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ENGINE NO. 1. of a i) r' “ Did yon over ride in the “cab 1 locomotive?" A reporter, you know, never allows a chance to slip wherein Information ie to be fairly gained. > When burly-framed and large-hearted Buck Smith, engineer of No. 1, offered ■ne a ride in his “cab," yon may depend —to use a slang phrase—“I was there." Smith was a popular fellow. But his extreme quitness of disposition was re marked by every one, and there was an ever-present, unmistakable expression of sadness In his handsome eyes, withal hUglance was a^VW.S* « eag|e>when on the-run, and looking Out ahead.’’ He was running the St. Louis night express that backs into Washington before head ing westward. 1 was going as far as the capital. 1 clambered, silly and unseen, into "cab,” and was instantly alert lor eve rything, though careful to keep myself out of the way. Promptly at 7:30 the gong Bounded There was a hissing of steam, a continu ous, doleful clanging of the bell, puff! puff! and out of the glare of C- —— sta- tion we glided into darkness—darkness, pitchy and wet with falling snow. (Irim, stern, rigid ns a statue, stood Buck. I fe|t to wondering whether an engineer's arm never grew tired, when 1 knew that Ids trusty hand-did not dare once to Iw removed from that small lever in a route of hundreds of milea, while scores of human beings slept tranquilly in the cars behind him—slept, and few indeed had thought to offer a prayer tor tln> brave, resolute man on whose nerve their very lives depended. To tny surprise, with the increase of speed, there seemed to be less noise in the “cab.” And it was just as 1 began to realize this, that the incident occur red which 1 now relate to yon. We hail passed Winaus. I knew there was no road to signal for! but Buck suddenly exclaimed: "Blow, Harry!” The fireman pulled the coni, and out on the night shrieked a peculiar whistle, unlike any 1 had ever heard. At the same time, Harry, the young fireman, glanced at me stnngely, and shook Ids head. I looked instinctively at Buck Smith, and what I saw made my reporter’s heart jump. There was a mystery In the call of engine No. 1 The grim hand was still tight on the lever, the stern, sa l eyes still fixed un swervingly ahead; but I saw on one cheek, a single, shining, rolling tear. He was bending forward slightly. His rough shirt was open tit the front, where, suspended by a leathern string, were two rings—one a plain gold band, the other set with a beautiful, gleaming diamond. These rings were pressed kissiiiglv to his lips. “Buck’s a-prayin'!” said the fireman, close to my ear. Then Buck, as he carefully hid away tin ring-; "Hear that loot. Sat'.’" "Yes.” "fines* what it’s for'.”’ "How should 1»” "For my little girl." "Why, i didn’t know you had a child, Buck.” “Well, the whole world doesn’t know it—that's a fact. Coal tip, Harry; here's the grade." Tlic iron door was wrenched open, like the fiery, seething mouth of n drag on, while the fireman piled his shovel. "Ail had transpired In less than ten seconds. As the glare lighted broadly on the dark night, I saw, on the bank by the track road—saw, as we sped like ii.» wind—ft fyniule figure, who waved a lantern to and fro. “God bless her, Nat—that’s my Dol ly?” Then, presently: "I don’t know, but 1 may as well tell you about It— though I don't tel! everybody, mind you. I’ve only had my home here a few years—used to live near Point o’ Rocks. As pretty a cottage it w as, fora pretty wife, as any man need wish for. You haven't know nine long, or you’d have heard that I married a girl who expected to inherit handsomely. But I like vou, Nat. No matter how the match came out. She was a very delicate and very beautiful prize for a rough man like I am. 1 won her away from a chap who was better off, better-looking, than I. His name was Carrol Conrad. I was lever a jealous man; I did not even re quest iny wife to give up his acquain tance. So 1 thought nothing of it when sometimes when I returned from a trip she would say: "Buck, dear, Carrol has been here to see me.” “But one night, Nat, there came a blow that well nigh drove me mad— Wail a minute. Blow for the relay Harry.” Thrice, four times, shrieked the prompt whistle, and presently the train came to a halt. Not for long. There w as a liang on tlic little gong over my head that started uie. Again we steamed onward. No more stoppings until we reached Washington now ; no more interruptions, except the signal blows for curves, and roads, was almost breathlessly still, watching Buck, who, it seemed to me, had not moved a muscle or turned an eye from Ids “lookout” siuce he kissed the talls- inatiic rings. “I found the cottage darkened," he resumed, abruptly, after we had rum bled across the viaduct. “There was no light to welcome me, like there had al ways been, and—and, Nat, my wife was gone. I found on the parlor tablo a note that, first set my blood on fire, then turned my heart to stone. As near as can remember it w as something like tills: “Buck, dear, forgive me! My life has been so lonesome since marrying you, and the temptation is so great, that have consented to go with Carrol. 1 am not all wicked; 1 couldn’t helpttj for give me." 11 ' ’ .it' 'G “I though It all over as in a dream Nat. Poor .little thing! she didn’t see much of me for love-making, that’s a fact. Then some sort of demon caused me to write a curse upon the pair, and pinned it to the table top with my pen knife. "Turning round, 1 found little Dolly standing in die doorway, crying. She had been looking everywhere in vain for mamma. At least this treasure was left to me. Ah, Nat, It was this precious charge that saved me from going straight to the dogs. “I closed the cottage, resigned my en gine, and brought Dolly off here to live. Pd saved a little sum. A year went by. Then came another eventfW night?-* night as sad to mo as ever hitman being knew. The wind howled a gale; the saow was deep, and falling fast, Dolly came running to me, crying loudly, “Papa—oli, papa—there's somebody lyfitgon the track. It's a woman, J can’t pull her off; and the St. Louises preset* coming." : "Nat, I reached the track In tiro big leaps. In anotuer moment 1 had grasp ed up a female, who was half-buried In the snow: and just la time, for thia same engine—No. 1—went whlxclng mast* When I had laid her on the fouuge, I-3W, « was my little lost ' I > ' j I inm HO. LXIII. A.TTjqBaSr's^GKOBQIA. TOMAM lojimd ni.