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Copy of a Letter from !*• Corretjtondenet Eatonton Meatenger. Mr. Editor : l'ho following has been handed me with request to republish. It is the property of an old lady of this town. She has had it forty-five years, and as a believer of the Divine Master, she 'eels some comfort in its possession. Pf*" face which precedes the letter explains the circumstances of its finding, Ac. *1 • I*. IV* A Copy of a Letter from Jesus Christ, nnd found eighteen miles from Iconium, sixty-five years after our blessed >avior s Crucifixion, transmitted from the holy city l>y a converted Jew s faithfully translated from the original Hebrew copy, now m possession of the lady Cuban s family, at Mesopotamia. This letter was written by JEHUS CHRIST, and found under a great stone, both round and large at the foot of the Cross, eighteen miles from Iconium, near a village called Mesopota mia ; upon that stone was written and en graved, “ blessed is he that shall turn me over.*’ All the people that saw it, prayed to God earnestly, and desired that he would make known to them the meaning of this writing, that they might not attempt in vain to turn it over. In the mean time there came a little child, about six or seven years old, and turned it over with out help, to the admiration of all the peo ple that stood by, and under this stone was found a letter written by Jesus Christ, which was carried to the city of Iconium, and there published b} r a person belonging to the Lady Cuban, and on the letter was written,* THE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS CHRIST, signed by angel Gabriel, twenty-eight years after our Saviour’s birth : WHOEVER worketh on the Sabbath day shall be cursed ; I command you to go to church and keep the Lord’s day holy, without doing anj r manner of work. You shall not idly misspend your time in be decking yourselves with superfluities of costly apparel, and in dresses, for I have ordained it a day of rest, I will have it kept holy so that your sins may be for given you ; you shall not break my com mandments, but observe and keen them written with my own hand, write them in your hearts, and steadfastly observe this was written with my own hand, spoken by my own mouth. You shall not only go to Church yourselves, but also your man ser- vants and your maid servants and observe my words and learn my commandments ; you shall finish your labor every Saturday in the afternoon by six of the clock at which hour the preparation for the Sab bath begins. I advise you to fast five Fridays m every year, beginning with Good Friday, and to continue the four Fri days immediately following, in remember ance of the five bloody wounds 1 received for all mankind ; you shall diligently and peaceably labor in your respective voca tions, wherein it has pleased God to call you. You shall love one another with brotherly love, and cause them that are not baptized to come to Church and hear the holy Sacrament, viz ; Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, and be made members thereof; in so doing I will give you long life and many blessings, and your land shall replenish and bring forth abundance; and surely he that doth to the contrary, shall be cursed and unprofitable. I will also send hardness of heart upon them, till I have destroyed them, but especially upon the hardened and impatient unbe lievers ; be that hath given to the poor, he shall not be unprofitable. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day, for the seventh day 1 have taken to myself; and he that hath a copy of this letter writ ten with my own hand and spoken with my own mouth, and keep it without publish ing it to others shall not prosper, but he that publishes it to others shall be blessed of me. and though his sins be in number as the stars in the sky, and he that believes in this shall be pardoned, and he that be lieves not this writing and my Command ments, I will send rny plagues upon him, and consume both him and his children, and his cattle; and whosoever shall have a copy of this letter written with my own band, and keep it in his house, nothing shall hurt him, neither pestilence, light ning nor thunder, shall do them any hurt; and if a woman be with child and in labor, and a copy of this letter be about her and she firmly put her trust in me. she shall safely be delivered of her birth. You shall have no news of me but by the Holy Spirit, until the day of Judgment. All prosperity shall be in the bouse where a copy of this letter shall be found. Art Publishing. Pew people are aware of the wonderful progress that Art has made irt this country during the last quarter of a century. It is but a few decades since, that those who desired