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Jjlffc's. MITCHELL , M. D„ Resident Physician anil SnTtrcon, HAMILTON GEORGIA Special attention give* to operative surgery 7EB~ Terms Cash j PRESTON GIBBS, m SURGEON and PHYSICIAN, Hamilton, Ga. Will be found at the hotel or the store of W H Johnston unless professionally encaged. CHATTAHOOCHEE HOUSE~ By J. T.HIGGINBOTHEM. WEST POINT, (0 ALONZO A. DOZIEK, Attorney and Counselor at Law, COLUMBUS, GA. Practices in State and Federal Courts m Georgia and Alabama. Makes Commercial Law a specialty Offire over C. A. Redd & Co’s store. Columbus, Ga. dec4-ly Sines Dozier, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, HAMILTON, GEORGIA Will practice in the Chat to hooch fe Circuit, or anywhere else. Office in the Northwest corner of the Court-house, up-stair*. janß Columbus Dental l Rooms, W. T. Grorgif. Homr Building Colitmhus Ga. RANKIN HOUSE COLUMBUS, GA. Mbs. F. M. GRAY, ProprietresE /. A. STST.T.KRB, Cleric. G. A. KtEHNE, MERCHANT TAILOR, 134 Broad St., Colmnba*, Ga., on han't a handsom assortment of On tbmen’g Dress Goods, English and French 0s ime res, Vt stings, etc. Cutting done at reasonable rate . F are yonr clothes made hvme. and I euar nti perfect •atisfaeH .n r style and price ""house and mun painting. Ii un noar prepared to do o 1 \ kind of Paint ina -House, Sign < : on. 0ne....:!. I< an mend yonr Un -it ii"~ ad Farasols, and make them is go< -1 !.■ Flic's lour. Gi ■ mt* 1 ' My shop i c , ! site the mart. abe "mw is, Ga. jUall-C-n W. I>. bJlliH, Katuial Artist. Hamilton iffil Visitor. REDMOND FITZGERALD^ ~ Altliongli my father was a soldier, in liie military acceptation of the term, I don’t think the:e ever was another man in this world so badly eut out for the army. Not that he was a coward, by any means, or given to turn the left cheek when smitten on the right; but so adverse was he to the shedding of human blood, or to the entailing of misery on others, that vcryjlittle was expected of him when his regiment was ordered Jfor duty to the County Wexford, on the breaking out of the Irish rebellion, in 1798. As if Fate would favor him, the company to which he belonged was not engaged once throughout the whole of that memorable struggle, although often placed in positions of great danger, and the witness of scenes of the most heart-rending character. But now that his humanity was so frequently and forcibly appealed to by those w ho were suspected of dis loyalty, or found in open arms, his commiseration and friendly offices were such a reproach to some of the non-commissioned officers, that he might not have r escaped the charge of treason, had lie not been in some way related to the colonel of the reg iment. It was,* Lbelieve, in Emniscortliy that his company was quartered shortly belore the battle of Vinegar Hill, aud as billets order of the day, lie and two others were as signed to a handsome white cottage on the verge of the town, belonging to a respectable though suspected Catholic family named O’Brien; and consisting of a still hale and healthy couple with their only child, Mary, a beautiful girl of nineteen or twenty. Of course such guests were far from welcome to the inmates; hut as my father’s name and kind acts had somehow already reached their ears, when once satisfied of his identity they began to bless their stars that matters were no worse. Mary, in particular, seemed greatly relieved on this head; and having learned ac cidentally that his “market was made”—that is, that he was mar ried—she began to show less reserve toward him than she evinced toward his two companions, who were some thing less liberal and humane than he was. It is not to be supposed that a lovely and well educated girl like Mary O’Brien could have arrived at the age of maturity, or, rather, ap proached the threshold of woman hood, without more than one ad mirer. Consequent’y, it was by no means surprising that young Redmond Fitz gerald, who had recently come to re side near the town, and Mr. Henry Armstrong of the Hill, as he was called, should have both fallen in love with her; although the two rivals had never met, notwithstanding that Redmond had seen Henry while Hen ry was utterly unacquainted with Redmond’s appearance. It was, however, thought strange that Henry, who was a Protestant, should unite himself to a Catholic. But, then, Armstrong was far from being in love with Mary, and only desired a union with her so as to obtain the snug few acres that should fall to her as an only child, and that lay quite convenient to his own small property, tliat he had so involved with his riotous and extravagant liv ing, as to have permitted it to slip out of his grasp, his claim to it being merely nominal. But Mary was too thoroughly aware of his heartlessness and gen eral character to entertain any idea of linking her fate to his; while, to make such more impossible still, she had already given her heart unre servedly 10 young Fitzgerald, who wrns the noblest and handsomest fel low imaginable, but who, now that the rebellion was under way, had cast bis lot with the insurgent-', and had so distinguished himself in their ranks as to have become a leader amongst them. It was well known that Mary and he loved each other most passion ately; and of tic : fact Armstrong now determined to take advantage; for he was certain