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2 SOUTHERN BANNER: MARCH 12. 1878 Dsa’t Stay Lato To-XTigb-t- The hearth of homo Is beaming With rays so rosy light, And lovely eyes are gleaming, As falls the shades ol night, And while thy steps are leaving The circle pure and bright, A tender voice half grieving, Says, “ Don’t stay late to-night,” The world in which thou moveat Is busy, brave and wide; The world of her thon lovestj Is in the ingle aide, She waits for the warm greeting— Thy smile is her delight, Her get tie voice entreating Says, “Don’t stay late to-night.” The world is cold, inhumau, Will spurn thee in thy fail. The love of one pirns woman Outlasts and shames them all. Thy children will cling round thee, Let fate be dark or bright, At home no shaft will wosaid the— Then “Don’t stay late to-night.” Commodore—Ciaflin. MOW OLD VIXDKKBILT WANTED JO MARRY TEN NIK 0., AND « JtiKK HER A QUEEN. WHEN HE DIED.” [Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.] New York, March 1.—There was a break to-day in the dullness of the Vanderbilt will contest proceedings, when counsel endeavored to intro duce testimony showing the peculiar relations which existed between the Commodore and the woman brokers, Woodhull, Clallin & Co. The Sur rogate ruled it out ns not per.ninent, and connsel was obliged to introduce the testimony desired under offers to prove. John J. Ogden was the witness. The 1 Voriil says: Mr. Lord offered to prove that witness had gone With Ciaflin tc the office of Commodore Vanderbilt, and there heard a conversation between the Commodore and Miss Ciaflin or. the subject ot the Weekly, and the subject of marriage also ; that on one occasion Miss Ciaflin asked the Com modore whether he had not agreed to marry her, and that he said he should have done so if it had not been for the family. Mr. Clinton—Of cdurse we object to all this. The Surrogate—I don’t see how this can be evidence of an unsound mind. It rather goes to the correct ness of taste. I will exclude it, hqwever. I propose to keep all the smut out of this case that I can legally. If this evidence was per missible, it might be permissible for those parties to be called upon to prove that their views on social questions were perfectly correct, from which calamity this Court will claim to be excused. Mr. Lord—I also offer to prove that upon one occasion Commodore Vanderbilt showed Miss Ciaflin a certificate of stock with his likeness upon it, and told her that numerous ladies bought the stock from him for the purpose of obtaining his likeness, which he said was a very fine one. I offer to prove this witness heard Miss Ciaflin ask the Commodore (this was after Ids marriage) if he had not been going to take care of her and make her a queen when he died, and he replied that he should. And on another occasion that Miss Clallin asked the Commodore: “ Did you not promise to marry me before you married your wife ?” And Commo dore Vanderbilt replied : “ Certainly I did. I intended to have done so, hut the family otherwise arranged it.’’ All this was excluded. Preparing the Mints for the Silver. Washington, March 2.—Acting under the instructions of the secre tary of the tveasury, and in anticipa tion of the silver bill becoming a law, the director of the mint has been engaged several days in making the necessary arrangements for running the mints to their full capacity on the new silver dollar, iu connection with which gold only will for some time be coined. It is probable a supply of work dies will be ready in about ten days, and in the meantime the silver bullion will pass through all the processes of putting it in shape for coining in dollars, except that for stamping, and for which particular operation the capacity ot the mini is in excess of other operations, so that, in reality, the only delay in the coin- /V. ' » I f.l .; i » . 7/ age will be occasioned by the dies not being now ready. It is thought that by the middle of April the coin age of the silver dollar will be at the rate of $3,500,000 per month. The supply of fractional silver coins at the mint and different treasury offices is sufficient to meet any demand likely to arise for several months. The mints are all in excellent condition, with a skillful force of workmen, and everything is in shape to meet the large amount of coinage devolved upon them by the new l^w." ' "/ * . 3*r mi l* * * ~ ’ ’ - /•> A Crocodile and 3 a; Bal loonist.! Mr. Simmons Lynn made an ascent in a balloon at Calcutta on the 29th of January. He descended safely some miles from tho city, after an exciting adventure with a crocodile. Owing to the density of the gas supplied for the balloon, Mr. Lynn did not deem it advisable to take up with him Mr, L’Estrauge (Blondin), who was much disappointed in consequence. The Balloon first moved in the ^direction ot Baligana, but afterwards shifted towards Dhappa and the],Salt lakes. Having passed over the eastern boundary of Calcutta, Mv. .Lyuti found that 4:40 o’clock it was begin ning to move rapidly toward Tiger Point, in the Spndcrbunds. He de scended from bis then altitude of 13,000 feet into the current which was blowing for few moments from the southeast. In this cm rent he | could not remain, uud^il o o’clock,a descent into the jungle seemed inev itable lie at this time observed that there was not a breath of wind over the surface of the jungie for 3,000 feet in height. Either he must come down at once or be enveloped in darkness and litve no chance of getting out ofthe jungle. Even with light the clmucc of being extricated seemed small. While