-i - y'y/ THE DYING STATESMAN. BUNN Efl - WATCHMAN. - . « •/ i.i'* i .r !«•«: -m.. ; •«•.!; -'.itifti-cd-.• m ’ - j • - - •’ l ”^ *».i - •’ ■ - Pltf ,*U II. i>;«d i; 1882. IciipT’ VOL XXVIIL wife! What a coming back! Oh, how different she looked t I saw death in her ilnl If to fa neind fann -| fil as I said before. She and called out in a voice that seems to dwell in my ears now: "Buck—oh, Buck, dear,! is it you at last?” “Then, as I stood dumb and trembling,' ahe told me her pitiful story. Carrol Conrad had come to her with a letter from her father, wao was in New York, saying that he was dying, and wanted her by his bedside. Little Dolly was at a friend** house, throe miles back In the country. No time could be lost. She went with Conrad. Not until they were beyond Philadelphia, did she learn, from his own lips, the dastardly ruse. “The letter was a forgery. The hasty note of explanation she had left for me, had been adroitly exchanged for the one I found—another base forgery. Shewas now blasted in my sight, he told her. Soon bet name would be bandied in slan derous gossip. Had she not better go with hitn, and let his devotion repry for the trick ! She spurned the wretch, and called on the t rain icondtictor to pro tect her, continuing her way to New York. “Here she found her failicr dead. He had ruptured an armory in excitement over a speculation failure that cost him every dollar of his fortune. She was then without kindred, without money, and her few early friends scattered and lost. She managed to make her way back; but no one could tell lier where I was. She found Conrad’s forgery with my hitter curse on the back of it. It must have driven her insane. “God meant that I should know tiiese truths before she died. In her wander ing search for me, she hail come almost to my very door unknowingly. Right there she resol veil to die—to die by throw ing herself under the St. Louis night ex press. Consumption did it’s work soon, added to that night’s exposure. 1 laid in her grave, Nat, and my heart with her. ‘ ‘That was five years ago. I went back on the road and got engine No. 1. Dolly is a big girl now. And every time I run this train out. you’ll find her by the trock with a lantern—ruin, snow or star light, Nat—waiting to hear me blow, and to see that there’s nobody on the rails. And she dips the lantern, for a kiss, you know. "Engineers, like sailors, have some little supersition; und sometimes, when I pass the spot where I snatched my un happy wife from a horrible death, I fed a shudder go through me, us if I’d ac tually struck somebody with the catcher. Not another word from Buck, during the remainder of the ride. At the Wash ington depot, we parted willi a hearty good-by. A few years later, quite by accident, while at C Station, on reportorial business, I heard that good old Buck was dead. His daughter, Dolly, had mar ried and was living snugly among the grceli hills of Anacostia. I). C. ARTIFICIAL RAIN. And Rain that I* not Artigcial. A SetanUve Vlow of tho Probability of laduclos Showers by Atmospheric Disturbances. Tha following, clipped .from Uie Co- lmnbus Enquirer Sun, iff may' account for theexcessive rains around Athens. It will be remembered that our section has lieen visited with copious showers and we are willing to lay them at the door of dynamite, if scientists say so. The greater part of yesterday was dark and dreary, and the earth was sat urated with heaven’s tears. It began raining in the late hour of the night, and kept up a steady fall reminding one of the dreary winter days. While the rain jvas not unwelcomcd, it was not never theless unneeded, as there has been no time this snmmer that we have suffei ed for rain. Tills has been the subject of much speculation and rasfov are dispos ed to attribute the cause to' the blasting at the Kagle and Phoenix rock dam. It is a well remembered circumstance that during the late war, thebe was not a heavy bombardment but which was fol lowed by a bard rain. The hot blood of the battlefield was cooled by the out pouring from the sky, and in a majority ot cases the rains were of a local charac ter. This fact strengthens the belief that Uie blasting at the rock dam has a great deal to do with it, and that Uie showers we are now having are produced from artificial means. This idea is increased when it is seen that the showers are par tial to Columbus and partake so much of a local nature. Within the last six weeks a very much larger quauily of rain has fallen in Columbus than at any given point two miles from the city. It is Uius that the subject of producing rain by artificial means is given recruits, and there are those who would not give the facta as they occur for all the theories in the world. But there are those also who theorize on the subject anil believe the question to be one of a litUe time only before it is practieallv illustrated. The laws of nature rarely impose any difficulty or want without the association of means for correction or relief, it is a prevail ing opinion that there is more water generally above the habitable surface of the earth than below It, auil the theory that it requires adequate means to se cure it may be a correct one, A scienUflc genUeman, and one who is entirely practicable ill diaposiUon, says that " the supply of water through the workings of a common, natural law —that of evaporation and cendenaatiqn- is generally understood, ami a fall of)ain is anticipated by a reduced pressure of the atmuephere. Water absorbs * pre ponderance of electricity and the clouds THE FIRST DEAD REBEL. fool-fo a. 1 Albany, Ga., July 21,1882 The reasons given by you this morning J hy Colonel Fisher, who was killed at all Ban, could not have been the first * bel was correct. The first soldier lio died while in the service of the Uni ted States, was a tailor from Augusta, Ga., who died iu April, 1801, and the fjret soldier killed In battle was a beard- Mf» boy not ‘'twenty years did, froqa North Carolina; in. May, 1861. This Was the first blood shed in the Southern cause. There were two First Georgia Regiments which went to the war iu April, 1861, the First Regulars who were sent to Savannah, and the First Volunteers who were ordered to Pensa cola under Colonel Ramsey, from Au gusta. There were two companies from Augusta, Git., in thia regiment one of boys just from school, and one of older citizens of Augusta, lit the latter com pany was a tailor, who, in a frolic, caught and put in his bosom a garter, or as sonic times