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:»-2»5arrc:. r maxammaaom \um saamaa rstj&xKMr^zsut&mrrzzBT^m Fiulioti l'i> la Mid-Ocean. •UlCOXUlT I1KSIT Kll !’•>' 13k UU.It!- < A\ VRSSKL’StRV.W. • I It" ItfJ'li to Perish. fyllowiii^ tin; r.ii’t, In torn liis to sexy.,- i i or t'.i ay li.i I I'rjgnu tils they lv lollmvi-il liioi toe. more intmitlv. ; lit* <]arcil not sleep, tor tear walking ti riitii'i mni r.iiioiriii iij * school ofl the raft i'i*o their open j iw<. Ti.. ikj)» aii ui Tw.i t ompinisu* j Water gave out ou the sixth day, an<l thirst was a ided to the loss of sleep. Ilis cyyly food, was; hread, y_ lay the 11th of February, Was d:ir.», rainy day in the South At- | " hid ' h ii ' JMomo »n*Vsty from long confinement in the korosens can, and the eating of which consequently only without satisfying his hunger. pus sufferings became mtic Ocean. The schooner Carrie K. Long of Stockton, Me., on her voyage from Buenos Ayres to New York, had reached a.,point just south >t the equator and about two hun> Jred miles from the Brazilian coast. Nothing was to be seen in any diren on, when all at once the lookout j hooted out. A sail!” At tliiLsame j aslant a husky cry was heard by the j icamen on the deck. All looked in lie direction wlience the cry came, md lauphed at the lookout for his mnouncement that sail was in sight. All that was to be seen Was an une- so intense that he was about to cast himself to the sharks when the Carrie E. Loiig .Uova^n | rf here did he he doing p,i failed to ansv was' li feet en mass of bamboo, iqnare, in tho middle of\jlneh a 1mlf- naked black man \va».kneeUiig upon I i box. The only safe*vidble was a .iiirt discolored wilk sga wateiy which ,\as living from a bamboo polcv I! - ihe man was a rusty kerosene in : in his hau l a rude paddle which e ii-. I to support his feeble body as e rai-od hin self to shout lor help, flic rail was so u-.lrrow aud so low in in* w.it. '.hat eveiy slight wave rol- ■■I over ii ir mi stem to stern. The ian .• honied incessantly, but now | ml then the sound died away in his Umar, and the hcnreis only knwv hat he had shouted by the cnnvuN live action of his mouth and yliin. A boat was lowered from the Car- e K. Long and made its way )w:ud the rati. The man continued o si.out, although rescue was so igh. Ilis cries were not intdligabl e ui it could he distinguished” ihnihe isc. 1 no English. As the boat neared lie i.dt one of the sailors pushed off igain with an exclamation. The man m the raft utteieil a scream ofdis- air. “ What did you do that tor?” .lie mate asKcd. The olieiiding .ailor made no reply, hut pointed null rucalh the raft. Following his finger, the others saw three or four ninense sharks swimming leisuiely here. Now and then one would dirust its nose between the light lamboos as if to pry. them apart. More than once t he open mouth of me eould be seen raising itself over he top of the rati within a yard of he occupant’s feet. When this hap- ned the man on the raft ceased to uout and seemed to become dumb ritli terror. Again approached the raft the scuers this time secure it to the oat and transferred its single nger to their own ul what jranciseo >n satis- listed that lie had originally sailed from the Brazilian coast but took advantage of bis ques tioner’s ignorance of the language to avoid explaining why ho had - put to sea on so frail a craft. The contents of a black bot tle Ibuml on ..thu, raft in a measure answered the question, and accounted for his unwillingness t&Vl ?P<M % »t was a magistrate’s commitment of a felon, presumably