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VOL HI—NO. 45. &\t Hamilton iDrertoV D. W. D- FOULLY, Propriktor. •caA'i sUßscßirnoN rates. One copy one year . $2 00 One copy Six months 1 00 \On copy three months ............. 75 Any one furnishing five subscribers, with 'the monev, will receive a copy free. Subscribers wishing their papers change,! from one po-t office to another." must state 'the name of the post office fr,om which they wish it oh.tngc.l, as well as that to which 'they wish it sent. Jill subscriptions rr.nst he paiil in advance. The paper will be stopped at the end of the We paid for, unless subsciiptious arc jre yjously , . „ Tlfty numbers complete the yfai. 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E* ray notices, thirty days J w Ku'e for foreclosure of mortgage, four mouths, monthly, per inch. b I Rale of insolvent papers, thirty days. . . 5 JO llora*Rtti:nl, two week?.. . □EI VIS* j "‘jDr. T. i_j- J enKms, HAMILTON, GA. jy Jds. S. MITCHELL., M. E, Kruldml Physician and Surgeon, HAMILTON GEORGIA PjMK.htl attention given to operative surgeiy Terms •w. PRESTON GIBBS, B SURGEON and PHYSICIAN, Hamilton, Ga. Will Le found at the hotel or the store of W H Johnston unless professionally engaged. "CHATTAHOOCHEE HOUSE , By J.T.HIGGINBOTHEM. WEST POINT, GA ALONZO A. DOZIER, AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, COLUMBUS, GA. PraHiee* in State and Federal Courts in Geoieia and Alabama. Makes Commercial Law a i ecialty Offi< e over C. A. Redd H Co’b store, Columbus, Oa. dec4-ly Hines Dozier, ATTORN BY-AT LAW, HAMILTON, GEORGIA -Will.practice in the Chattahoochee Circuit, .Or anvwbere else, Office in the. Northr\. corner of (the (Court-house, up-stairs, jantt Columbus DentalFtooms, •W. T. POOL, frR&!-KU tor, -Ccorpin Itoror r.rMdinp rolnmlms Go- NKINt^ O US E CQlAfflfSßSj GA, Was, F, M, OR AY, Proprietress- J. A. pEiA.Efis, Oiorlc. G. A.IkEU* % merchant tailor, fill Broad St., Columbus, #, Has on haul a .handsome assortment, nffl£ tlemeti’a Dtps* Goods. KagUsh and Vestings, etc.. Cutting (tone at reasonable rate . Have your clothes made l>v ine, and i par rntce perfect satisfy lion in stale ami price ~ HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTiNG. I am now prepared to do any kind of Pamt ine—House, Sign or Ornamental. X can mend your Umbrella- 1 and Parasols, and make them as good as new. Prices low. Give me a trial. My shop 1- opposite the market-house. Cos ambus Ga JunllAm W, V- siirril, .Natural Atiust. Hamilton Jflfll Visitor. Muscular Piety. A NEGRO I.AVMAN’S SPRAYER. Alexander Clark, in Lis MethodU Recorder, gives a graphic description of “A Sabbath iu Richmond,” and an account of bis visit to the First Afri ean Baptist Church in that 'city. We take from it this specimen of charao ter is; ic natural eloquence: A layman being called upon to l^irlty, led this pkrt eff the service in a fervent appeal to God, it plea at once eloquent hi simile, and musical in ut toTOTce. Itrtvas a jffcfhred petition, vivid to pleasant to the ear. Withy a 'voice of elevated key, the pleader recounted the mercies of God and besought blessings from above. It may have been indecorous of us, but the prayer was unique, so like a chant, a dream, and yet so like a con verse with the listening God, that we ventured to note down a few passa ges, while no less sharing the devo tional spirit of the hoar and place. [The words spaced were prolonged and ciroumfilexed in a higher key, as if tiro words of a song, while interve ning words were uttered with a rap idity almost beyond comprehension, the final words of each sentence be ing pronounced in a low voice and with the failing inflection.] "Oh! Lord, our blessed Father of love, thou k-n-o-w-s the ’dition of the worl’. Thou knows the p-o-r-e mis’- ble sinner despin’ dy grace who turn ed his back upou dy call. Thou sees his footsteps in the w-i-I-derness and you sees de bloomiu’ roses grow’n all ’round de thorns de debil’s a shar penin’ for his feet, Iu this dark way of sin and death, while de loud thun ders of do wrath