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The coart* have decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice, or removioa *nd leaving them nn i nlled for, is prima facie evidence of inten tional fraud. .DHL"' ». L . TOWN DIRECTORY. Mayor—Thomas O. Barnett, flow mission kbs —W. W. Turnipseed, D. B. Bivins, E (>. Harris, E. 11. James. fh.RRft —E. G. Hnrris. Trkasprkr—W. S. Shell. Marshals—S. A. Belding, Marshal. L. H. Moore, Deputy. JVDICIARt. A. M. Spkkr, - - - - Judge. P. D. Dismukk, - Solicitor General. Batts—Second Mondays in March and Stpfttbber. Byiy— Third Mondays in January and Monroe—Fourth Mondays in February, Mid August. Newton—Third Mondays in March and September. Pike—First Mondays in April and Octo ber. Rockdale—Third Mondays in February and and Aug qst. Spalding—First Mondays in February and August. Upson—First Mondays in May and No vember. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Ghobcit, (Snnth.)- Rev. Wesley F. Smith. Pastor Fourth Sabbath in each month. Sunday-school 3 r. h. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening Mrtnooist Pkotkstant Church. First Sabbath in each mouth. Sunday-school 9 A. M. Christian Church, W. 8. Fears, Pastor. Reoond Sabbath in each month. Bavtist Chiiroh. Rev. J. P. Lyon, Pas tar. Third Sabbath in each month. DOCTORS ' BR. J. C.TURNIPSEED will attend to all calls day or night. Office i resi dence, Hampton. Ga. "IYR. W. H PEEBLES treats all dis— M' eases, and will attend to all calls day and night. Office at the Drug Store. Broad Street, Hampton, Ga. DR. D. F. KNOTT having permanently located in Hampton, offers his profes sional service* to the citizens of Hampton and vicinity. All orders left at Mclntosh’s ■tore will receive prompt attention. sp26 DR. N. T. BARNETT tenders his profes sional services to the citizens of Henry and adjoining counties, and will answer calls day or night. Treats all diseases, of what ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store. Hampton, Ga. Night calls caD be made at my residence, opposite Berea church. apr26 JF PONDER, Dentist, has located in • Hampton. Ga.,and invites the public to call at his room, upstairs in the Bivins House, where he will be found at all hours. Warrants all work for twelve moDtbs. LA IVYERS CW. HODNETT. Attorney and Coun • sellor at Law, Jonesboro, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business. JNO. G. COLDWELL, Attorney at law, Brooks Station, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Coweta and Flint River Circuits. Prompt attention given to commercial and other collections. TC. NOLAN. Attorney at Law, Mc • Donough, Georgia: Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit; the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. WM. T. DICKEN, Attorney at Law, Me Donougb, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir cuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. (Office up stairs over W. C. Sloan’s.) apr27-ly GEO. M. NOLAN, Attornkt at Law, McDonough, Ga. (Office in Court bouse.) Will practice in Henry and adjoining coun ties, and in the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to col lections. mch23-6m JF. W ALL, Attorney at Law, Hamp ton, Ga. Will practice in tbe counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention given to collect ions. ocs EDWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at law. Office op stairs in the Mclntosh building, Hampton, Ga. Special attention giveo to commercial and other collections. BF. McCOLLUM, Attorney and Conp • sellor at Lhw, Hampton, Ga. Will practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta, Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Supe rior Courts, and 10 tbe Supreme and United n. - . a_ rtAIIAAtS-si aUiw* - BLOSSOMS. They met while yet the year wss young, And ’mid the blossoming boughs they sung, Like other birds, their tale of love. Like other birds they wandered free In tender shade of bush or tree, Or sunlight of the sky above. They wandered free, and loved the dawn, Brushed with their wings the dews at morn, And Innocently sped the days. Like other birds, when sutumn came, Sure it conld never be the same, They went alone tbeir separate ways. With half a smile and half a sigh, When, as the winter hours go by, Comes, like a melody's refrain, A scent of blossoms, softly flung, They murmur, ••When the year was young Twas sweet. 