Francisco, to eight years’ penal servitude for some small theft. The date of the commitment showed that the prisoner luul served three years. The Brazilian penal inland of Fernando Noronha, situated three ylegrees below ihe equator and about •100 lili es fram the nt.iin cost., was within a few hundred miles from j where Frmwiseo was picked up, and J it, was conjectured that he had escap ed from there. This conjecture was confirmed IwAcij llie Carrie E. Long arrived at ! Mntanzas and the custom officer came ou boad. As soon as the accents of the Spanish tongue fell on his ear, Francisco ran below and evinced giV'at.fxir of recaptfirc- On hearing i.is story and reading the commitment, the Brazilian agent at ! that port wanted to hold Francisco | until Governor of Ferrmudo Ncronha i had been eommunicatid with. But (Cap!. Park patlhis f >ot down :it this I ami declared that Francisco should lot 1 removed iron; the ve.-s SOUTHERN BANNER. JUNE 4, 1878. We hatvo. received, itml are now ongoing, a large anfl new stock of Boots,“Shoes and Trunks, FOR. SPR.IMO TR.AOE3. Orders promptly filled, and ill goods with onr brand warranted. 3D, F. <& oo., WHOLESAI.E DEALER IN BOOTS; SHOES? TRIMS, No,:-j} Rayne street, cor. Church street. n 7. u > Charleston, S.C. trantun/ . • i .i.. 4 , • D. F. FLEMING. JAMES M. WILSON. CTJk.GRAY & GO.. tEaogSLBB^STA, GEORGIA. Our Stock of Spring and Summer Dry Crobds’il# Afeiv complete, and is the largest and best assorted in tbo South. . - • j ', > - j Our Mourning department contains everything from the lowest price, to the finest goods imported. Our Bli edged to convince the most sceptical All the latest Novelties in Colored Dress Goods—“ Chenille Jar- ------ D 1 lack, Colored and Fancy Silk Stock, is universally acknow- > be the finest in the marketpii glance at its contents will 3TIWIH ©T In ,8B3U&®^fei3TS. mm nocn z\ ti ESTEY ORGAN, ivaMUtfi The handsomest Scarf Laces and Embroideries evet people of Georgia or Carolina, Everything pretty and desirable in Parasols, and in Fancy Goods ! generally. _ •* • A splendid Stock of Linens of every description, Towels, Napkin's,' Dorlies, &c., &c., Embroidered Piano Cu^'prg,, ■}*/ A full line ot Cassiniorcs, (Joltonadcs, Homespuns, and everything needed by Country Stores and Planters. ->» • • The only complete Stock of Ladies Underware South of Mason ! and Dison's line. Ladies and Misses Suits in great variety—Boys Suits (from 3 to 8 years-) A full line of Infants Wear, Cloaks Dresses &e. Everything will be sold at the lowest price—in fact so low as to astonish even buyers themselves. Orders filled promptly and carefully. a p,u>.3.„. JAMES J^MJRJbXdG; CO. "I Francisco arrived in this city on the Carrie E. Long on Monday night. ! On the voyage lie made himself use ful serving as a seaman. The sailors called him Mond iv, because lie was rescued on that ilav. When the writeSj day he saw a sto with nothing in indicate the horro throngh. He is with the crisp, cw do the inhabitants II e I will un'derf?ell any Irouse in the United States, test this, which is to address There, is but on e R ,r y to e. p. enfiihFOBD. * 1 V i • # : 1 f » ; - eW • . f i 52 Wliitefc.all Strsst, Atlanta, Ga. : ’ i ' * : ! ? BaePTlic only Exclusived Dealer in Pianos and Orgaps in the South. feb5-tf. . , 1 not countries. «1 seems intelligent, and rather no Inn. zilian.” Wo have ju«t completed extensive arrangements for fnrnishin Sieam Enpss, Threshers, Turning Flows, Plow Stock*, Sweeps, Scooters, Shovel ‘i* liaiidfed Iloes, Garden, Fertilizers Ammoniated.and Acid Pi.o^pUuiu.