called, a thunder and light ning bhake. There la a mlwyafiNli 1 species of serpent, some whose bite is deadly and others who are not at all pois onous. The soldier made a mistake, as there is but little difference in their looks. Whilst going around with the snake in his bosom a crowd o’ his fellow soldiers gathered around, anil iu a spir it of bravado he took it out and provok ed the reptile until it bit him on the back of his hand, from which wound he died very soon. The snake w as killed, taken to Augusta and preserved in alco hol. Being in that city a lew montliB afterward 1 saw the reptile, which was two feet long and about the size of a child’s finger. All the members of the First Georgia Regiment will recollect this circumstance. The first soldier killed in battle on the Southern side was at Big Bethel church, about fifty miles from Gut Town, Vir ginia. Benjamin Butler had landed the first Yankee troops in Virginia, in May, 1851, and was met by a Virginia regiment at the church named. Gener al Wadsworth, of Connecticut, wits in immediate command, and upon seeing the Southern troops advancing on him jumped upon alog, waved his sword over his head and ordered his men to fire. They did so, and the North Caorlina hoy, who wa* a volunteer in the Virgin ia regiment, fell dead, the only one kill ed on our side. Immediately our men returned the tire, shooting the Geuural from tlie log, and his soldiers left that battle field. These two men, one on each side, was the first blood shed in the war, except the men of the Massachu setts regiment who were killed by a mob in Baltimore, Maryland. I was with my regiment, in July 1861. and visited the cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, and stood over the grave, at the head of which was a lioard bearing this inscrip tion (the name 1 have forgotten): "From North Carolina, the first soldier killed in the. war iietweon the North and South.’ Any of the oid soldiers of the ltith Geor gia Regiment will recollect the circum stance of this, the first battle of the war. S. B. Wight. Oue of '.lie staff in the 16th Georgia Reg iment. , “JACKgIGH." rJohaaon Opens m **J»ck I The Nashville Louisville Commercial ing absurd story: Johnson was a fide poker player, one of the best in Tennessee. He used to tell of a game he played with Grant in 1866. Grant was then at Washington and visited the President one night. Af ter a short talk Johnson proposed a' game of poker. Grant, whb was an inveterate player then; jumped at the chance Cards were brought and they begapto play. Grant lost steadily anil heaipy. The game was $1, call (3, and no Inait. At last Grantsaid, “Johnson, T will pjuy you one more deal around and we.will quit; I am tired of this d—h foolish ness." Johnson dealt and wouldn’t come In. They made it a jackpot. / “The jack pot went on increasing in size; neither could open if. "At last there was $64 in the pot. Granft was dealing. Johnson picked up liis cards; he had two pair of aces up. ; Gn nt [pok ed at his cards, and quietly laid.tjtfwn. Johnsaid said: 4 “I will open for $20.” Grant, withont moving a muscle of his cast iron countenance, leaned back his chair and said slowly, looking at his cards all the time: W_ “I will have to raise you $50, Andy, I can’t help it.” Johnson was a flttle-surprised, bu stood the raise. Grant asked him how many cards lie wanted. “1 just want one; how many do you want?" "Eh?” said GrantA’arelessly, 1 don’t want any this time." Johnson picked his curd. ltwn*an ace. He bet $100. “I will see your $100, Andy, and raise her $2,000.” Johnson said afterward the l>et came near taking the breath away from him, but something told him Grant waaTiluff- iug. He felt a presentment that he was. "Grant. I will see your $2,(XX) and raise her $500." Grant clenched his teeth, and his lips came together like a steel trap. "I will see your $500 and go you $5,000 better.” "I got a little scared," says.lolmson. “and thought that umy lie he hail tours on me. So I said, I’ll just call you, what have pou got?" "Jack high!” said Grant, anil with an oath jumped up from the table, got his hut and left, giving Johlisou his mile for all lie had lost. Tomato Catsup. The following directions for making tomato catsup are observed by those who put up this condiment for mar ket. It is equal to, or superior to, any you can buy, and will keep for years. We know whereof we speak: bushel Tomatoes. 6 tablespoonfuls Halt. • 6 Spice.. 6 “ Mustard. 4 “ Black Pepper. 2 “ ‘ Red Pepper. , 1 teaspoonful Cloves. 1 ounce Mace. 1 pint chopped Onions. 2 pod Garlick. 2 quarts Vinegar. Boll slowly five or six hours. Ceding Even With a Drummer. are charged withltinpropoi non to their density of moisture, n dlsti rbance fol lows the want of magnetic equilibrium fnd the vibrations paused thereby aid in oils of most thunder and lightning. But £ “iS nevertheless shows that disturbances in the atmoepbere iucrease the quantity of water fallen and serve a ready to confirm the practical atailability in the use 'of artificial incans of producing rain. The copious falls of water that have been known to follow battles should also sat isfy us and serve as an argument to show that artifice may he reduced to useful practice If sufficient economy should prove within reach,” -".Whatmeans would you propose to employ to secure this result?" asked the reporter. “ Well, explosions or concussions are lierhaps the true if not the only effective means for producing the desired effect. It certainly would not pay to burn down our towns or deplete our forest# for this purpose,tei'an IfflrwnwflaW produce the ala, which would be vury uncertain, it seems to me, then, that a resort to an equivalent afforded by electricity,'aud that although more economical means than the use of well-known explosives maybe de>ired, they may still, if judi ciously employed, be found available for an experiment. The various degrees oLaolitun. iff pkere can always be detected by the hy drometer, arid the baat period-for opera tion can bef" OM*M.de] gegfiaamod tlcal econom-of it In due awaiting p*,lM*npioerijdff, mon air compressed to an explosive gree would not serve aa a substitute for common exploatver, and there are many engineers quite competent to design and execute > mechanical devices that will work at a mere nominal coat. Chicago Timet. Is this sent engaged?” he asked of the prettiest girl in the car, and, finding it wasn’t, he put liis sample-box in the rack an braced himself for solid enjoy ment. < • 1 ‘Pleasant day," said the girl, coming for him before lie canid get his tongue unkinked. “Most bewildering, day, isn’t it?’ “Yes, yes, miss," stammered the drummer. He wasn’t in the .-habit _ playing pitcher in tiiU kind of a match,' and the position of catcher didn’t fit him aa tight as hispantalooua. “Nice weather for traveling,” contin ued the girl; “much nicer than when it was cold. Are you comfortable?" “Oh, yes, thanks," murmured the drummer. “Glad of it,” resumed-the girl, cheer fully. “You don’t look so. Let me pat my shall tinder your head, won’t you ? Hadn’t you rath'er ait next to the window and have mu describe the land scape to you?" .“No; please," he muttered; “1—I’m doing, doing Well enough." 1 . j “Can’t I buy you some peanuts or a book ? Let me do something to make the trip happy! Suppo se I slip my arm around youi waist! Just lean forward a trifle.sol can?’’ ..... “You’ll—you’ll have to excuse me!” gosjied the wretched drummer, “1—I don’t think you really mean It!" "You look so tired," ahe pleaded; “ivdutd v«u like to rest your head on my shoulder? No one will notice. Just lay your head right down and I’ll tell you stories." “No—no, thanks! 1 won’t to-day! I’m very comfortable, tiiauk you!" aud the poor drummer looked around hope lessly. . “Your scaif pin la coming out; lot me fix it. There,’’ aud she arranged it deftly; “at the next station I’ll gee you a cup of tea,and when we arrive at our destination you’ll let me call on you?" aud she smiled an anxious prayer right up into bis pallid countenance. “1 think I’ll go away aud smoke," said the drummer, and hauling down A Street Committee Cornered. At an examination ol a public school on Stated Island, the teacher, justly proud of his scholars, addres ting the audience, said: “Ladies and gentle men, to prove the boys are not cram med for the occasion, I will direct one of them to o|ten the arithmetic at ran dom and read out the first problem. Then I shall invite a gentleman of the audience to work out the aunt on the board, and to commit intentional er ror*, which, vou will observe, the boys will instantly detect. John Smith open tlie book and read Ute first ques tion!” The scholar obeyed and read out: “Add fifteen-sixteenths and nine- elevenths.’’ The teacher turned to the atidience anil said: “Now, Supervisor , will you step to the blackboard and work it out?" v The Supervisor hesitated, ami then said: “Certainly,” and advauceil a step but paused and asked tlie teuoher, “ Is it fair to put the children to so dif ficult a problem?" “Oh, never fear,” replied the teach er; “ they will be equal to it.” “Very well." said the Supervisor, “go on." Tlie boy began the question: “Add fifteen-sixteenths—” “ No, no,” said the Supervisor. “ I will not be a party to over-taxing the children’s brains. I have conscien tious scruples against it. This forcing system Is ruining the rising genera tion,” and he gave back the chalk and left the room. “Well, Judge Castleton, will you favor us?” asked the teacher, tender ing the chalk. “ I would do so with tleasure,” replied the Judge, “but taveacase coming on in my court in a minute oi two," and he left. 1 “ Assessor Middletown, we must tall back on you,” said the teacher, smiling. “Oh," said the Assessor, “ I pass—I mean I decline in favor of Collector X." Well, that will do,” -replied the teacher. “Mr. Collector, will you fa vor ns?” ‘I would certainly—that is, of course," replied the Collector, “but— ahem! I think it should be referred to a commit— Why, bless me! I’ll never catch it. Good bye! Some other time!’’ And he left. \ 1 know Justice Southfield will not refuse!” gaplthe teacher, and the Jus tice stepped promptly up to the black board amidst a round of applause from the audience. The scholnr again began to read the sum. “Add fifteen-six teenths—” A dozen hands went up as tlic Judge made the first figures. ‘Well, what is it?" asked tlie teacher. ‘He’s got the denominator on ’top of the line!” cried the boys inchorus. “Very good, boys, very good: I see you are attentive," said the Jjiidge, as he rubbed out the figures, tumeu red, aud began again, but was interrupted by the class calling out: ’“No, he’s got the enumerator and de nominator under the line!" “Aha! you rogues! Yoa’re sharp, I see!” said the Judge, jocoseley, and again commenced. “That ain’t a fraction at all! it Is one lAiioon.l flvn Vt 1111 <1 rol 1 UTlll civtnhn A PROFESSIONAL FARMER. THE .OLD HOME .WFQRO. What Hon.* W. U. Willingham, tha Ptombs Own- or. Is Doing urtth this Historic Place. A B«If- Supports* Fans. Jersey Cattle. Fine Colts' end Oanua Carp. A Beautiful Home and Ota- Time Southern Hospitality- thousand five hundred apd sixteen 1 wasilie cry hailed the Judge’s now com bination of figures. “Really, Mr. Teacher,” ejaculated the Judge, “1 must compliment you on tlie wonderful proficiency of yopr scholars in ! T f li*»ir ruituMiro nnv that do- with urn, and, big and strong as he is, he couldn't stand it. 1 really think Women have stronger stomachs than men, and, besides that, there isn’t any smoking car fur them to fly to for tel- «ge. I don’t understand this thing." But she settled back contentedly all the same; and at a convention of drum mers in the smoker that morning it was unanimously resolved that her seat was engaged, so for ss they were concerned, for the balance ot the season algebra! 1 won’t tiro their patifence any more." , ; “Oh, go on, go on,” said the teacher, and again the Judge wrote some figures in an offhand manner. "That ain’t a fraction! It’s six thous and one hundred and fifty-one IT yelled thebojs. “Mr. Teacher," said^lie' Judge, "it would be ungenerous on my pan, aud simply an unworthy suspicion as to your efficiency, to put these extraordinoay bright children to additional tests; I would not—J could not—Oh! excuse me! There’s Brown! I have important busi ness with him! Sheriff! I want to see you,” and left. * ' Some days afterward a bof was brought before Justice Southfield for throwing stones In the street. “John,” said the Judge, sternly, "were you Qje boy that laughed in school on Monday, while I was working that problem?” "Yes, sir,” was the reply. John got thirty days. > t m- ’- There was a duel in Ylrglpia las week altogether unlike the politics duels that made Virginia chtvalry famous last year. A jroung ’man named Garland told a young lady to whom a young man named Addison was engaged, that Addlso^Tkaagning to flirt with her, and Addison ..chal lenged