'Twill never come again.” The Duelist’* Fate. BY COLONKI. PRKNTIBB INGRAHAM. Not many years ago, when dueling in the Southern States was legalized by public opinion, there lived in New Orleans a man who was feared by nearly every one who knew him. A splendid epecimen of manhood in ap pearance, tall aod well-formed, and possess ing strength that was marvelous, he was yet as quick as * tiger in bis movements, and had a nerve of iron. Leon Rudolpho was his name, and having served in the early troubles between Mexico and Texas, he was called "Colonel,” and was generally dubbed by his associates as “Col onel Leon,” and by others as “The Card King," for he was never known to lose a game. Who he was in reility, none knew, for little was known of his antecedents, except ing that be eaid he had served iu Texas, was a Mexican by birth, and bad been educated in Europe. His debut in gambling was made on a Mississippi steam-boat bound for New Or leans, and upon his arrival in that took elegant rooms and parsed his time iqunlly opoa the river and in town, for after pach trip to Vicksburg and back he would “lay ofl" for rest, be said, though his resting spells were invariably passed in the gambling hells. One night, upon his second trip down the river, a planter came on board at Grnnd Gulf, who asked to have some one engage with him for a pleasant game of cards, in which the stakes were very high. “Colonel Leon” at once consented, and the two played until a late hour, the planter steadily losing. At last, as the Colonel raked in a large winning, the planter remarked : “I am considered a good hand with the cards, sir, and as I have to-night not won a ■ingle game, and you look like a professional, I am inclined to the belief that you are a togue.” All around was intense Interest at once, and every eye was turned upon the gambler, who smiled as sweetly as though he had re ceived a compliment, yet said in a certain tooe that bad a brassy ring to it: “No man ever insulted me, sir, and lived Let us continue our game, if you please, and then settle the matter as you prefer best.” “I will play no longer with a villian, sir, and am wholly at your service for tbe insult. Captain, will you land us on some conven ient spot, and as it is a bright moonlight night, we can easily have a duel.” Tbe planter was as cool as the gambler, and tbe captaiD of tbe ateam-bcat sayiog he would bood land to take in wood, it was agreed to have tbe duel then, and each man chose a second from the passengers. Tbe steamer soon after pat in at a wood yard, aod tbe crowd went ashore, the dis tance was paced off, and tbe pistols placed In the hands of the duelists. Then the word was given, and tbe two pistols Sashed together. Without a moan the planter fell in his trseks, and tbe gambler was seen to step quickly backward ; but he said quickly— “l am not hurt, aod he is dead.” It was true, for the planter bad a bullet wound in tbe centre of bis forehead, and was borne aboard tbe steamer, the gambler coolly following, and asking several gentlemen to join him in another game of cards, which they did, aDd tbe game went eo until after midnight. Upon seeking bis state-room Colonel Leon tbrsw aside bis clothes aod took from a wire shirt that he wore a flattened bullet, imbedded in tbe fteel netting. “He was as cool as ice, and he sent his ballet straight to tbe mark,” said tbe gam bler, as be bathed a blue braise over his Heart i,ir mp rn sav i\eiiic. instead 01 tins HAMPTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1880. renown, which was greatly increased, when, three weeks after, be billed the brother of the planter, who bad challenged him to re venge himself upon the gambler. And thus it went on for several year*, the g.imbler winning large sums of money, living in great magnificence, and "killing his man” every lew months, until a dozen names had been registered in bis book of blood. So cool was he in all of bis duels, that he was wont to bet heavily npon his success, and ir.variably he woo, always sending the bullet in the brain of bis adversary, if be fought with pistols ; or running through the heart if swords were, the weapons usjd, for he was also a master at fence. Once rifles bad been selected by bis foe, and yet here also had the gambler proven his skill. Thus it was that he became a perfect terror, and won the title of "Captain Death,” along with that of ‘ Card King.” At last, so much was the smiling, hand some devil feared, that several young men were so anxious to distinguish themselves end rid the city and river of such a nuisance and dread, as to challenge him. In each ease the Colonel acespted the challenge with perfect indifference, and the fool hardy youths met the fate of many men before them. Then the gambler Had all bis own way, aDd in his calm, courtly way, showed to all that be knew his power and now greatly he was dreaded—in fact, many men persistently avoided him, fearing trouble that must end in a duel, the result of which seemed a fore gone conclusion. At length there arrived in New Orleans a young Mississippian—a handsome, dashing fellow of slender, graceful form, though be low the average height. His hair wa9 golden, and bung upon his shoulders, while bis eyes, eyebrows aDd mus tache were a dark brown. He seemed very gay, possessed a good income, was accompanied by an old negro servant, and took life easy, though some said there were in reality "Tears in the heart While smiles were on the ffp," for ibere was a certain sadness way back in his eye that was discernable to a close ob server. When questioned about his young master the old negro said be was from the northern part of the State, and bad been left a for tune ; also, that he was only twenty-two years of age, aod the