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THE SOUTHERN SUN.
(ffliSfjournal of Dcca + ur County,
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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.
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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-