r-o-1-1 in majest’ in his ears, and de b-I-a-z-e of dy fury flash in sudden fore his eyes, oh send y-o-u-r broodin’ spirit like a dove thro’ de storm and speak peace to bis wretched soul Tore ’tis c-v-e-r --lastin’too late! Show him de slip pery rocks and de miry clay. Make him see dat Satan follows last trip - pin’ at his heels, and hell yawns open to catch him when ho falls. Oh ! ’rest him by de ’mighty p-o-w-e-r of dy grace. Pour down your mercy like rain from de summer clouds, and make him open his blind eyes to see de beauty of dy holiness a shinin’ in de face of your beloved Son, like de rainbow when de storm done gone and passed away! “ Oh, thou great King of Glory who rides in de gol’ti chariot in de New Jerusalem, above de sun, I do ’seech an’ p-r-a-y you drive dy cha- ! riot dis way; and when de hoofs of de horses strikes dis lower worl’ and de dashin’ wheels comes in our sight, & top dy chariot at \\ ashington city, and ’light in loving kindness at de door of dy servant, de President Grant, an’ tell him ’xactly what to do. Soun’ de moanin’ of your will into do C-o-n-g-r-e-s-s halls, and tell de great men ’thout their own axin’ how to serve dare country bes’; purge de hearts of de senators an’ ’sentatives from de love of sin, and dare stumblin’ steps from de snares of hell. Help them to ’mem ber dy servants in every s-o-r-r-o-w and temptation, as Jesus ’members them. Thin out the ’sire of honor and the love of salary from their s-o-u-l-s like suckers out’n corn; and may your name be above every name, and d-y kingdom come into the high places and de low like the light of mornin’ eome to de hills an’ de valleys de same. Af’r leavin’ Washington city, an’ takin’ dy time, drive your chariot down over de fields and reign up dy h-o-r-s-e-s oi hre at the capital of Old Virgin’y. ’Light out at de Governor’s door an’ go into his house an’ tell him what t’ings he ought to say, an’ show him what t’ings be ought to do, like a £-a-t-h-e-r who ’structs his own child.” Etif* 14 Brick 5 ’ Pomeroy wants all Lis namesakes to send hint their pic tures, and be promises to send each one a present of a pretty book. This will be good for the book trade, but j-alher hard on Pomeroy. Ihe nam ing of children alter him will now proceed with redoubled alacrity. Wtfjb Pone. —The Marietta Jour nal says that Mr. Eidson, a one armed soldier, made, this year, on live acres, 130 bushtls corn, 53 bush els wheat, and a quantity of potatoes, peas, turnips, etc. Two of the acres made 75 bushels of corn. “The melancholy days have co me ” —the saw-dust of the year. HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1875. A Thrilling War Inci4eit. SOUSE, CHARLESTON—Time, Ajl’l 23, 1804. Tire Yankees, froth time 'to titne, thrown shell Into tho city, end no body seemed to mind it. mis fortune willed yesterday that, a shell should throw the entice cominunity into mdXrning. V b -s Anna Pic Veils, the ‘daughter of one cf our former Governors never consented to leave the city. Despite tho representation of Gen. Beanre* gard she remained, braving shells and Greek fire, attending the woun ded and cheering all with her pres ence. Among the wonwded officers under her care was Mr. Andrew de Roch elle, a descendant of one of t he nob lest Huguenots of Ibis city. The young man was full of the liveliest gratitude for his fab nurse; gratitude gave birth to tender sentiment; his suit was listened to; Gov. Pickens gave b’.o consent, and the marriage WR's fixed for the 23d April. Lieut. De Rochelle was on duty at Fort Sumter in the morning, and it was determined that the ceremony should take placo at the residence of Col. Bonhatn, at 7 o’clock. At the mo ment wheu the Episcopal clergyman was asking the bride if she was ready, a shell fell upon the roof of the buil ding, penetrating to the room where the company was assembled, hurst ami wounded nine persons, among them Miss Anna Pickens. The scene that followed cannot he described; order being at last re-es tablished, the wounded were removed with the exception of the bride, who lay motionless