past few years had been traveling in tbe United States and Europe. His name he gave as Willis Dun bar, and he became a general favorite in society, especially with the ladies. One day Willis Dunbar expressed hi* de termination to run up to Natchez, and his friends immediately cried out against it, for they said: “You are food of card-playing, Dunbar, and will surely be inveigled into a game by Col Leon, and you know the result if you refuse to play with him, or if you refuse to allow him to cheat you.” “That decides it. I shall go, and will also play cards with ‘Captain Death,' as they call him.” And having made tip his mind he told old Joe, bis servant, to find out what steamer Col. Leon Rudolpho took up tbe river on bis next trip, and to get a state-room on it for him. Three days after the elegant steamer moved oot from New Orleans, and thousands were on the levee to bid farewell to Willis Dunbar, whom they looked upon as a dead man, for bis intention had become generally known—in fact a number of gen tlemen took passage on tbe steamer to see tbe result of tbe young man's rash act. “A game of cards gentlemen, let us b ve, and for high stakes—will you join me, my boy f” Tbe speaker was Col. Lood, and it was evident that be had beard of tbe resolve of Wiilis Dunbar, for be bad addressed him patron zingly as “my boy.” It was several hours after leaving New Orleans, and tbe lamp were brilliantly light* ed and an eager crowd gathered round, while Willis Dunbar quickly replied : “Yes. I’ll waive your being a black-leg and morderer, and play you a game.” All were startled by tbe coolness of tbe yoong planter, and It was evident now that he sought trouble with tbe gambler, while that individual's face paled slightly with au ger. Yet be made do reply, and the two sat down to table. “Will any other gentleman join os?” ask ed tbe colonel, politely. •‘No, I insist that tbia be a game between you and I, Capt. Death,” and tbe Mississip pian laid peculiar stress upoo the oame giv en the gambler. At once the cards were shuffled, the irara t-» M , r t -*■— •rom me saloon and the windsighei^tfnllv The first game ended with the Mis-nssip plan being the winner of the stakes, aod the second, third and fourth games likewise were won by the youth, until the gambler slight ly lost his temper, and said, qu'ckly : “How is it you beat me I cannot under stand.’’ “Perhaps lam ‘fighting the devil with fire,’ " was the cool retort. “As how, sir ?" “Cheating you, as you always do.” In an ioatant the gambler was on his feet, hie face white with rage, while be cried : "We will play another game, air, and see if you can beat me at that.” “Very well sir ; what weapon will suit you best ?" “It is for you to name them,” smilingly said the gambler, gaioing his composure once more. “Pistols !’’ “Very good. When shall it be?” “Upon our arrival at Baton Rogue. We will remain over there.” Everyone on board was now intensely ex cited regarding the affair, and «8 a score of gentlemen expressed a determination to step off at Baton Ronge, the Captain said the bout would be detained there for an hour or two, giving ample time. It was just day-break when the etedmer landed at tbe wharf, aDd tbe few hacks at the latiding.were quickly filled with an eager crowd, and rapidly whirled theit loads out to tbe edge of the town. Here the ten paces were quickly stepped off and the two men were placed, pistols in band. “Gentlemen, are you ready t" cried the sec ond of Willis Dunbar, wbo bad won tbe word. The gambler smiled and bowed, while hia finger clutched his pistol butt closely. Willis Dunbar whispered to a friend near— •‘l’ll stop hia cord playing for awhile.” Then be called out in distinct tones, “I am ready." “Fire I” M tbe word there was a commingling re port, but the weapon of Willis Dunbar ex ploded a second before that of the gambler, and that destroyed his aim. while the pistol dropped from the shattered hand of Col. Leon and a bitter curse broke from his lips. “You have ended his dueling, too, Dun bar,” cried a gentleman in high glee. “You have torn bis hand to pieces.” "I meant to ; hut it is his left hand, which he always osps in firing a pistol, whiie hie right was his sword arm,” said Dunbar calm ly. referring to a peculiarity of Col. Leon's which no one had before noticed. Bleeding profusely, the gambler was at once hurried into town and placed in the hotel, where a surgeon was summoned, while the remainder of tbs party, excepting two of the colonel’s friends, returned to the steamer, which at once stood on its way up the river, with Willis Dunbar tbe hero of tbe hour. On its return, all rejoiced that Col. Leon’s arm had been amputated below tbe elbow. Arriving once more in New Orleans, Dun bar was “tbe lion” among his numerous friends, who hoped to bear no more of the gambler. But they were mistaken, for, though be could not play rapidly, be succeed ed io playing a winoiog game, by tbe aid of a box be held iu his lap under the table. Nor was be much sal>dued by bis former detest, but insisted his time was yet to come with the