to beautify and adorn their homes, were obliged to depend almost entirely on foreign artists. But such a state of affairs in this age of progress and improvement could not last long with the great American people. Genius from the Hast to the \\ est, from the North to the Gulf of Mexico on the south, answered the demand for beauty, taste and refinement, and to-day our lead ing artists are not surpassed by the leading modern masters of Art in Europe. Great Art publishing establishments have sprun o, up, and by various processes the finest'and most expensive paintings are reproduced in all their elegance aud beauty, and at a price within the means of the masses. So that no one need lx? without the refining influences of beautiful pictures at home, . . , n , Among the progressive leading Art Pub lishing firms of the country, we take pleas ure in mentioning George Stinson Sc Cos., of Portland. Maine ; they were among the first in the business, and we can only un derstand the colossal proportions their trade has assumed by remembering that tliis is a great and mighty Nation of nearly fifty million people. We cannot better il lustrate the magnitude of their business than to state the amount of money paid by them for postage stamps during the year 1876 : we have the figures direct from the firm, or we should think there was some mistake. They paid for postage stamps during the year 1876. thirty-three thousand one hundred and four dollars and ninety two cents (33,104.f>2) and. in connection with this it should be remembered that only the small orders were sent by mail, the larger going by express and freight. George Stinson & Co’s,, agents aro to be *1.50 A VEAR. found in every Slate in the Union and Do minion of Canada, and in every country with scarcely an exception. Long since, this enterprising firm recog nized the value of printer’s ink judiciously used in advertising, and they inform us that without it they could never have ex tended their business as it is to-day, in three times the number of years. A short time since they paid in a single day twenty four thousand dollars on a contract for newspaper advertising. They evidently long since found the road to success and have not turned to the right nor the left. Three things are necessary for eminent success in business. First, standard hon est goods that the people generally need and desire—let them be the best, whatever the line of business. Second, let your prices be reasonable—as low as possible. Third, let the people know what you have, and what you can do, by liberal and per sistent advertising, and you will find low prices, made known and proved, will bring trade that will give a larger income than can be made in any other way. Augusta. Knoxville ami lirociiwood Railroad. Chruniele <f Ovnatitutionaliat. Our readers will remember that in the fmblished proceedings of the Augusta and vnoxville Railroad Convention, held in this city May 9th, the Augusta and Green wood Railroad was placed under the man agement of the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, and President Whcless appoint ed a committee, consisting of General P. 11. Bradley and others, to attend the sit ting of the South Carolina Legislature and secure such legislation as might be neces sary to complete the transfer of the Au gusta and Greenwood Railroad to the Au gusta and Knoxville Railroad. The com mittee succeeded in securing the passage ol an act ratifying the transfer, and obtained from the State of South Carolina one hun dred convicts to work upon the Augusta and Greenwood Railroad. Gcrfera! Bradley visited this city yester day to inform the Directors of the Augus ta and Knoxville Railroad that South Car olina will be ready to commence work within three w’eeks, and to ascertain if there is any doubt about the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad being promptly built to Walton’s Island to connect with the branch road from Greenwood. The Directors of the Augusta and Knox ville Railroad assured General Bradley that if work is pressed forward upon the South Carolina side, his people need not have any fears about the A. & K. R. R. meeting them “ at the river.” President Wheless appointed a business committee to take charge of the work on the Augusta and Greenwood Railroad, with General Bradley as Superintendent. This really begins to look like business in the most important move that can be inaugurated to increase the trade of our city. We have mentioned several times re cently that a large number of buildings are being erected in this city, and we feel san guine that the “breaking of dirt ’’upon the Augusta and Knoxville and Greenwood Railroads would add a bright chapter to the history of Augusta, and we arc grati fied to know that our citizens appreciate the importance of the proposed roads. We have been informed that so soon as the new crop of cotton moves freely and financial pressure is relieved the railroad question will receive proper-attention. Dr. Winslow Cremated. Chicago Timet. Salt Lake City, July 31.