on the carpet. Her betrothed, leaning and bending over her, was weeping bitterly arid trying to staunch the blood that flowed from her terrible wound under her left breast. A surgeon came and declared that Miss Pickens could live hut two hours. We will paint the general de spair. When the wounded girl re covered her consciousness she asked to know her fate, when they hesitat ed to tell her. “Andrew,” she said, “ I beg yon to tel! me the truth; if I must die, I can die worthy of you.” The young soldier’s tears were his answer, and Miss Anna, summoning all her strength, attempted to smile. Nothing coiild be more heartrending than to see the agony of this brave girl struggling in the embrace of death and against a terrible mortal pain. Gov. Pickens, whose courage is known, was almost without con sciousness, and Mrs. Pickens looked upon her child with the dry haggard eye of one whose reason totters. Lieut, de Rochelle was the first to speak. “Anna,” he cried, “I will die soon too, but I would have you now die my wife. There is yet time to unite us. The young girl did not reply. She was too weak. A slight flush rose for an instant to her cheek; it could be seen that joy and pain were strug gling in her spirit for the mastery. Lying upon a sofa, her bridal dress all stained with blood, her hair dis heveled, she had never been more beautiful. Helpless as she was Lt. de Rochelle look her hand and re quested the Rev. Dr. Dickinson to proceed with the ceremony. When it was time for the dying girl to say yes, her lips parted several times, but she - could not articulate. At last her word was spoken arid a slight foam rested upon her lips. The dying agony was near. The minister sobbed as he proceeded with the cer emony. An hour afterwards all was over, and the bridal chamber was the chamber of death. A darkey left in charge of a telegraph office while the operator went to dinner, heard someone “call” over the wires, and began shouting at the instrument, “Da operator isn’t yer.” The noise ceased. “Pa, I guess our man Ralph is a good Christian.” “How so, my boy?” “Why pa, I read in the Bible that the wicked shall not live out halt his days; and Ralph says he has lived out ever since he was a little boy.” SST A drunken man who fell down in the parlor, remarked to his wife that he considered that a pretty place for her to peel peaches and throw the skins. VST It was either whisky, water, an ax, or something else, that caused his death,is the finding of a coroner’s jury. From the Riston Commercial Hr, 1 let in. A strange STORY OP OIR CT AST ANTI AL EVIDENCE. Dn the morning of the 2G li of No vember 1810,1 read in the Rutland (Vt.) Herald tho following notice; “ mußder 1” “ Printers of newspapers through out the United States are desired to publi-h, that Stephen Hoorn, of Man chester, in Vermont, is scuteueed to lie executed for the murder of Rus sel Colvin, who has been absent about seven years. Any person who can give information of said Colvin may save-the life of the innocent, by making imme'diate communication. Colviu is about five feet five inches high, light complexion, light hair, blue eyes, ami about forty years old. Manchester, Vt., Novomber 20th, 1819.” This communication was copied very generally by newspapers, and created a great deal of interest. Be fore describing the events that fol lowed, let us go hack to the year 1812 and the little town of Manches ter, Vermont. Barney Boom, an old man, had two sons, Stephen and Jessie, and a daughter, Sarah, wife of Russell Col vin, a half crazed, half-witted day la borer. They were a bad lot, poor, ignorant, and in doubtful repute for honesty. Two miserable hovels serv ed them for shelter, and a few acres of pine barrens constituted all their possession. They raised a few pota toes and garden vegetables, and eked out a scanty livelihood by day’s work for the neighboring farmers. In May, 1812, Colvin was at home. In Juno he was missing. At first this occasioned no remark. Ho was always a tramp, absent from home sometimes for weeks together. But this time he did