around a jowelled handle in ivory. Sucn a one can be bought for $25 or S3O. All the bonnests of the season are modi fications of the gipsy or cottage shapes, their brims are either turned up or indent-* cd, .filled ruches or bandeaux, or left plain to be filled by frizettesof hair, as the tastes or fancy of tho wearer may dictate. Gentlemen now keep their buttonhole bouquets fresh in small, flat, glass tnbesl partly filled with water. The tube is steal, enough to b.ip through the buttou hole ; a little silver or gilted ring around the neck, to which a pin is attached, keeps it in its place. Parasols of the latest styles are of shades of pongee, linen, silk serge, buff, drab or ecruLor poplin, lined with silk a shade ft V 1 darker. An edge of a darker color and sometimes a fringe, also a shade darker, finishes them. Practical ladies affect the English walkingstick parasol or umbrella. The coachman’s collar, dickey and scarf, all attached to each other, and made so in geniously as to be instantly donned after the horses are harnessed and the carriage at the door, is the latest invention of the distinguished Capon. The Lester Wallack Smoking Jacket is also one of Capon's de signs. The prettiest French sots of cuffs and collars for breakfast wear arc imported with one, two and three rovers to the col* lars, and with an outside simulated chetn isette attached to the band, extending in a point down the corsage almost to the waist. The embroidery on thorn is done in a man ner to give a shaded appearance to the leaves and plumes. The Tennyson notch is is given to the cuff They range in price from ten to thirty dollars. Kind Words. —They never blister the tong-ue or lips. And we have never heard of any mental trouble arising from this quarter. Though they do not cost much, yet they accomplish much. They help one’s good nature and good will. Soft words soften our own soul. Angry words are fuel to the flame of wrath, and make it blaze more fiercely. Kind words make other people good nas lured. Cold words Freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter wmds make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. There is such a rush of all other kinds of words in our days, that it seems desirable to give kind words a chance among them.—There are vain words, aud idle words, and hasty words, and spiteful words, and silly words, and empty words, and profane words and boisterous words, and warlike words. Kind words also pros duce their own imago on men’s souls—And a beautiful image it is. They smooth, and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind in such abundance as they ought to be used. —Pascal. The Veteran Printer.— The Lebanon Herald of the 20th says : Last Sunday the 17th of April, was a day of more than or dinary interest the proprietors aul altaeb ees of this office. On that day the veuer • able William Lawson Barry, who is now a compositor in this office, completed the ninety-first year of his age. On the day before and the day alter his birth day the old gentlemen did a futj day's wotk* He is at his case promptly at seven o'clock,; aud puts up his six thousand a day without trouble. There is no pecuniary necessity f or his laboring at all, and he sets type purely for the love of the art which he has follow* ed so long. There is no doubt that Mr. Barry is tho oldest printer in America, if not the world* He commenced to set type in U9B—seven ty three years ago —aud bas continued to the business ever since. He is still hale and lie arty, and every printer at least who reads this will, we are sure, join us in the hope that *he life of this venerable ‘jour, may be spared for many years to come. The Paducah Kentuckian thus demonstrates the cause of the scarcity of currency in the West: •The Nilsson troupe gathered in $860,000 on ‘their trip through the West, aud yet our people complain of the scarcity of money, Nilsson, cir cuses and other traveling humbugs, get all the surplus currency from our amusement-loving Wes terners." \ cheerful undertaker in Chicago advertises, “neat and uabby shrouds, warranted to give satis faction to tho most particular. Womans rights women may yet aspire to posi , Twit's wife was an old sat* tions in ihe navy , Dot s wue * you teofi SUICIDE. Mrs. Am ce Day Shoots Herself Through the Heart. **6hk Loykd Not Wisjbsy, bct too W>xll ’ ’ [From the Warrensburg Journal.] About two years ago a youug man by tho name of Eugene Day, made his appear* ance iu this county, hailing from the State of Michigan. He had not been here but a short time, as we are informed, until he was employed to work on the farm of one Mr. Clark, a well-to-do farmer, living about three miles west of this city. Mr. Darby, a farmer living in the neighbor hood, had a daughter named Alice. She loved young Day, and report has it that Day professed affection for