—When Dr. C. F. Winslow’s remains were placed in the cremation furnace this afternoon at 0:20, the body weighed 120 pounds. He died on the 7th of July, and the body had been embalmed, and the heart and bowels taken out. The multitude were permitted to view the face as the body lay in a plain coffin, with flowers strewn on it. Nearly one thousand persons passed around the coffin rapidly, immediately after which the door of the furnace, which had already reached a red heat, was opened, and the body quickly pushed in on an iron plate, the door closed, and the fireman began his work in earnest. The furnace was constructed with dou ble flues, so nicely constructed that the flames came directly in contact with an en velope above the body, a large current of air being admitted. The first appearance, as seen through the mica apertures, was that of roasting, but in twenty minutes nearly all the Hesh was consumed, and the bones had begun to crumble. Half an hour later very little could be seen of the form of the body. At forty-five minutes past seven o'clock Dr. Hamilton opened the door ot the furnace, and only one or two pieces of hone could he seen, and they crumbled under the weight of the ashes. At fifty-five minutes past eight the process was pronounced complete and successful by Drs. Hamilton and Smart. The fires were drawn, and the ashes left to cool a short time before being removed. Before the body was placed in the retort, short speeches were made by Dr. Hamil ton ana Gen. M. M. Bone and Hr. Smart, Surgeon at Camp Douglas. Dr. Smart gave a history of the science of cremation, and sipoke of the system of bnrial as inju rious to public health, saying that the prac tice of cremation would increase with civ ilization and growth of population. No prayer was said, nor were any religious words uttered. This was in accordance with the injunctions of the deceased. The fumes from the furnace were un pleasantly perceptible at a distance from the scene. The cremation was successful, being the shortest time on record, two hours and thirty-five minutes. The weight of the ashes, which contained a few cal cined fragments of bone, was four pounds eleven and a half ounces. HARTWELL, CA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST t>, 1877. The \all In the llrtul. There is a story told in English green rooms, says Celia Logan, to the effect that a certain carpenter, a lomr, long time ago, murdered his wife by driving a nail into her skull. He fled, and, the better to con ceal his identity, became an actor. He rose to eminence and the whirligig: of time and the wheel ofchance brought him to the very \ Jingo in which, years before, he had killed his wife, whose murder, however—- so the story runs—had not been suspected** her long, thick. black hair concealing tho cruel wound from which no blood had flowed. 'The part was Hamlet. Whatever mem ories the place evoked, he had sufficient mastery over his feelings to keep them hid den. The first scene of the fifth act come on. The theatre stood on wfiat had for merly been a burial ground, ami the prop erty man had not to go far for skulls, but just dug a little and brought up a dozen or more, and at night tossed them into the trap for the grave-digger to shovel on the stage. He handed a skull to the Hamlet, saying : “ Here’s a skull now hath lain you in the earth for three-and-twenty years." Hamlet- —“Whose was it?" (irate-digger— d* This small skull, sir, waa Yorick’s skull, the king’s jester." M Hamlet took the skull, saving : “This—" He turned pale and staggered, for the skull had left on it one long look of black hair. Handed to him upside down, the lock fell back, revealing anail in the skull. Thelactor recognized it as that of the wo man whom he had murdered just twenty three years before. At this mute evidence of his guilt, coming from the grave to con front him, the actor lost presence of mind and his senses. In his insane utterance lie revealed his terrible secret, and was only saved from punishment by his fellow-actors hushing him up and hurrying him away. He never recovered his reason, and died in a mad house, raving of the nail in the skull. ('ruck SliotH. Last week the Austin brothers went out to shoot at long range with the Nationals, in Virginia, New, and after the fun was over the members of the company began to tell yarns about good shooting. One knew of a fellow who had in early times shot another through the head with