that Redmond would contrive various opportunities of seeing Mary, and if eeessary, visit ihe cottage after nightfall, at the rb' of his life, wh*n within .ny reasons ble distance of >hc being he so ar dently worshipped. HAMILTON, HARRIS C 0„ GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1875. Although not discarded in abso lute words by Mary, he felt that he was no welcome visitor at her resi dence; but yet he kept up the sem i.'ance of a kindly feeling toward the old people; and as they were Oatho lies and under a ban, they suit they could not afford to excite his animos ity to any great extent; and the more so, as he had long been all-powerful with some of the magistrates of the county. Mary, also, since her lover had ta ken up arms against the king’s troops, had, out of policy, and with a view to the interests of Redmond, behaved with more civility of late, little dream ing that now his only object and aim was to secretly betray his successful rival into tho hands of the authori ties, from whom, he well knew, he should receive but a short shrift. Every evening, consequently, he was to be seen at the garden gate, discoursing with the father of the poor, frightened girl, or seated with in the house in the hope of gleaning some information as to the where abouts of Fitzgerald, trusting to ac cident, or an unguarded word, to en lighten him on that point. From the first moment that my fa ther got a glimpse of this tre cherous scoundrel, and began to see which way the land lay, he was determined to keep his eye on him, and, if he be gan to play any foul tricks, to check mate him if possible. In furtherance of this design, he became acquainted with the unwel come visiter, who, perceiving him in ■the livery of George 111., thought that all was right, and at once, and without the slightest suspicion, in formed him that he had sure and cer tain intelligence that the rebel Red mond Fitzgerald had more than once visited the cottage at night, and that now, as doubtless ho was informed of the presence of soldiers in it, he would not approach it, but might be surprised at some point convenient to it, if Mary were closely watched, as be was satisfied he would risk his neck at any moment to gain an inter view with her. My father appeared to be greatly elated with this information, and to enter wish gusto into the spirit of his informant, assuring him, at tlies same time, that he should not lose sight of Mary, but strongly counseling him to the strictest secrecy, and extracting from him a promise that i e would not broach the subject to any other soul living, and with a view to giv ing Mary fuller opportunity to meet her lover, visit the cottage less fre quently after sunset. This decided upon, Armstrong, firm in the assurance that he had laid a deep and effective trap for his riva', and hoping that if he fell into the hands of the authorities, he might yet be able to vanquish the repug nance of Mary, and make her his wife, he left my father, after his first confi dence with him, iu the very best of spirits, and the more so as in any ac tion that might be taken in the case of Fitzgerald he had determined to keep altogether in the dark, so that he might, not, on that score, evoke any additional animosity against him on the part of the fair young girl or that of her parents. Now, th's was all very well, and would, doubtless, have led to some thing serious, had not ray father had the least little drop of the Iri.-li party stowed away in one corner of his heart, and had he not told Mary, for whom he began to entertain a ster ling friendship, every sentence that passed between ltim and Armstrong. The sweet youDg girl became flushed and pale by turns, and trem bled violently as the disclosure was being made to her, and, in a trans port of gratitude, grasped my fath er’s hand and kissed it with tears, when he had closed his narration. Nor was this all; for, on my fa ther’s assuring her that she was free to go and see her lover when she pleased, without the slightest sur veillance on his part, arid that if he knew where he could lay his hand on him, he w ould rather assist him to avoid the clutches of the law than to attempt to betray him into them, she took him aside aDd confessed that she was in the habit of meeting him al most every evening; and that while she spoke he was secreted in a glen scarce half a mile from the cottage, from which he intended to move, now that the soldiers were stationed so near it. (>f course, Mary world never have tfu-dc a confession so dangerous had ehc not been well aware of my fatk- er’s leanings, • and the proverbial goodness that influenced all his acts re'ating to the insurgents. But stil', notwithstanding the fact of her new friend’s truth and fidelity, there was imminent peril in the position Red mond was placed in; for the glen was a perfect wilderness of strawberries, and was consequently a very general i resort for the children of town, as well as for the soldiers thwn.