not come hack. As weeks grew into months inquiries began to be made among the neigh bors about the missing man. There are no tongues for gossip like those which wag in a Yankee village. One spoke to another. Excitement grew - . Wonder, like a contagious disease, affected everybody. It was known that there had long existed between the old man and hoys a grudgo against Colvin; it was in proof that the last time the miss ing man was seen ho was at work with the Booms clearing stones from a field, and that a dispute was going on ; and Lewis Colvin, a boy, son of Russell, had stated that his father had struck his uncle Stephen, and that the other returned the blow, and that then, he, the boy, becoming frightened, ran away. Again, a Mr. Baldwin had heard Stephen Boorn, in answer to tho inquiry as to where Colvin was, say, “He’s gone to hell, I hope.” “Is he dead, Stephen ?” pursued Mr. Baldwin. “ I tell you again,” replied the man, “that Colvin has gone where pota toes won’t freeze.” * For seven years the wonder grew: Colvin’s ghost haunted every house in Bennington county. There was no known proof that the Booms were guilty, and yet everybody be lieved it. A button and jack-knife were found, which Mrs. C. believed to have belonged to Russell; dreams, thrice repeated, were had by old women and kitchen girls—and ten thousand stories were in circulation. Five years afiei Colvin was missed Stephen Boorn removed to Denmark, N. Y., while Jessie remained at home. After the former had left, some bones were accidentally found in the de cayed trunk of a tree near his house, and, though all surgeons said to the contrary, it was universally believed that they were part of a human skel eton. Of course, then, they must be Colvin’s bones. Jesse was arrested, Stephen was brought hack from Den mark, and both were held for exami nation. Although all the testimony when sifted was found to he worth less, yet tlie two brothers were re manded back to jail, and Jesse was worked upon to make him turn state’s evidence. The jailor tormented him with suggestions, which his wife followed uj> with womanly adroit ness. Neighbors helped. Reset with preaching and prayers, tracts and sermons, religious conversation and pious directions—told that there was no doubt in any one’s mind but that Stephen committed the murder —urged to make a eleaD breast of it and thus save both his body and soul, what wonder that the man confessed, I was alleged to have confessed, that Stephen Boom did murder Russell Colvin ? On September 3, 1819, the grand jnr v. found a bill of indictment against Stephou and Jesseo Hoorn for the murder of Russell Colvin. William Farnsworth testified that Stephen confessed that ho did it, and that Jessie helped him; that they hid the body in the bushes, then buried it, then dug it up and burned it, and then scraped the few remains and hid them in a stump. Upon this unsup ported evidence the jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prison ers, and they wore sentenced to be hung on January 28, 1820. And now the men came to thoiV’ senses. They asserted their inno cenco. They said that they had con fessed as their last hope. Some com passion began to be felt for them. 'l'liey might., after all, be innocent. A petition for their pardon was pre sented to the Legislature, but it availed only to obtain commutation of Jesse's sentence of imprisonment for life. No more. Stephen was to be hanged. Let the render now turn to another chapter of this strange history. In April, 1813, there lived in Do ver, Monmouth county, N. J., a Mr. James Polhamus. During that month a wayfarer, begging food, stopped at his door. Buing handy, go’ocl nntured, quiet and obedient, home less, and weak of intollect too, It* was allowed to stay. Ho said his name was Russoll Colvin, and that he came from Manchester, Vt. Not far from Dover lies the little town of Shrewsbury, then a quiet hamlet, now invaded by the cottages and villas of Long Branch pleasure seekers. Here lived Taber Chad wick, brother-in-law to Mr. Polha mus, and intimate with tho