a Colt's revolver at eighty yards. Another had a vivid recollection of the time when he was able to hit snowbirds on the wing with a rillc. A third not to he outdone, solemnly asserted that he had often killed two sea gulls with one hall by firing when they crossed each other. The Nationals had an idea, that, with those examples before them, the Austin brothers would spin some big yarns, hut. much to everybody's disappointment, they only heaved a joint sigh and started for the door. “Say,” sang out one of the Virginia men ; ” can’t you tel! us something about your crack shooting?” One of the brothers turned back and sat down. There was a dead silence for awhile and presently he began : “Some years ago I was out in New York- State limiting grouse. There was an old fellow along who was somewhat near sight ed. We were just at the edge of a farm, when suddenly one of my favorite game cocks jumped up on the fence and he drew a bead on it, mistaking it for a grouse. J didn’t have a second to lose, and so I just threw up my rifle and quietly knocked off the left nipple of his shot gun at fifty yards, so that when the hammer fell the nipple and the cap wouldn't be there— see?” “You saved the bird, then?” chirped in an attentive listener. “No,"’said Austin, sadly; “I picked out the wrong nipple ; the fellow fired the right barrel and blew my fifty-dollar game cock all to pieces !” The crowd quietly dispersed. Re mark able Suicide. Detroit Free Trent. C'oronor Oakes continued the inquest yesterday aftomoon in the case of William Cockett. Cockett’s conduct after he had taken the enormous dose of strychnine was remarkable. He stood at the bar of the Monroe avenue saloon, where Mr. Har vey found him, calmly conversing with sev eral persons, without betraving to the un practised eye the slightest ill effects of his fatal drink. After one of the bystanders had given him a drink of salt and water (on the presumption that he was intoxicated) he deliberately lighted a cigar, smoked se renely. and called for a glass of beer. Even after it became known to the crowd that lie was poisoned he laughed good-naturedly at the consternation every face betrayed, and insisted on treating the crowd. “ What is your name?” asked one of the party. “ Wouldn’t you like to know?” he re plied, with a sarcastic twist of the lips, “I’ve been drunk for two days, and all I want is to brace up a little. Just you fel lows let me alone and give me a rest.” When the police arrived and coaxed him to walk he obstinately refused until his senses began to desert him. Even then force was necessary; but he hung on to his cigar until it was all consumed. One advocate of heroic treatment, who seemed to recognize the need of keeping him awake, slapped his face and rubbed his ears vigorously. To those proceedings he replied with taunting speech and a grim smile of defiance. He refused to open his I mouth to admit a stomach puinp. and a screw-shaped instrument made of lignum ' vitae was forced in between his teeth. He ; closed down on it so hard as to bite the j threads off. rendering the instrument worthless for future operations. One inus- cular policeman slapped him on the back, and remarked in an encouraging tone : “ Well, old man, you nre not gone vet.” “All right,’’ he responded. “1 know I am not gone hut I’m going all the same, so tire away with your stomach guns." lie viewed tho operation of bleeding with the same calm indiflerenco to results, and from tirst to last, at least so long as con sciousness remained, he gave no sign of the agony with which he must have been racked, •• Hank Closed.” Detroit Free I'reaa. About eleven o’clock yesterday forenoon a man walked up and down Griswold street for a few minutes, carefully scrutinizing (lie exterior of the several banks, and finally entered one of them ami deposited thirteen dollars. It was his very first deal ings with a hank, and his hat slanted over a trifle more than usual when he came out. About a quarter after twelve, finding that he could deposit two or three dollars more ami still make his purchases, the man came down town again. The bank was closed, according to custom, and the usual sign of: “ Bank Shut " hung against the glass. As the farmer pushed on the door he saw the sign, and he was only about ten seconds growing as pale as death. As he made an other attempt to open the door ahoy came along and called out: “ You can’t get in there—she’s shut up !’’ “ Took my thirteen dollars in ami then busted !" gasped the depositor as ho back ed olf and looked at the sign. “She’ll open again at 2 o’clock," said the boy as lie passed along. “I doubt it—l doubt it !” muttered the man as he wiped olf the perspiration, “but I’ll wait ami see.” He sat down on the steps, knees weak and chin trembling, and lie didn’t move an inch till 2 o’clock. When the bank opened he walked in, presented his certificate of deposit and sain : “I’ll be a thousand times obleeged if you'll let me draw out my thirteen dollars." It was handed out, ami the man braced up instantaneously. Counting the money over twice, he put the bills in his wallet, walked out, ami as he readied the walk he said : “ That's the closest escape I ever had in my life, and I won’t make a fool of myself again !’’ - - A Klijilitcd 1,11 <*. A few mornings since a Philadelphia matron called to see her young married daughter, who resides in North Eleventh street, and found her weening bitterly. “ Oh, mother, take me home. My heart is broke,” sobbed the daughter, throwing herself into her mother's arms. After her tears had somewhat subsided the mother said : “ Hardly a year married, and here 1 find you in tears. What does this mean? Has Henry been unkind to you ?” “No,” sobbed the daughter, “hut he loves me no longer, and my heart is break ing.” “ Come, come, child, cheer up. Tell me why you think he is untrue to you. Does lie show it?” “ Yes,” was the heartbroken reply. “ (), the scoundrel ! O. the viper !” gasp ed the mother. “My poor, dear child,” she fairly sobbed, “ your mother won’t de sert you. She’ll bring that villain to his knees. What insult has he offered you, my child ? Speak tell me the worst.” “ 0, Mother, I can’t.” “ You must, rny child. Tell me, though the heavens fall, what outrage he lias com mitted ?” “He swore last night when T put my cold feet to his back,” sobbed the daugh ter. “ Is that all ?” gasped the mother. “ Yes, but he never did so before. All iast winter he never said a word when 1 put my cold feet to his hack, and now I know he doesn’t love me,” and then the poor girl’s tears broke out afresh. Before the mother left she managed to convince her daughter that all the world was hollow, and that the hollow of a man’s back was not the place for his wife’s feet. I'elcr Cooper to the President. Mr. Peter Cooper, of New York, has ad dressed to the President an open letter, in which, after alluding to the recent strikes, he describes at considerable length the causes which produced them, declaring that the financial policy of the past twelve years has led the land from prosperity to adversity. Mr. Cooper finds the only rem edy in “ retracing our steps.” and he sug g< sts that the government should take the following steps: First. Give immediate relief to unem ployed labor, cither through definite meth ods of help given to settlers of unoccupied lands in the West, or by the great and ob vious public improvements which are seen to he necessary to the prosperity and safe ty of the country —such a-, a Northwestern Railroad. Second. Restore the silver coinage as a legal tender. Third. Adopt a permanent policy of public finance that shall hereafter control both the volume and the value of the na tional currency in the interest of the whole people and not a class. Fourth. Promote and instruct industrv all over the land by founding, under na tional, State and municipal encouragement industrial schools of every kind that can advance skill in labor. Fifth. Adopt a judicious tariff upon all importations of which this country has the raw material in abundance, and the la bor ready to be employed in the produc tion. Sixth. Provide a civil service as well or ganized and specific as the military or na val service. A Woman’* Heroic I'lfhl. Milwaukee Sentinel. Dkai\vooi>, July 23.—A wagon draws by two yoke of oxen, and carrying two men and a woman, with their effects, left Dcadwood on Monday morning destined for Bismarck. They camped on Centen nial i’rairie on Monday night, ami on Tuesday night passed through Crook City. An eye witness, who was cutting hay within a quarter of a mile, tells how it occurred. He says that hearing a succession of rapid shots fired over the blutT from where he was mowing, he got up on a high timbered elevation and saw about twenty Indians engaged in a fight with two men ami a wo man, who occupied the ox trnin. The men defended themselves gallantly against the great odds. They were well armed, and fought as only men fight for their lives. The Indians, instead of coming up in a body, broke in every direction and sur rounded the wagon, keeping up a constant trail of bullets upon the poor unfortunates. Three of the oxen were the first to fall. Wngptmcn, the owner of the outfit, and the husband of the lady, next was shot through the head. Mrs. Waggoinen seized her husband’s revolver and discharged the contents among the Indians, who were now close upon the wagon. After she had emptied the weapon she Hung it full in tho face of a burly savage, who was