-elves. In this way matters stood when Armstrong made his way one even ing to the cottage, and with a gleam of triumph in his eye, drew my father, who was in the gardeu, away from the house, intimating at the time, in a low voice, that he had something of great importance to communicate to him. When they were alone and suffi ciently out of earshot, he exclaimed, as he clapped my father on the shoul der: “ I have him I—l have him 1 Not an hour ago I received information that ho and one or two of his com rades are secreted in a small cavern in the glen, so covered with briers and foliage that one might pass it a •housand times without noticing it. But there lie is; and it is only for you to get men enough of your com pany to surround the cave to night, after dark, and render his escape im possible. I don’t know him myself, or I’d go with you and point hint out, but, of course, you don’t need my as sistance; although, if' you desire it, I’ll lead you in the very path to the cave, for it was pointed out to me on my way here; aud now that I remem ber, I did hear, two or three years ago, of a cavern, or something of the sort being in the glen, but paid no attention to the matter until it was brought under my notice just now, as I have told you.” My father was all attention, you may be sure, and promised to aid in the capture of the rebel leader, as the only magistrate of the town was ab sent at the moment, and the soldiers had it pretty much their own way. Besides, as -I already said, Armstrong wished to have the cap ture effected without his name being brought into the affair, else he would have gone personally to the captain of the company, as about eighty men were stationed in and about the place. It was Saturday evening, and when my father saw Armstrong on his way into the town, from which he was to return about ten o’clock, and meet him and the parly, lit the mouth of the glen, he instantly sought out Ma ry, and dropping a word or two in tier ear, sat down outside the door. Five rainuti s afterward, the fair young girl was seen carelessly strolling out of the garden gate, with a little bas ket in her hands as if she had deter mined to gather a few strawberries among the fields that stretched away from the town in eveiy direction. It was yet quite light when slut re turned, and, approaching my father, who was on the lookout for her, she gave him a look of gratitude that brought tears to his eyes. lie sym pathized with her, and the more so, as mother’s brother, who was a Cath olic, and whom he loved dearly, was reported to have joined the insur gents, on their first outbreak, under an assumed name, and who might one day he in as sore straits as Iledjnond Fitzgerald. This young patriot, Edward Ken nedy, knowing the position of my fa ther, who had not seen him or heard from him for three years, was most considerate, in not carelessly compro mising his sister’s husband, or the Protestant side of the family, by at tempting to visit or correspond with them. And it was by mere accident that they heard he had changed his name, hilt for what other they had not learn ed. They were, however, grateful that he had been so careful of his standing,-and thought the more of him in consequence, were that pos sible, for he was already a great fav orite with them. For the purpose of making matters appear all straight, a sergeant’s guard, which was considered sufficient, was told off to visit the irlen just one hour after the time appointed by Arm strong to meet my fat her and the men at the point decide-1 upon; and these arriving at the t ine in question, were led forward under tiie guidauce of a little urchin who pur|K>rted to know all about the path and the cave, and who, singularly enough, appeared to be coming out of the town by acci dent, at the very moment the men were leaving, and who managed to keep along with them until they came to tiie place where Armstrong was to have been waiting, hut where no one was now to be seen. At this junct ure the old-fashioned little fellow re lieved him of all difficulty by leading them to the opening of the cave,where I their attention was attracted by an oceasidnal cry for help. Now one of •he men, through the means of his tinder-hex, lighted a candle and en tered the cavern with the rest. Here they discovered but one indi vidual only, and he was Mr. Henry Armstrong stripped to tho naked waist, and hound to a stake, with the blood trickling from his back, after having received what were supposed to be a couple of dozen lashes of the severest description. In no oilier way had he suffered, however; and as his life was spared, ho begged that, he might he unboned and conducted safely to his dwelling, without any attempt, at the moment, to pursue the aggressors, who had, he avowed, accidentally met him at the mouth of the glen, and, recogniz ing him, pounced upon him, and, sti fling his cries for help, hurried him off to the cavern, where they inflicted this plini-hment upon him, ancHcft him bound, subsequently quitting the place to the number of three or four. The bird, or birds,had fiown, then; and the party returned to town with Armstrong, accompanied by theolher two soldiers who were billeted on the O’Briens, leaving my father Uf find his"way alone to the ‘cottage, where Mary aud the family were skting up waiting for him. Seeing that he was not acoompa nitd by anybody, poor Mary, free from restraint, rushed over to where he had seated himself, while laughing heartily, and bunt into a flood of grateful tears. On learning, however that there was no fear of his comrades returning until, morning," and that Armstrong would not be apt to move about much for a day or two, she dis appeared suddenly from his presence, and in about teu minutes returned, but not alone, for close behind her followed a second party, a dashing young fellow, who strode into the apartment with a smile upon bis hand some though excited countenance. “Hero is your benefactor—your saviour, Redmond!” said Mary, tak ing him by the hand for the purpose of leading him over to where tny fa ther was seated. But before tho words were well out of her mouth, both men were in each other’s arms, for Redmond Fitzgerald was neither more nor le.