slowly descend ing, and at an altitude cf 10,000 feet, ill an - otherwise perfectly clear atmos phere, a vast plain of intense white toward the north was ojieii to view. He couldn’t form any conception as to the cause of tho phenomenon, ex cept that* the rays from the setting sun had come in contact with a cold blast from thp snowy range in the Himalayas. He continued his descent, and very'soon the phenome non was lost, blit although every mo ment’s delay increased the risk in landing he could not resist the temp tation of reascending to try and fathom this mystery; but did not succeed. At 6:15 he was within 1,000 feet of terra firma, a rather inappro priate name for the locality. A huge crocodile was moving toward him with an impressive steadiness, and when he came down into the mud and rushes, which for miles around were over ten feet in height, he could see the monster’s head level with the bulrushes. Fortunately, there was enough ballast left to throw over board just as the monster was within fifty yards of the balloon, and this enabled Mr. Lynn to rise above the thick jungle to the length of the grappling rope, about thirty feet. The story that a crocodile cannot turn rapidly was in this case disproved, as this cue ran round the grappling rope. Having called lustily for help, Mr. Lypu found some natives making their way toward him, wading through the thick mud and rushes. As the rushing sound was heard on all sides the crocodile made off. About half a dozen natives wore in duced after much persuasion, to hold the rope, and ultimately the balloon was wafted over the jungle and across the creeks for nearly three miles, until a small dry space was reached. jnne20-tf. *.11 ?• THE LARGEST AND BEST SHOW EVER IN THE SOUTH WILL EXHIBIT AT ©•#*f !•; '# —ON— ’s Show Grounds, —ON— MONDAY, MARCH 18th, 1878. lit . 'to ... • ■ Afternoon and Night. ZMZA-IRIBIjIE! A. E. K.0BERTS01T, Dealers Monuments A ND TOMB STONES, CfcADlE TOOMBS, Marble and Grauito Box Toopbs.j ■ j A Great Reaction in Prices. Specimens ofivork nlivavs on hand and for sale. PriQM and designs furnished an. application at the Marble Yard, adjoining Reaves «fc Js’ieh- olson’s cotton warehouse, Athens, Ga.. ■ - J: ' J OB WORK OF ’EVfcRY DE- scription done «t this office > i ji>; tn to ittno.tu: _ CO? at cioriisVC° LOSS n% Admission Only 50 Cents. Children, Under 9 Years of .Age 25 Cents. -it»l -niqi.ww lo >hih ' < ” 1 -LdOORS OPEN-= 1 i { -a -!» }«• hooid Sill . one and - «tf1 oluilff Ullf l!»l ; tflOO’i „ , . ulSIWOiil v 1 if>y-j if YO'DvMOlWOtH molofl.iPERFORMANCE TO BEGIN ONE HOUR LATER. i it nnliaHiii sun -t■ .? t 1mm Msitaiasai-fit Mtl :u t >. >" U»ot} fi MIIW , . ___ * a. . n.u'.-i •idovj ot gmluuooui /si i u' >1 bits p*fiv*4in(/ iptsiiiftif i'hi.nj seven o’clock Precisely. •a: m I t airmil Is rtltw ( • iMV 1 •. \ jIIN one HOUR I l r: b *: *»ri>0 , Manager. LAW XTOTICES. J. S. DORTCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. aplS-1878-tf Carncsvillc, Ga. g E. THRASHER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Watkins ville, Ga. Office in former Ordinary’s Office. jan25-1876-ly p G. THO >I» ON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Special attention paid to criminal practice. Eor reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. if. Watts and Hon. David Clopton, Montgomery, Ala. Office over Post-Office Athens, Ga. feb3-1875-tf JOHN W. OWEN, ATTORNKr AT LAW, Tocoa City, Ga. Will practice in all the counties of tho West ern Circuit, Hart and Madison of tbo Northern Circuit. Will give special attonion to all claims entrusted to his care. oct20-1875-ly. Porn Barrow. D. C. Barrow, Jr garroiv Bros., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office over Talmadge, Hodgson «fc Co. jani-ly Q D. HILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business find the same respectfully solicited. janll-ly Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb. g & II. COBB, ATTOUXKYS AT LAW. .t J i ij i} i Athens, Ga (Office in Deupvce Building, feb22-t876-ly Alex S. Erwitj. Axrniy.w J. Cobb. JjiRWIN S-. COBB. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. |Athens, Ga Office on Corner of Broad and Thomas street#, over Childs. Nickerson & Co. feb22-1876-ly ^8U RY G . McCURRY, Attorney at Law, Hartwell, Georgia, Will practice in the Superior Courts of North east Georgia and Supreme Court at Atlanta. Aug 8. 1878 U Alex. S. Erwijc, Athens. .Tames R. Ltle, Watkinsvillc. j^ YI.E & ERWIN, A TTOXNEY’S A T LA W. Will practice in partnership in the Superior Court of Oconee County, and attend promptly to all business intrusted to their earc. janO-Sm. JACKSON «fc TOMAS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Gi. Office South West Corner of College Avenue and Clayton Street, also at tho Court House. All parties desiring Criminal Warrants, tan get them at any time by applying to the County Solicitor at this office. decl6-l874-tf T. NELM-, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Harmony Grove, Jackson County, Ga., Will practice in the Superior Courts ot Jack- son, Madison, Banks and Clarke counties. Special attention given to collection of claims. Refers to Judge A. M. Speer, Griffin, Ga., and Hon. J. T. Spence, Jonesboro’, Ga. oct9-tf. yy^ 11. LITTI.E, ATTORNEY AT LAW, «p!8-1873-tf Carncsvillc, Ga. SUSXXTESS CAEDSI- A. ILSR, r. Wfl’tr'-b —-.I’bersT- 5a Jowoleir, At Michael’store, next door to Heaves ifc Nich olson’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia, All work warranted 12 months. sept!2.tf. «HAS. C. JONES, JR. 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