-. Ac. .B.rxPiMilMtWkjlWI lvb.3a.3 , B.|. i ^ mn : PLANTERS’ HOTEL, -A., GEORGIA. . :• . f-ii.l „i l.hu .-i I ■ .• HFL^.lSr G-KMENT. Jrt -<iT WIT UttvqAMMinf UTAVtiM WfT VM1VV, 1 IWMsInsI. S71kS«MwM ■ ■ i! n ad he touched the .shipls de^jc jl^ni is strength, sjtning lroin excitement ichiiie, .\s ljo lay on the deck it Juld he seen that the sore/ bii tils y i ad been made by the contin- td wetting with salt water. Crys- “softlic salt v.eic visible on ilie i t .v edges of tho wounds. The body j •is emaciated, and the bones at the I •ints seemed a9 if about to thrust wmselves through the skin. The •diuary black hue of his skin was lined a dirty drab. Ilis tongue, •vollon to unnatural size, hung half it of his mouth, and the wonder 99 that he could have uttered a igle sound. After he was aroused, ‘ could only gasp inarticulate moans <1 point to his mouth for water. It was nearly a week before his ?petite, and with it his strength, din ned so that he could be ques- sned. There was not a Portuguese holar on hoard the Carrie E, Long, though ouc of tho crew knew a lit- - Spanish. It was more by gesture an by word of mouth that he told • story. He said that his name ts Manuel Francisco, and that he A been at sea ten days when res- <'d. Originally, there wore throe the raft, but one had been washed ci'bourd and devoured by sharks, •ore his eyes before they were two < jys oi t. The second died from •phaustion on the fourth day. lie his body to the sharks, thiiikinu • that way to cause them to quit TO THE lit ■ “!1 d, -ti),; >H ; I IN CALLING 'llll'. 1*UI!LIO ATTENTION TO THE wxa i tia t JSk. \ Slates Reduced to §3 1 %>&£ f Day. HAVING LEASED THIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL, I enter Wmjfa. the Twvel- .ajTAkrrxMA «a , v j. j,, .* . Qwwwi a «w.tin U ance^thrt lave' ^tlwag^ ; wAir*n*>r vtta 'rt ! . ft# ‘ «fs*V» ,1R1 » if X'» (,1 I'M V.' WUMW-UMT. (M ii.-« I • •- , A I . , - I I. 359“ A Mail jfattB fepbiwfc MaXXXKUMTl ki iMBtinmATantMl t vni fil li 'Hi My-ltiw J - ub >JU> VUItillU* -Jail l!gllt,-,<f» 83 mo an awxooa r 1 . a. A t> in ,«.<-• , Mr KAO i AXIS )Mll) lift .7t j.'it'M v, ,«w xna ta.' ian! ■— —- I'ttn^ei i ana -* ■ (MOW HOT i3d O/Stigtkw<iM{i«HfcHK«aAe> MI waH, Jfe t£j! mm for Co ds and Coughs, and can l>o taken fr on ulii aj;e donii to the cnidle with impunity, anti without tlaimer. But the professional world is so full of Amhiguousness and Egotism, that anything putbe- r?re the nuldic as a sal» and n liahlullfc.iuAul > T^r^. o.riA.ju^iison-tes is will gi isuro: i, Arbo Ichwaeh I ¥i .. Ga., whf»rc ft <*a . I, return the bottle and get your money re* Life and Money Saved by the use of the Southern Remedy ! ITOMiffidSSfco. oif iVfitht ree »t, — any one using it will say that il has done the,,, no g turned Said to bo the light eet-rmnniug, the most beautiful, clicapest, bes t, end largest Sewing Mucliine in the world. Ladies and the public are invited to call and see, at tho Office, next door to Wm. McDowell’s, C 11 ego Avenue. J. BANCROFT, Agent. febo-lv. Legal Blanks at Low Prices A full s-pply of J. W. Burke & Co’s. Legal Blanks—tho best that are printed, always on hand. Fries reduced to 73 ceirr per quire, at BUKKK’ BOOK STORE, College Avenue, Newton House Block. npril'_'S-6in. CITY MERCHANTS AhD 'jTiiuR Eo5iNESS MEN WHO WANT CASH.—READ. A I.I. who have tried the experiment have obtained ready money by advert Ling in the Hartwell Sun. A spicy- newspaper, sparkling vi h wit .