her. In July last, contrary to the wish of her father, they were married. They lived to gether about three months, when the grand jury found a true bill of indictment against Day for bigamy. In appears from the testimony that he bad left a wife in Mich is. gan. JJc was arrested and lodged in jail to wait his 1 trial at the next term ot the Circuit Court. The Irial came off at the term of the court now- in session, and he was sentenced to four years imprisonment in the penitentiary. During this confinement in jail, the friends and relatives of the deceased did every thing in their power to cause her to forget him; and it is said they had partially suc ceeded. But during the trial she was pre sent as a witness, and was permitted, or rather he was permitted to have an inter view with her. The result was disastrous to the wishes of her friends. All the old love came back. The villain merely wink ed at her sobs. After tho trial was conclued the poor girl was conveyed to the residence of Air. Wellington Mooney, some four miles north west of town. During the forepart of the next day she was engaged in writing let ters: and immediately after dinner Went to her room, and in a few minutes Mrs. Mooney who was lying ill in an adjoining room, heard the report of a pistol. .She immedi ately gave the alarm, and it was ascer tained that the girl had shot herself through the heart. Upon examination one of the letters was found to contain instructions as to her burial; and the others, addressed to friends, Lneathed a spirit of innocent devotion to the man who was the cause of her minery, and a desire to live no longer. Here is a true copy of the letter addressed to her. husdand, Eugene Day: April 20th. Eugene: I write you this becaase I have resolved to die. I cannot take back the words I have spoken, and I cannot live without 3’ou . I know you will not linger long, lor I know that you love me too well. I remain your wife in death as well as in life. Yours, Aricb In the above report of the affair we have eudeavored to give the -facts in as few words as possible. ALMOST ANOTHER SUICIDE. About six o’clock on Thursday evening last, young Day, while t-oufined in his cell in the county jail, awaiting his removal to the penitentiary, made an attempt to de stroy himself, which will, no doubt, in time, prove successful. It appears there were several persons confined in the cell with him, and between them they had a razor, box of collars, and a bottle of hair dye, he made a rush for lhe razor, but was prevented from getting it by one of the parties confined w'th him. He then seized the bottle of hair-dye, drank its conieuts, crushed the bottle and ate a portion of the glass and P ullt ' d geveral pins out ot his clothes aud swallowed them. At the present writing his head and neck are very much swollen, and it is thought that he will not live a great while. Never forsake a friend when enemies gather thick around him —when sickness falls heavy upon him—when the world is daik and cheerless; this is the time to try friendship. They who tarn from distress to offer a reason why they should bs els cused from extending their sympathy and aid, betray their hypocrisy, and prove that selfish motives only prompt aod move them. If you -have a friend who loves you, who has studied your interest and happi ness-defended you when perecuted and troubled, be sure to sustain him in cdversi ty. Let him feel that his kindness is ap preciated, and that his friendship was not bestowed upon you in Tain* OOcItBatIOn 1 - What a glorious thing is ocdiifidtidii fdP the human heart? Those who Wot& Hard seldom yield themselves up to fancied of real sorrow. When grief sits down, folds its hands, and mournfully feeds upon its own tears, weaving the dim shadows that a little exertion might sweep away, in a fugcral pall, the strong spirit is shorn of its might, and sorrow becomes our master: When troubles flow upon you, dark and heavy, toil not with the wives—wrestle not with the torrent'! rather seek, by oc cupation, to divert the dark Waters that threaten to overwhelm you, into a thousand channels, which the duties of life always present. Before you dream of it, those waters will fertilize tho present and give birth to fresh flowers that may brighten the future—flowers that will become pure and holy, in the sunshine which penetrates to the path of duty, in spite of every ob stacle. Grief after all, is but a selfish feeling; and most sclffish is the man who yields himself to the indulgence of any passion which brings no joy to his fellow men. A Lesson for Wives. The following touching, simple, and 6or" rowful memorial of his wife, was written by one of 4 he greatest statesman of Eng land—Sir James Mackintosh—iu a private letter to a friend:—‘She was a woman,’ he writes, ‘who by the fender care of my weaknesses, gradually corrected