Garland and was killed. Col. Lamar coni tionof Col. Hardeman f man at large an empty editor says, “empty forth there being no state oi chinery provided for hi there Is more than 'doub take the seat If elected. J J iublican congress, largely reinforced rom southern districts, will tike to this." * ■ “Crawford!”sang out the brake- man, as the second station below Ath- ens is leached, and we disembarked from the train literally into the bosom of our friends. This is one of the most thriving villages In Middle Georgia, and is remarkable for the solvency of Us merchants and the sobriety and pi ety of its inhabitants. The town was named in honor of Wm. H. Crawford,' the compeer of Calhoun and Webster, and one of the most remarkable men the south ever produced. He lived and died at “ Woodlawn,” the present home of Dr. W. M. Willingham, and his remains rest beneath afplain mare ble slab, in a beautiful grove, that can be seen from the windows of the pass ing train. It is of this place and. Its present owner that we Intend to write. A short drive of but little more than kkjtggjjt V-’-r to this noted ctlfl. homestead, that sets back in a grove of stately oaks and giant chestnuts. The view from the long piazza that encircles one side of the house is un surpassed, and is well worthy the ar tist’s pen. Elevated upon a com manding site, it completely overlooks the thrlviug little village at Us feet, while the eye takes in a landscape of rural life and beauty for many miles on every side. The Georgia railroad winds around the farm for several miles, and the train looks like a huge serpent as it gracefully glides onward. The house is a large, rambling build ing, constructed in the shape of an L, but It Is in perfect repair and nowhere are tlie signs of age visible. The wing was built by Mr. Shelton Oliver, the former owner and father to Mrs. Wil lingham, but the older portion was erected by Mr. Crawford. Those large open fire-places mark a past epoch in architecture. Around this hospi table hearth have often gathered the statesmen and of not only jurists Geor gia, but the United States, and the fu ture politics of tlie nation here settled beyond appeal. As soon as you invade these premi ses you feel yourself surrounded by those evidences of refinement so pro verbial to the south in her better days. Mrs. W. is quite acomioisenr in flowers and on every hand you see blooming in luxuriant radiance the rarest ex- otios. Tills lady has searched the Union to udd to lier conservatory,and she has probably the finest private collection in Georgia. It is really a treat to wander among her Floral treasures, and drink In their perfume und feast the eye upon the varied hues. Dr. Willingham has only owned this farm about too years, but even in that short time he has made most wonderful changes and improve ments. The rambling old out-buiRl- lng are fast being demolished, to give place to more modern barns, etc., so located as not to mar the beauty of the place or obstruct the view. The Doctor started out by making his farm self-supporting, and to do this, began by sacrificing King Cotton to grain. This year he has his barns and bins overflowing with wheat and oats, and like the rich man in the Bible, nad to build larger houses to accom modate his unexpected crop. In one pile we saw over a thousand bushels of rust-proof oats, that he will sell, besides reserving enough to run his farm for a year. He has more wheat than he knows what to do with, and forage enough to keep several hundred head of cattle through the winter. His corn crop is a feast to the eye, and he will have even some of this grain to sell, besides making a fine yield of cotton as a surplus crop. He has his wheat and oat straw nicely packed away in sheds, and tells us that it is nearly as nutritious as fodder for stock when uot exposed to the weater. A large pasture, thickly set in the most luxuriant Bermuda grass, ad joins his horse lot, and on this does the proprietor raise his horses and cattle. He has now several fine colts ready for tlie bridle, and tells us that their expense has been nominal, as they feed and range with his cattle. He expects to buy several fine brood mares and go to raising mules, in which he says there is a large profit. The Doctor has also a flue Jersey bull, pure blood and registered, by which he is fast improving his breed of cat tle. He once attempted the raising of Merino sheep, but the darkeys and dogs soon disgusted him with the ven- ture;so he substituted the nimble goat therefor. v ^ "qiut one of Dr. Willingham’s moat profitable strokes of enterprise is his carp pond, a lovely sheet of water cov*- bring half an aore, laying in full view iof the residence and in a romantically tawtUnl spat. In.tbla .he hqa^jBft, UDgb Carp', that Will tiftm spawn; The' Doctor has also brought from Florida a large collection of moss and pond lilies that ate flourishing nicely, and seem acclimated already. He will aller pondfor THAT DUEL- It «11 ■GCoW out br too Much Talktoy i‘ ILP. Garland—Sir: Herewith.you krill find’ti letter from Miss Hatchett to you, which? she sent me for perusal, and savi; , *'* 1 '*' 1 ' LaaFtartteOSaa: ' >n a JeaiSSi ? * .'■$ ,» t . •• Hi IK avi t CindmnaUEnquirer. t t|> , A special trom Petersburg, Virginia, gives the true details oi the duelbe tween Richard Garland, of VirguilaTand'j“ seph Addison, of Baltimore, which took place a few days ago, and which resulted in the killing of the latter after, numer ous shots bad been exchanged. The duel occurred near the little town of Lnnen- berg, Virginia, and owing to the l^ck of telegraphic facilities, the particulars of the fight and what caused it remained a secret till to-day,. It now appears that Addison chal lenged Garland because the latter per sisted in making reflections on. Addi son’s finance. Miss Mamie L. Hatchett, a member of one of the F. E. V’a. The first step which led to the death of young Addison, was taken by Miss Hatchett, on June 25th, when it appears ahe was informed by Addison of the reflections upon :her character placed in circulation by Garland. The young lady in hot In* dignation immediately wrote the fol lowing letter, which she gave to Addi son to deliver to Garland: >■ Oxford, N.C., June 25,1882. “Mr.Garland: Before leaving Lun enburg I heard that it was reported throughout the country that I had been flirted with by no other than yourself; but as there seemed to be no certainty about the originator of the report In question, I