-nd humor, beeps up with the timrs ;n everything. It is the pa per for everybody. Printed in the neatest manner, lias a need circulation, ani is thoroughly read by last the people to whom you want to sell. Examine its columns and see “Ads.’ 1 of some of your leading houses. They are regular advertisers. Ask them, and be convinced that it pays. Rates low. Terms liberal. Paper free to advertisers. liliNso.N & McGlLS, Publishers, Hartwell, (is. J OB WORK OF EVERY JDE- scriptien done at this office EOF. IT WILD CURE Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus, and Cutting Teeth of Children! And no mistake. Examine the following certificates, which are enough to satisfy any reasonable man, woman, or child, that it is notan imposition palmed off on the peon'e. To prove it, get a bottle, aud use as directed on the bottle, and you will In satisfied that it is all that is claimed for it. It la pre pared purely from vegetables a medicinal property. TESTIMONIALS. Atlanta, July !at, 1874. DR. BIGGERS—Dear Sir: Ir« the use of your Southern Remedy In my family, I have found it the most pleasant medicine for children to Like, and the most satisfactory to cure I have ever met. I have used it now for several vears, and never allow myself to be without some of it on hand, and Its tinmen diate use saves all trouble and danger. I have always felt if you had no other .laim to the public con fidence than this specific, it alone should give It to you, an'd both, fame and fortune adaed, if yon would only sufficiently advertise it to let the world know its healing power and benefits. Respectfully, . 0.0. LOCHRAKE. The above is from the Ex-Cbief Justice Supreme Court of Georgia. EUREKA! EUREKA! (I have found it. My wife anti two children were down with Bloody Flux. We had two doctors, as good as any in. tho city, and found no relic*. My baby, 7 months old while teething, was expected to die for two weeks, when being induced to try Dr. Diggers* Southern Remedy, the relief of each was in irveloue, and are at present doing well. I tried It on myself for the same disease, and it proved a success. C. DAVIS, Atlanta, Ga. feh.2ti.3n, in A **« * Df. ED SMITH. im Broad Street, Over Maudeville’s Jewelry Store. Spring is-78. § pring is-ts. ON and after April 1st, our SPRING OPENING will tako place, when we will be prepared to exhibit the finest and most extensive Stock of MEN’S, YOUTH’S BOY’S and CHILDREN’S CLOTHING, ever before-exhibited in this city. Onr stock has been purchased under tho present decline of Goods, and the benefit thereof is tendered to onr numeroa* patrons. We enumerate prices of a few lines of Goods. 100 GOOD CASSIMERE BUSINESS SUITS AT 89. 200 GENUINE CHEVIOT SUITS at 810, 812 50 and 815. 300 BLUE FLANNEL (Genuine Middlesex) variety, (j©nts yurnisliing Qoods, which for prices and quality cannot be excelled in the State. Wo still continue to offer onr spe cialty UNLANDKIED SHIRTS, a’ 8">0e., next grade 75c., extra fine-81. Hats and caps in all the West styles. TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, etc., etc. Extending our thanks to cur patrons for their generous patronage in the pas% and soliciting a continuance of the same, whan we shall endeavor to offer them inducements which will surpass all our former efforts. Vcrv Respectfully, CRAELES STFB.2T, Tiio Clothier. N. B. In addition to our regular Clothing ftepariment, we have made arrangement with ou^ New York Custom Tailors to make suits to order upon short notice. Guaranteeing a saving (A 25 per cent, from the regular prices charged by tailors. CHAS. STERN, ap9-3m Broad street, opposite College Campus, Athens, Ga. SEND I^r YOUR Subscription for ibe Banner For 1878.