the most pernicious of them. She became prudent from affection; and, tho’of the most gener ous nature, she was taught frugality and economy by her love for me. During the most critical period of my, life she pre served order in my affairs, from the care of which she relieved me. She gently re claimed me from dissipation, she propped my weak irresolute nature; sine urged my indolence to all exertions that have been useful and creditable to me, and she was prepetually at hand to admonish heedless ness and improvidence. To her I owe whatever I shall be. In solitude for my interest, she never for a moment forgot my character. Her feelings were warm and impetuous, but she was placable, tender and constant. Such was she whom I have lost; and I have lost her when a knowledge of her worth had refined my youthful love into friendship, before age had deprived it of much of its original order. I seek relief and I find it, in this consoK atory opinion that a benevolent wisdom inflicts the chastisement, as well as bestows the enjoyment of human life: that this dreary and wretched life is not the whole of man; that a being capable of such pro ficiency in science and virtue, is not like the beasts, that there is a dwelling place peepaaed for the spirits of the just; that the ways of Gpd will yet be vindicated by man;’ The Dying Never Weep. —lt is a sink ing fact that the dying never weep. The sobbing, the heart breaking agony of the circle of friends around the death bed, call forth no responsive tears from the dying. Is it because he is already insensible and stiff in the chill of dissolution? That cannoi be, for be asks for bis father’s hand, as if to gain strength in the mortal struggle, and leans on the breast of a mother, sister or brother, in still conscious affection. Just before expiring, he calls these loved ones and with quivering lips says, ‘Kiss me!’ showing that the love which he has ever borne in his heart is still fresh and warm, It must be because the dying have reached a point too deep for earthly sorrows, too transcendent for weeping. They are face to face with higher and holier things, with the Father in heaven aod his angels--- There is no weeping in that blessed abode to which he is hastening. The Road to Success.— Fortune, success, fame, position are uever gained but by de terminedly, bravely sticking and living to a thing till it is fairly accomplished. In short, you must carry a thing through, if you want to be anybody or anything. No matter if it does cost you the pleasure, the society, the thousand yearly gratfications of life. No matter for these. Stick to the thing and carry it through. Believe you were made tor the matter, and that no one else can do it. Put forth your whole eoer- Be awake, electify yourself, and go forth to do the task. Only once learn to carry a thing through in all its complete ness aud proportion, and you will become a hero. You will think better of yourself; others will think better of you. The world in its very heart admire* the stern, deter mined doer/ It sees in him its best 6ight, its brightest object, its richest treasure, i Drive right along, then, in whatever you I undertake. Consider yourself amply suffi' * cient toy the deed. You’ll be successful. 'THE southern sun, I Published Weekly by J O II N R. H AYR S i 'Z'Z. ’* "ZZT ; *■- • - _ • - ; Terms ot SubS<* Copy.one year....... ..S3 60 One Copy, Mx months ...r l 60 One Jhpy, three months 1 Off Advertisements. : tU I'/ at kjne dollar tier square for the BFH frtmMHtl deductk>n» wll be ttm<V on v tt h’d marriages will lie charged Ui* ft* 'dtwf IdVbttlßenients. NO. 61 ix a M Avon’s Orrrcß A Man txsKNsmrß with a Srirrooir Diking a tfftftftlttd.—Yesterday afternoon a young man tidiiied George Williams, aged .twenty-five years perhaps, was before Mayor Brush npon au informa tion preferred by John Drew, keeper of an eating house in the diamond, charging him wittrthmng attempted the commission of au outrageous affimue j upon a little daughter of deponent, four years old.. The hearing was boing held in tho Mayor’s private parlor, and while the little girl was relating lior g tory to his Honor* the father becoming incenSbd, seized a large spittoon and hurled it at the head of the unsuspecting defendant, who suit with his back to Drew. The spittoon struck Williams on the left side of tho head, knocking him Insensible. lie 'arose from the chair on which he sat and fell upou the floor, being caught by the Assistant District Attonncy, Mr. Flack, who was present for tliepnr poso of conductingtlieexamination. Officer Moor head and the Mayor seized Drew just as ho was a bout to huil the other spittoon at Williams. '1 his sudden interruption of the hearing caused tho wildest excitement. The wife'of Drew, ami mother of the little child, almost fainted, and a momentfvfter, Drew wopt like a child. Ills