merely denied it indignantly as a horrid falsehood, emenating from the fertile imagination of some idle mis-' chief-maker, who for some unknown cause wished to wreck what what I value infinitely more high ly than life itself, viz: my reputation; not, however, until I had registered a vow that if you had ever made such an assertion I would trace it up if it took my whole life to do it. I came for a purpose, and have accomplished it. I now have it from your own lips, and you dare not deny It. Now, you know that it is the foulest falsehood you ever uttered; and it is impossible to realize how any one who claims to have the first instinct of a man could let pique and disappointment carry him so far as to stoop so low and adopt so base a means of avenging hifiiseli on one who had in reality never injured him in the least, and who, from the fact of her be ing a girl, he thinks unable to defend herself. < “Now, all I wish to say, is just thlsi I have known for a long time that neith er of the words truth, principle or honr or were to be found in your vocabulary, aud although I acknowledged that your intellect was weak, yet I must say that for one who has been practicing treach ery as long as you have, you have cer tainly displayed less tact than I had giv en you credit for. For several months past I have known more of your charac ter than you have any Idea of, blit made a resolve never to expose you or try to Injure you in any way In the estimation of others, unless I knew positively, without a doribt, that you hafl laid some thing detrimental in connection with myself. This promise I have sacredly, adhered to until now, but there is a point where endurance ceases to be a virtue. The climax’ ii reached at last, and I care little for tlie consequences. You know as well as I do, that if yoa would tell the truth, I Wave no objec tion tp the A-hole world’s knowing ever ry thing that has passed between ua; but you seem to be in the habit of address ing young ladies, and bn being discarded; requesting , them, to say nothing about it:' I know of more instances than one, and think iii future it 1 , would be well to save yurself that trouble, as I feel sure that no one considers it an honor. i ’ Elbkktojj, July aa.—The primary election In the militia districts in this county was held yesterday. Hon. Seaborn Reese, of Hancock, carried ten of twelve districts. Colonel J. C. P. Black, of Augusta carried the other two. No other candidates were voted Twenty Persona Poisoned. St. John, N, B., July $3, 1882.—A large number of persons have been poisoned at Moncton, by using canned corn beef. One physician has over twenty patients. Several persons who did not oelleve tlie beef injurious partook a second time and are iu a dangerous Condition. ,' - li purposes, and spare no pains or ex pense to render hla carp crop as suc cessful as hfe farm. 1 Dr. Willingham has represented Oglethorpe couuty thrice with great honor in the legislature, and is to-day one of the strongest and most popular men in theMttdlC Tlja friend# were very anxious foi*infn to aflgj^tbe use of his name for a fourth tojni, hut be ing on a bridal tour positively deeli tics. Up iastriotly qjpjofesslonql far mer, being a pew ; diapd at the agricul tural bellows; and we refer wlthpride jo hla auccesginJl all the a profrtsior ■fine piAci farm dtfringhl: We spent at this bps]] to our labors Tel ted. DtaW and has dogs an. fttet, ho JeaVife that wealtt his greatest pleasures name is legion. i^ The unseating ofCongresSman Till- iwaut jiqsupplied in mind thig year. yon shouldftel aggrieved’ttt the *eoa- nts therein, which I haVb carefully . and indorsed, you may remember that at any time I advocate her cause; and hold myself personally accountable for her words. Your having taken the liberty of making use of my name In this matter last winter gives me the pre rogative. Yours, &C;, J ‘ “Joseph Addison.’’ , Nothing further was heard from Gar land, and many supposed the affair had blown over. A week or so afterward, however. Miss Hatchett heard of Gar land having repeated his previous slan der, to the effect that she had permitted, him to kiss'her, and immediately com plained to t Addison, .The, latter then wrote a formal challenge to Garland, who replied '• cceDtine it. and the pre liminaries were arranged by Messrs. W. W. Boswell, acting for Garland, and John Eaues, who was the second of Addison. ■What occurred after the youiig men reached the appointed ground is detail ed in the following statement, which the seconds to-day prepared , for publi cation: , , j ; . Garland armed himself with a four- barreled thlrty-two-c&libreplstdl. Alter Addison was informed at the', mill by Mr. Boswell that. Mr/ Garland was waiting, he proceeded to meet Garland, being accompanied by three fiieuda— Messrs. Orgam, Kanes and Jones. Mr. Addison and friends walked some thirty yatds ahead of Mr. Boswell, Garland's friend. Mr. Boswell commenced to re cite the whole cause of the misunder standing between Garland and Addison, with the purpose of having the matter settled without difficulty between tlie principals. Before Mr. Boswell had got into the merits of the case Mr. Addison and his friends baited and engaged Mr. Boswell In conversation. Mr. Boswell then rode some forty yards ahead, and the Addison party followed till they reached the grouud, when they were met by Mr. Garland and a friend named Roche. Messrs. Garland and Addison were in troduced to each other. Mr. Garland, speaking first, proceeded to ask Addi son some questions, which was inter rupted by the latter, who, in a frenzy of rage, drew back his right arm as though td strike Garland, who placed, his hand iu his hip-pocket for his pistol. Addi son at Ciiis jumped back, aud said “ None of that.” Garland hesitated, whereupon Addison drew his pistol from an inside coat-pocket and fired qnickly. The ball struck Garland on the left arm, a few inches below the elbow. Addison snap ped his pistol again before Garland could reiurn his tire. Both begun tiring then in rapid succession, Addison snap ping his pistol, which did not lire. Au dition stepped backward at every dis charge, aud when about twelve steps from Garland he got behind a tree, shoot ing, or attempting to shoot, from behind it. Tb0 seconds, it is needless to say, scattered in every direction. Garland’s pfetol being empty, lie callad to Boswell to baud' him his (Boswell’s pistol,) which Boswell did. Garland made ready to fire the fresh pistol, when