-s than my uncle, Edward, Kennedy, his own wife’s brother! r-£T“Is Mr. Brown a man of means?” inquired a lady visitor ot Aunt Betsy. “ Yes, I should think he was,” replied Aunt Betsy, “as everybody says he is the moanest man in town.” 137“ “ I lived witli him nineteen years,” says an Indiana applicant for divorce, “ and all the clothing he ever bought me was a bunch of hair pins and a tooth brush.” Yon can see by this what a hard time she had to keep well dressed. “ llow old are you ? ” was the polite inquiry of a Fourth Ward cen sus taker to a lady member of the family ho was visiting officially. “I ani old enough to put this mop han dle over y’er head till ye’ll see more stars than in the ’stronomy, darn ye ! ” Rcreamed the lady in reply, and he moved rapidly toward the side walk. |An Irishman was strolling along the Dublin quay, the other morniug when his eye lighted on the name Psyche ” on a yacht. After spe ling it out slowly, he exclaimed, “ Well, if that ain’t the oddest way to spell fish I ever saw !” gently pushing him from her, as the moonlight flooded the bay window where they were standing, “I think you had better try some other hair dye; your moustache tastes like tur pentine.” a. ■ i At the commencement exerci ses of Abbott Academy, Andover, Mass., Prof. Smith told the young la dies that while he was “not prepared to send them forth as captains in the social ship, there would never be any difficulty in their finding situations sa first mates.” £37" A Tenne see girl told a fel low she would give him a kiss if lie would catch her. She ran well till lie got out of sight of the old folks, and then gave in. This shows what a Tennessee girl will do when she’s hard run. From our Florida correspondent. FLORIDA. A Trip down tho River.—Boat- Racing.—Dull Times in Jack son.— Fashions— LoYe- Making- Young Ladies, etc. Gricnwoop, Fla., Oct. 18, 1875. Yours Truly left, the “red old hills” of Harris on the oth inst., and a ride of little more than an hour on the N. & f 3 . train brought him to the oitv of Columbus, where tho Columbus Bap list Association was in session. The Association passed oft’ very pleasantly and the citizens were as ho-pitablo as could be asked—leaving nothin" undone for the entertainment' of their guests: yet it is my humble opinion that it was a mistakefto convene the Association in Columbus, or would he, in any other city. The attend ance was smaller than it has been since the war, owing no doubt, to the fact that those who would have at tended ’were afraid they would find difficulty inj obtaining accommoda tions. Such would not have been the case. DOWN TUB niVKR. The Association over, a trip to the “ Land of Fowcrs ” was next on dock et, and I turned my course riverwurd, where the Julia St- Clair was formd lying at the wharf—steamed up and ready to shove out. A few minutes on board and the ready bell was rung—the pilot helled the boat ahead the huge paddle wheels were put in motion, and we were '* all gone ” aud on our way down the Chattahoo chee. All went as “ merry as a marriage bell ” for the first ten miles, as we went gliding down the river with an agreeable party of passengers, but as the Julia was rounding Wolfork’s, her bow struck the bar, and wo were stuck hard and fast for six hours. After hauling, lightening, and run ning out a line, we finally succeedeid iln crossing the bar, and just here we are reminded of the vast sums of money that has been uselessly expen ded at'jVVolfork’s bar, and now the steamboat men say that the river is in a worse condition than when the work first began. The Federal ap propriation of $25,000 htfS undoubt edly been a failure. a boat Passing beyond tlyfi bar, a good river was stretched Ant most of the way to Eufauladwict* the steamers George \V. Wyl™apd tho Julia had quite an exciting” race of twenty d? thirty miles. First one boat and then the other gjnuld be in the lead, then both alongside, but as tho Julia is the fantyslfaiid finest boat on the riV!” ur, Bhe distanced the Wylly, and saw more until she caught up a wo were receiving freight at Eufaula. With the exception of the race and a few hales of cotton which were acci dentally let fall Mn the river, nothing occurred to disturb the monotony of a trip down the river—save the beau tiful scenery along the river banks. Some of the mo.it romantic spots in the world are seen here, and many places if photographed could bo sold as a grand picture of the Hudson, and they would not appear less beau tiful than many that are bought aDd sold for large amounts. AT NEAL’S LANDING. We arrived at Neal’s, the famous dueling ground, on the 13th inst., and were sorry to find Mr. I. 11. Satter field, the junior partner of S. H. Dick enson & Cos , seriously ill with yellow disease. The intelligence of his death yesterday, has just been received at