family. Accidentally reading the New York Evening I’oHt, he met, not with the notice of the Rutland Herald, hilt with an account of the Booms. Con vinced that the Russell Colvin al leged to have been murdered was the very man thon living with Mr. Polhamus, ho wrote to the Evening Post a lettor, which was published December 9, 1819. Upon the arrival of this paper at Manchester it excited but little atten tion. Tho letter was believed to be a forgery or a fraud. Had not the people iii the town long believed tho Booms to bo guilty ? Had not one, perhaps both of them, made full con fession ? The bones of the murdered man, a button of his coat, his jack knife —had they not all been found? Had not an upright judge made sol emn charge that tho evidcnco was conclusive, and an intelligent jury found them guilty, and tho legisla ture sanctioned the findings? There was no doubt of their guilt—none whatever; and therefore no benefit of a doubt had been given by jury, chief justice or court of appeal. Mr. Chadwick’s letter was, never theless', taken to Stephen’s cell and read aloud. The news was so over whelming that nature could scarcely survive the shock. The poor fellow dropped in a fainting fit to the fioor, and had to be recovered by dashes of cold water. Intelligence came next day from ft Mr, Whelpley, formerly a resident of Manchester, that ho himself had been to New Jersey and seen Russell Col vin. The members of the jury which had convicted the Rooms, however, hesitated to accept anything short of the man’s presence, and .Judgo Chase, who had sentenced them, pointed to Stephen Room’s confession. The third day caino another letter. “ I have Russell Colvin with ine,” wrote Mr. Whelpley. “1 personally know Russell Colvin,” swore John Rempton— “he now stands before me.” “It is the same Russell Colvin who married Ann Boorn, of Man chester, Vt.,” made affidavit Mrs. Jones, of Rrooklyn. Hut it would not answer. Pride of opinion is stubborn. Doubt of opinion dies hard. Manchester intelligence, not to say piety, was ori trial, and it be hooved all good residents to hold out agaiust conviction to the last. However, Colviri.or Colvin’s double, was on his way. As he passed through Poughkeepsie the streets were thronged to see him. * His story was printed in every newspaper and tol 1 at every fireside. At Hudson cannons were fired; iu Albany he was shown to the crowd from a platfoim; and all along the road to Troy bands of music were playing and banners were Haunting and cbeers were given as Colvin passed by. Some men be come famous from having been mur dered. Russell Colvin was famous because he was alive. Toward evening of Friday, Decem ber 22, 1819, a double sleigh was driven furiously down the main street of Manchester to the tavern door. It contained Whelpley,' Kcmplon, Chadwick and the bewildered Russel Colvin. Immediately a Crowd of men,women and children gathered around, and as tho sleigh unloaded its occupants and they took their placo on the piazza, exhibiting the last man to view, “ Thai’s Russell Colvin, sure enough! There’s no) doubt about it!” eauie fr ml the lips \ 'of scores ef the grffcers. ITe embraced his twfo' children, asked after the Booms, and : started 1 for the jail. The prison doors were unbolted and tho news was told to Stephen Boorn. “ Colvin has como, Stephen,” sitid the Rev. Lemuel Haynes. “ Has ho f asked the prisoner. “ Where is he ?” 41 Hero I am, Stephen,” said his brother-in-law. ‘‘What’s them on your legs ? ” “Shackles!” replied Boorn. “ What for? ” 44 Because they said I murdered you.” “ You nevor hurt me in your life,” replied' Colvin. The sequel is soon told. Stephen Boorn was released from prison, as was .Jesse also, liussull Colvin re turned to Now Jersey. But the judge who suffered an innoemtf man to bo convicted of murder by mission of extra-judicial confessions— the members of the jury who delib erated hut one hour heforo agreeing upon a verdiot of guilty, upon evi dence that should not hang a dog— the deacon and church members who urgod confession and preached re pentance—and