Addison culled out from the tree: “ Un fair, gentlemen. My pistol is either empty or fails to fire.” Garland then said: “Have you got enough?" and Addison replied: ,t“ihave." Garland then lowered tlie pistol of Boswell, which he.had not fired, saying: “ 1 aui satis fied if you are.” Audisdn walked up toward Garland aud said: •t Gentle men, lam doue for; lam shot in the bowels." Garland said to Addison: “ I am sorry for it, but you have no one to plaue but yourself’ to which Addison rejoined f “ All 1 regret fa that; I am unable to accommodate you further." Their friends tnen conducted them oil' the field. Addison died the same night, and Garland was arrested, and is now in jail. The spice oi romance attaching to the meeting lends it additional interest, aud there has hot been a duel iu years Which has attracted so> much attention. Miss Hatchett, the young lady concern ed, has been ill ever since the death of her champion, and is represented by her frieuds as being wild with remorse. She reproaches herself with haying caused Addison’s death, and sevtous fears are ehtertalned tor her life, as she threatens to commit suicide. The feeling against Garland is. very stroug, and he will doubtless liave ip serve a long term iu the penitentiary for his crime. “* ’ Africa on ita Dignity-.. Our colored fellow citizens hre follow ing the example of their Caucasian pre decessors witn regard to miscegenation aud enjoying the luxuries of killing as well as oi being killed. A mob of color ed Missourian*, Headed by a colored preacher, went not long since to the resilience of a white man, who had taken a colored woman to wife. They did not announce their purpose, but their intended victim suspected enough to jui tifyhiuin his own eyes, in training a shotgun upon the crowd and killing the preacher, besides wounding auother m j n. It is reported that the crowd final ly caught the white man and drowned him. The colored race evidently object as strennonsiy to miscegenation as some white profess to do, and although the above described method of displaying their feeling is uot according to law it embodies a uint that white men cannot be too prompt in accepting. A OO-YearOld CaL "Old Tom," the venerable cat whicli for many w inters has curled himselt on the hearth at Mrs. S. A, Robinson’s, is no more. He was remarkable as the oldest cat In these parts, his age being reckoned at thirty years.—Xevman Her ald- ; ’ .7 j , j. THE EGYPTIAN WAR. , Tb# Latest If sirs, Condensed from Dispatches of I . i . Wednesday- Alexandria,'July 26,8:50 a. m.— At 9 o’clock last evening a decided at tempt was made to surprise the British outposts. Under the cover of dark- not tor tne worm vase any unuue auvau- “® ss * l a PP roa °bed togii'Rr^W’.'TOrKrTmBgg • y mi atom* to t th *. Britfs ! h n “ e8 ’ wh * n * he awsraiTCEr. &^-js!s2‘x££- During the remainder of the night I remember once that you swore that you would get even with me for some fancied wrong; but- you should -have hail penetration enough to have seen, that if you undertook to cope with Ma mie Hatchett, yon had sadly mistaken the girl—not owing to any superiority on my part, but Mr. Garland vice versa. The tables, however, are slightly tamed, and you will not be surprised when 1 tell you that you are entirely at my mercy, and it only needs a word from myself to place yon beneath the recog nition of all honest people; and it is only out of respect for your family, that I have kept quiet aa long as I have. I do not pretend tossy that I know your whole past career, but I know enough to blast your reputation forever; and if you have one atom of respect left either for yourself or family you will leave the country at once. . I know of your con duct in Arkansas, Oxford and Hender son, and elsewhere. Your hands are stained with human blood, and your tongue with falsehoods so foul that no time can erase them, and I am not sur prised at yonr being a fit aublect for the lunatic asylum. I wish you to remem ber that not a member of my family has the slightest suspicion of this affair, and Ood grant that they never may, because if they did I could not answer for the consequences. I could never stand the mortification of having my name connec ted in any way with your*. -I would not for the world take any undue advan- Mr. Hill Receives a Visit from Hi* Faithful Col* or*d Body Servant.. j' Our popular barber, Eugene Brydlfe,^ returned yesterday fjrpm^viqtt Ip hip' hid master, Senator Hill, who had- ralsed him from ahoy: Brydle was T Hr. Hill’s body servant'through the var, and there has ever existed be- ;ween the two a friendship as'lasting is life. We found this fai^hfjil mpn in deep grief over the condition/ oif his > >ld master, and he remarked' to usv i 'I am glad I went and sonry at'the * iame time—glad that I have, iqolfefl * >n the best friend I ever knew just?* am responsible «pa what l siy; and, al though I cannot defend myaelf, T have brothers who can. Of this fact, perhaps you are aware. , 'V '/ “Do not think I am toying to intimi date, as I am perfectly fair and open in everything that 1 do. Therefore I warn you in time. You had better leave, or Oise keep your tongue quiet so far as my name is concernh&v JC find that I shall need a witness to any. transaction with you, «D on tide >score I shall be careful. •IJtoall Haoi'jnpterve a copy of this letter in the event ot any misunderstanding. I have already $ald enough, but will add here that if you will lettue alone I shall never puti^erif ghtoTthe way to harm <>»»• ((pepank ®y name again. If you do, I shall place the affair iu other bauds,' arid shall not.an- $werfor dra wsW.Thopriywv wUllwve, ks yquwHJrfiUtcare toUvelfiaoommu- njto Wh$»e*jWt»u*eharitotetJUknown; BCHiiapI! shall not aparayou, quiet In tire future,; 1 am willing to let the matter rea^tf l«G but if you w*nj tettMMf ilriiuaft Mw*' do your wocafa lamU(rtVatmad ( «it you; remember the .tm j* wiuq “Mahib HatcHktt. i ]pr. '4ldiaoa indorsed the letter and forwarded ttatb Garland, accompanied pythetoUo$r%: the Egyptians * continued moving about, Just beyond range; The at tempt wits preceded ‘ by ‘ reports that Arab! Pasha was fittemptln& to treat for conditions for his surrender, and that the white flag was flying over his entrenchments, The reports were probably circulated to lull the vigi £ ce of the British.; • An Egyptian vessel, ;the) Charkeh, left here ..thin morning to take on and to land ajiarty to spike the guns ou the works. She has not yet