Greenwood, and every one seems to regret it very much. He was one of the first men in the county, and being young and energetic, his loss will be universally felt. The firm was one of the strongest on the Chattahoochee. To Capt. Dickson is “ Yours Truly ” indebted for a nice ride across the country to Greenwood. DULL TIMES. Well, it is abominably dull around here, so far as business is concerned, and nearly all the merchants and pro fessional men have got the blues. There seems to be a complete dearth in business circles, and the thieves who have set up little shops around iu order to persuade the poor igno rant negro to steal cotton and bring it to them iu the seed, are the only ones that seem to be doing much. Many of these “cotton trap ” fellows pretend to attaiu to respectability, but they are unquestionably the most contemptible sneak thieves that dis grace the country, and are responsi ble to some extent for the dearth in business, $2.00 A YEAR. The cotton crop has been cut short, and it is the exception where the far mer can see even a “ cheap for cash * suit in the future. Tlte 21 per cent commission mer chant, like the little boy that went to mill, will have to wait or take pay in ground peas. In spite of dull timea there are a few persons that carry on just as though the times were flush, and this is the spirit we like.to see.as we believe it is better to “grin than to growl.” How comforting to Bi jah’s large heart must have been tho song by the boys: “ The kite-1 of a fellow I like to see, * Is a fellow that acts around; A fellow that sows, an! reaps, and mows. And tears big holes in the giounJ.’* FASHIONS. It is rather a breaking off to quit the dull times and go to fashions, but it is a step I will make now, as fash ions seem to be all the rage, and even : here in the low country, the elite are bohind the times. One of the strik ing features is, how and where thq hair should bo worn. As switches, waterfalls, rats, mice, eto, have passed out of style, many of the girls con tend that the hair should be worp on the back of tho bead, and by no means upon the lapel of a gentle man’s coat, unless the parties are en gaged. Another striking feature is the “pullbacks,” which are universally worn, and which by the way are pow erful terrifying to the unsophisticated. I have always had ft tendency to sor ter like tho style, and think it seta them off to better advant age (unless the individual is illy shaped), and since Kate Staunton refuses to wear one, it is high time to stop so much palavering, and those who are always prating about them “ Should cense their lifeless bickering o’er, And jeer at pin ’em bnoks no more,” fSIKLS IN JACKSON. From fashions to girls, come in the natural order of things, hence there is no necessity of apology. The young ladies of Jackson are noted for being young ladii-B of great expectations, and in most cases they are worthy of all they realize. While their largo expectations have have led them to think they would marry some ex C. S. major general, several of them have been content to tie themselves to those who can lay no higher claim to military honor than an 11. P. R. R. Many of them have married outside i their State, and most of them gentlemen from Georgia, and it is a singular fact, have all done well, with out an exception. The ladies of Jack son arc proverbial for good taste and sound discretion, and this, of coarse, accounts for it. It can be very truth fully added that all the Georgia men who have married here, have also done remarkably well. LOVE MAKING. Speaking of marrying reminds me to say a word about love-making, and it is as good as a show to stroll around and watch tl)e different ma neuvres in courting. It is carried on to an extent heie that should be encouraging to the clergy, supposing a fair proportion of marriages to be cousumated. Young men and young ladies cast looks of love and glances of devotion at each other, and they don’t seem to care a straw whether you are looking at them or not. The most amusing feat ure is the ntter in difference to observation they enter tain bo far as outsiders are concerned. Love-makiug is not confined exclus ively to the young people, as those in the middle classes are trying to step into the pool, and they too, don’t seem to have more basbfulness than ia comfortable to carry. An old bach elor of thirty odd years is seen often visiting a charming and graceful girl, not yet out of her teens, and though he is poor, ugly and “hard up,” Madam Rumor says they are to be married. In almost a stone’s throw, is a bright-eyed young lady just blooming into womanhood, and she seems determined to waste her sweet ness on an old widower with five or six children to boot. What a multi tude of faults can bo hid by love, is remarkably strange, and it ia some times the case that ladies fancy them selves in love when they really are not. The love of being loved, lond n ess of flattery, and passion for nov elty are frequently mistaken for some thing far holier and better, till matri mony disenchants the fair deceiver, and leaves her astonished at her ud mistake. It is a good long step from love making to crops, politics, etc., and one that I do not care to take just now, but iu humble imitation of “Se nex,” who once said, **l wi.l reserve that for next time,” 1 will do like wise. VutJBOSi