the ninety-seven mem bers of the legislature, sitting as a court of appeals, who refused re-hear ing of evidence —what became of them ? JL®- The Athens Watchman says that Mr. E. M. Thompson, of Jack son county, recently reached that city with a train of twenty wagons, loaded with cotton from his plantation. He has made 150 halos of cotton and 750 barrels of corn this year. Fooled Him. —An Atlanta lady lately went so far as to allow a young tnan to procure a marriage license, and then, at the last moment, told him she was only joking. In addi tion to tho loss of a wife, tho young man is out five dollars for carriage hire, and two dollars for the lieensi. During tho last three months noarly ono thousand hogs have died of cholera in Shelby county, Indiana. 5-3F* A passenger train of the Cen tral railroad was fired into one night last week, about three miles from Macon. No one was injured -1 -- lEgT The Albany News says that Capt.T. 11. Willingham, of Dougher ty county is not one of our smallest operators. He plants from live to six thousand acres—two fifths cotton, two-fifths corn, and ono-flfth oats. nr Bill Taylor, “a wild whilo man,” was arrested in Marion coun ty a Jew days since, who confessed to his captors that ho had associated with tho worst class of negroes and lived upon theft since he was twelve years old. t-ST The lunatic asylum farm pro duced 1,500 bushels of sweet pota toes this year. I iffiW -• fW The Forsyth Advertiser says: Mr. It. L. Callaway, who has been farming with Dr. Lawton for several years past, made fifty acres of laud, which has been in use fully fifty years, produce one thousand bushels of com. This result was had in spite of two severe droughts during the past sea son. The land wae manured with a compost made on the farm. t&r At tho American Centennial Exhibition, Krupp, of Essen, will exhibit a mammoth 1,000 pounder gun. c§r Five negro men of Wilkinson county killed one hundred squirrels iu one day recently. -—-- m -**— The marshal of Atlanta sold over sixty Ids for taxes last week. ggjr In what meter should “Up in a balloon ” be suug ? Gas meter. If captains would be less reck less there would be less wreijks. $2.00 A YEAR. WIT and HUMOR. A man who wae saved from con-- vietibu for horse stealing by the pov„ erful plea of his lawyer, after his ac quittal by the jury, was asked by his attoruey, “ Honor bright, now, Bill,, you did steal that horse,didn’t you ?” “Now, look a here, Judge,” wae the reply, “I always did think I stole a* *hoss, but since I born your speech to that ’ere judge. I’ll be dbgoned if i ain’t got my doubts about it,” A woman is very like a kettle, if you come to think of it. She Hugs away so pleasantly —then sbe stops— and, when you least expect it, *W boils over- lie was smoking a cigar on m ear where there were ladies. A tody took out her purse, got ten cents, and handed it to the smoker. ** What’* this for ? ” asked be- * It’s to buy you a good cigar when you smoke in tho presence of ladies.” He throw the cigar out of the window,the scrip in the ladyhi lap, jerked the Strap, and jumped out. An Englishman was boasting to a Yankee that they had a book in the British museum which was oece own ed by Cicero. “ Ob, that ain’t noth in’,” retorted the Tankee; “in the museum in Bosting they’ve got the lead pencil that Noah weed to check off the animals that went into tho ark.” “OTbellois the way that a Mil waukee compositor, of Irish descent, prints the name of the Moor of Yeu ice. “ Did you notice how splendidly I went tbrongh that last reel at. tho. ball last night, Tom?** “Yes, end I noticed that yoa kept it ap all the way home t " A little girl went into • neighbor’s house one day, where some apple parings by os plate on the table. Afier sitting a- while, ah* said, “ I smell apples.** “ Yes," the hdy re plied, “ I guess you satoll these apple parings on the plate.’* “No, no,” said she, “tain’t them I easel]; I smell whole apples," Why is a printing office like a well regulated financial institution ? Be cause there are plenty qf quoins in the bank.