reaching over the wagon to grasp her. He reeled back, but others took his place. Mr. Tyner, tho other man, was quickly finished, nml there remained but the lady to deal with. The Indians had since the beginning of the conflict been careful not to injure her, ami their bullets were direct ed chiefly toward the two men. The poor woman, knowing her probable fate, fought like n tigress, clutching an empty gun and striking right and left, but to no avail. She was finally overpowered nnd brought to the ground, but the woman fought so hard that they procured some tent stakes which were in the wagon ami staked tho limbs and body of the poor woman firmly to the ground. After they had accom plished their horrible deed they took her sealp and horribly mutilntcd her around the breast, and then dispatched her. The shrieks of the woman could he heard distinctly where my informant was lodged, powerless to help and almost dead with fear. When the savages began sacking the wagon they observed the witness of their cruelty standing on the blutT. and two of them started in pursuit. lie, however, made good time, ami succeeded in reselling Crook, about nine miles off, without fall ing into their clutches. Soon after tho massacre the Bismarck stage rolled by the fatal spot. There were no Indians in sight, ami the passengers were horrified at seeing the sight before them. Both of the men bad been scalped ami their ears and noses cut off. The woman was horribly mutila ted, her brains ami entrails being scattered over the ground. The bodies of the poor unfortunates were taken to Crook and there interred. They belonged to Brain ard, Minn,, aud ha*l come into the Hills cnrly this spring, made their little stake, and were on their way home when the fatal accident befell them. NUMBER Tliv Vlcan Ninall Hoy. Detroit Free Trent. The mean small hoy is different from the mean big hoy, because all of his tricks are calculated to make other hearts ache. He now takes a silver quarter and makes it fast to a string, ami to see him hanging about the postoflice one would set him down as a hoy who never had an evil thought. He selects a victim and drops the quarter where it will do the most, good. The ring of the metal commands attention at once, ami the programme is carried out as in a case yesterday. The victim was a short man, with a very red neck, and when he heard the quarter drop, he clapped his hand on his pocket and looked around. “ Did you drop a quarter ?” mildly asked the mean small hoy, pointing to one on the stone floor. “Ah ! must he a hole in iny pocket,” replied the fat man as he pulled up tho knees of his pants and bent over to pick it up. He had his fingers on llie money when it slid away, and as he straightened up was greeted with fiendish chuckles from naif a dozen mean big and mean small hoys, one of whom inquired : “ Which pocket has a hole in it?” Tho man didn’t say. For some inex plicable reason he refused to enter into any explanations, hut hastened away. A Woman MiiNon. Young J/atliet' Journal. There is a story current in regard to a lady who, a number of years ago, was made a Free Mason in England under very peculiar circumstances, she having over heard so much of the work that it was thought best by those who discovered her hidden near the lodge to initiate her in order to close her mouth. The London Freemason is authority for stating that another lady has been recently admitted to the mysteries. The following is the story: “Countess Hadich has been re ceived as a Free Mason in a Hungarian lodge under the Grand Orient of Hungary. The Countess is a highly educated lady, and, having studied and become well-versed in Masonic literature, she was regularly proposed and seconded in an open lodge, balloted for, and in due time was duly ini tiated. The Grand Orient of Hungary, however, declares that the initiation is null and void, on the ground that a woman is disqualified from being a Free Mason ; and the curious question now arises whether, as the Countess was actually in itiated, she can be refused admission to her lodge.” The I.awyer and HiiKard. The Sumpter Republican is responsible for the following: On Muck Creek in Schley county, about eight miles north of Ellavillc, the colored people have a debating society where they meet every Saturday night to discuss vital questions. On last Saturday night they waded through a very difficult problem. The question was—“ which is the most beneficial to the country, the lawyer or buzzard?” We learn that the President decided in favor of the latter, from the ar gument advanced by one of the speakers on the negative who said, “ Dat wharebber do karkass am dar de buzzard am also.”— The president so thought and gave his de j cision in accordance.