return- W- The garrison numbers 2,000 men. Betail.tr . Alexandria, jauMgyaa square la filling with cafes ahd booths. The slowness of oar militasy prepare. Uww teUyetrengtheBMbqpoalUon of Arabi PaslmJUmiing Egyptians here declare that,if thd troops only arrived by the : latter end of August, Arab) Pasha willlm the meantime have time to consummate the ruin of the couu- ihatiges I see iff him.” Bryd Dr. Riddling tells him that Mr. Hill / :annot possibly last a week longer; < While his death is momentarily. ex pected. For two weeks he has swa)-. lowed nothing but milk punch, which, is conveyed down his throat through a tube. H.e Is a mere shadow, and nl- though.he.sometimes tries to talk, you . can only catch an occasional syllable of what he is saying. He suffers ex cruciating pain, but hears it with Christian fortitude. The only tithe, that he saw Mr. Hill bleak down was: when the family left him in charge of Brydie to go to dinner. It was always his greatest pleasure to Hitat tlie head of the table and render the meal a sourceof pleasure with his many jest* Mr. Hill seemed to realize that lie would never again have tlds privilege and burst into tears; hut soon dried his eyes when the ftunily re-entered the room. He has every care that his friends can give, and the house is .con stantly filled with visitors from all parts of the country; and their atten tion seems to give him pleasure. He expressed great happiness at seeing Brydie, and introducing him to Judge Jackson, wrote on a slip pf'paper, “this is one of my truest friends, and' one of the best men oil earth, black or white.” He then penned the follow ing lines to Brydie, in a hand clear and unshaken, which we took the liberty of copying: “Eqgene, I believe you keep grow ing. I am leaving this world sooner than I expected but I am going to a better one. I have always been a happy man, but God has made my last days the best and has given me long notice that I will be called away, and ample time to arrange my affairs in this world for the next. When I was prosperous and full of health and promise of long life I became doubtful and sinful, but God awakened me and showed me the dangers ahead, ami, through the blood of Christ, forgave me ail my sins. The blood of Christ alone is sufficient to save from sin. I shall remember this kind visit, Eu gene, and will let you hear from me through Ben about it. If I get well you will have direct evidence from me of my appreciation ofit.” Brydie remained three days with Mr. Hill, and never left his side while there. Upon his departure the Sena tor presented him with a large pic ture of himself, taken just before the operation was performed that will cost him his life. Mrs. Hill says the Senator has been complaining for over two years of a small pimple on his tongue, and often said he believed it was a cancer. She laughingly told him that it came from a had stomach, little surmising its dangerous nature. Had Mr. Hill never submitted to the knife he would have been spared liis country for many years to come. Sh© Feared the Worst. Chicago Tribune. “Give me the pie.” Out upon the lawn of tlie Castle Me- Murtry stood a young girl just in the springtide of youth. Tlio scarlet ri ses that swung lazily to and fro in tlie breath of a June morning were not more beautiful than those which bloomed so brightly in the peachy cheeksof the Lady Constance McMur- try, and her slight hut faultlessly moulded figure, set off to perfection by a plain morning dress ot,white muslin, bad in Us movements more of grace and beauty than those of the greyhound which lay silently at the feet of its mistress, watching her every movement with intelligent and loving eyes. The girl’s rippling golden hair was simply tied with a blue ribbon; the lovely, half-childish face was a poem complete in itself. It was a face that changed with every thought—one moment gay and bright, in another thoughtful and sad. As she spoke the words with which this chapter opens there was a wistful look upon the pretty face, and tlie brown eyes shot forth a yearnin will-I-ever-flml- the-hair-brush glance that was pitiful in its sad beauty. For an instant Lord Wy verne did not reply. Then, placing his hand on the girl’s shoulder, and, looking into her eyes with a grave tenderness that told bow the horror of the scene was pressing upon him, he said, in tones that were almost a sob, “You must be brave, my child; must nerve yourself to bear a great grief.” , . “My God{” exclaimed the girt. Tell me what lias happened. It surely cannot be that there is »o pie?’’ “ No,.my darling,” replied the Earl. « “ It is riot so bad as that. Y’our aunt is dead.” “Ah!” said Constance, “how you frightened me. I thought surely It was the pie.” , . Guitoau’s Head Embalmed Correspondence Nashville American. % , A gentleman who has a good repu tation for truth and veracity, and who enjoys the confidence of the persona in charge of the Medical Museum, stated to your correspondent that the head of Guiteau was embalmed and severed from the body on the night following the execution, but was placed in position in the coffin and kept there until the whole cadaver was removed to the ( Medi cal Museum. The head, stated, my informant, is in a state of splendid preservation, and will be placed on,, the skeleton os soon as wired. The > Whole will be dressed in the suit the assassin last wore, and will be placed on exhibition at the Museum. It, is. a valuahlc subject for the instituUqn, and the query is, How , much (jid. it Wffo Ij • rnmj A Child Beating her Baby Sister to ’• Dekth."" "* >**UiK*l Ingland and France!bn Monday InVitad Italy to participate in he protection of the Suez caoal. &nd that it .is probable that ■ ed to co-operate with restoring order in Egypt,'. I -1 .n, ' A) dispatch to the-Daily Telegraph from Vienna says a telegram from Egypt announces- that an .Arab El t t the holy war has appeared at ' ' :(•*' ■’ r> '/■ -t Decatur, Ala.,July 24.—Mqiy Mook, aged 4 years, q^vlclout cliLi.d, resting in this place, Jbfo, njfififjftg,. j er, tied a rope around the i$eck of lief, Infant sister, dragged her..from, th'e cradle in which;»he was sleeping to the yard, and there beat her to death, frlt^, a club. Some neighbors, attract/ tne cries of the infant, entefgcj. yard and found the girt’ pou the intent's head, and seeming), ing delight in her work. Under an opinion of the Attorney- General it is unlawful to convey China* tpen across our territory on their voyage home from Cuba* '