littl daughter sat upon his knee, while at tho side of the mother stood tho other both being unconscious of what was transpiring about them. Before Drew struck Williams his brother in-law left th* room hurriedly, but clid not return. It was foarod ho would, however, with a weapon to dispatch Wil liams, and a close watch was kept over him. Dr. Murdock, the city physician, was called and dressed tho wound, which was about an inch aud three quarters in length, and an inch deep. Williams did not return to consciousness until about seven o’clock, three hours after tho acident occurred. Ho says he is from Baltimore, and has been here two wehks. Tho hearing will be resumed,on Wednes day. The spittoon was broken into pieces, perhaps.— Pittsburg Commercial, May 4. The Wat to Catch Sambo. —Tammany has estabJ lished a colored regiment in New Xork, the mem bers of which are all colored Democrats, The, uniform is said to be of the most gorgeous des cription, andis described as follows t Uniform for staff officers, dark blue pants, with broad gilt stripe; dark blue coats, cut close bodied, also trim ed with gilt, and throe rows of guilt buttons. Heavy gold epaulets are to ba worn and a chapeau with whito feather. Tine officers will wear tho same uniform, only moderated and privates ditto, with tho addition of whito leggings to the panta loons, on which the guiit stripe will quite narrow. Crossbolts and whito epaulets will also ho used. r Jhe hats to bo worn by tho privates are to bo modeled after tee fashion of Fisk’s famous com mand, and are to be decorated with a white pom pon. Hon* Jeff. Pavis’s Mississippi Estates now Owned bt one of His Slaves. —A letter to tho Chicago Tribune describes a visit made in compa, ny with Mr. Jefferson Davis to tho plantation for merly owned by him in Mississippi. iTho writor says : Wo left at night on tho It. E. Loo, one of our finest steamers, and lauded at tho Hurricane plan tation about daylight the next morning. This plantation and another known as Briarfield, woro occupied before the war by W. E. Davis and his brother, President Davis. They were sold to a favorite froodman, Ben Montgomery, for $200,000, payable at the end of ten years, (Ist January, 1876,) interest at 6 per cent., payable annually. Ben who is very black, but thoroughly educated before the war, met ns and gave us a breakfast, waiting on the table himself, but not offering to take a seat. After breakfast we had a carriage and rodo over the magnificent estate, the extent of which you can foim some idea of when I tell you that Ben Montgomery made last year, 2,509 bales of cotton and a large quantity of com. We dined at Briar field, the former residence of Jefferson Davis, and now occupied as a residence of the aforesaid Ben, and you will not be surprised to learn that the former, slaves of Mr. DOvis greeted him with all tho warmth of affection which they were capable of expressing. Mr. Davis oietthem cordially, and encouraged them by many kind words. Aftcl dinner, at which our wealthy host again waited on us in elegant style, we passed on to a very large and valuable plantation which has been pur chased by Ben Montgomery and added to the Davis estate, and which {willl add to his crop this year prrbably 1,000 bales more, 3,500 in all if it iO a good crop. A Post Mobtxm Practical Joke.—An amusing story appears In the London Dally News of an elderly gentleman, who, living near Nottingham, being unmairied, and enjoying the reputation of being rich, recentiv made his will. He bequeathed various sums to faiends and relatives but hi* at tentions were chiefly directed to the public chari ties He gave £IO.OOO to the General Hospital, and a similar sum to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. These provisions in his wiil gradually became known, and nothing could exceed the attention paid him by all manner of people who wished to anticipate those expres sions of gratitude which were the natural reward of such generosity. Presents were showered upon him. He was compelled to. make long visits to his numerous acquaintances. Indeed; it,was at a friend’s house that he died; and this gentleman was only too glad to provide a sumptuous funeral and pay all the expenses. Unfortunately, it turn ed out that the elderly philanthropist, so far from having any money to leave, died in debt. His legacies were but freaks of a generous imagma ion. m —_ On Saturday last, one hundred and forty-f va mechanics were diverged I>, theßadtoalmtom ietration at WaahitMttoa. At the earn. Bme tea timea that number ot nnedlet. «® c ' aU a,e a< *‘ » place under the lucome Taa awtem, »nich OetH eral Grant upholds against the will of the peoplf The oat and corn crops in Baker county are V er y promising, but the cotton has a bad stand, V ad ig looking poorly frona the effect of the recent heavy rain*. . -h-