M isgissippian, - This threat, of course, went to Willis Dun bar, sod again old Joe engaged a state room for his young master, and once more tbe two men sat at the card table together, just six months after their last game. And again Willis Dunbar woo steadily, until Col. Leon cried savagely • “You are a cheat, air." “Were yoa Dot a cripple, I would slap your face—as it is 111 consider tbe source from whence comas tbe insult,” was tbe cool leply “My right arm yet remains, sir, and if you are not a coward you will meet me with swords,” hissed tbe gambler. “Assuredly, upoo our return ta New Or leans,” and thus tbe matter was decided upon. Ten days after tbe two men once more met upon tbe dueliog field, and numbers wers present to witness the affair, while tbe ladies prayed in secret at home for the tri umph of Willis Duobar. A master of tbe aword himself, it was evident at tbe first pan or two that Col. Leon was surprised at the strength and skill of tbe slender form that opposed him, and he pressed him with all tbe power he could bring to bear. D-t thfinah movement brought his nlade across the face of the gambler. Instantly the blood-blinded man sprang towards his youthful antagonist with a cry of rage, but he was met by a blow in the face that felled him to the ground, and then th- extent of his injury was seen—his nose had been taken clean off. And once more was Willis Dunbar a hero, for all knew he was simply playing with the gambler, and could have killed him at any time he desired in his two former meetings. It was a long time before 001. Leon Rudolpho again appeared in puhlie, and then he wore a large patch over his disfigured face, and every eye fell before its barning look of hatred, for the gambler made no secret of a determination to kill Willis Dun bar at sight. At last the dreaded meeting oume. Each entered ths saloon of the Hotel St. Louis by a different door at the same moment, and their pistole flashed together and both fell. A dozen men at once sprang to the side of Willis Dunbar and raised Him up, when a discovery was made. The ball had glanced on the forehead, just above the temple, inflding only a flesh wound, yet stunning him momentarily ; but close inspection proved that the golden hair was false—a wig, in fact, beneath which clustered masses of dark-brewu hair. "A woroun, as I live I” It was the surgeon who spoke, and he also took iff the duik mustache, so ingeniously fastened on. “A woman did yon say! Held me up that I may see her face.” It was the gambler who spoke, for he wsi dying, the bullet having penetrated bis neck j he turned hie eyes upon his enemy, at the same moment that she regained conscious ness. “Ell* Dunbarton 1 I believed you dead 1" •nd the gambler closed his eyes aa if to shat oat some phantom of the pest. Instantly the woman arose to her feet and said in deep, rich tones— “ Yes, I am Ella Willis Dunhsrtoo, and not dead, as you had believed and hoped, Leon Rudolpho. for 'huugh I attempted to suicide, I did not die, bet have lived to revenge my poor old father whom you robbed ol his fortune, and now dwells in his desolate home, believing me in ray grave. No, I did not die. but lived to avenge my brother, wboui yon killed for defending my honor, and my mother, who died of * broken heart. Hal be 1 b*l lam happy now, my gallant Captain Death, for I have sent you to Satan, your master, and I will now go back to that old home of my girlhood, and cheer the last years of that aged man who has known so much of sorrow through your act.” Without another word the disguised woman turned and left the saloon, just ns the gambler fell back in the arms of those who supported him, and breathed his last, a curse mingling in tbe death rattle in his throat. Then the accrq) was out. and many sought the rooms of tbe ooe who had been known as Willis Dunbar; but she refused herself to all visitors, and the next day left the city, accompanied by tbe faithful old servant, Joe In a comfortable, easy chair, within a once elegaot home, but upon which negleet was rapidly telling, aat a man who had passed three score years. A book lay upon a table near him, but bis thoughts seemed far away in the past, and a look of settled grief rested upoo his face. “Here's de mail, massa,” said an old negro, entering tbe room and placing several letters in the band of bis master. Tbe old man took them, aod then be started, as bis eyes fell upon the writing of a letter addressed to him. “Great God I that is her hand-write, and yet it cannot be, for she is dead ; it is only a startling resemblance,” and with trembling hands be broke the seal, and then there came to bis lips, as through his inmost soul, two words : “Thank God I” With eyes dimmed by tears, and bands that shook as though palsied, he read aloud “Mt Fathbr —As though from tbe grave I write yoa. for I know that you have long believed me dead. No, I live, aod I am avenged upon tbe mao who brought ruin and death upon our once happy home, for, in the attire of a man, 1 have sought him. punished him. and then brought him down to die by my hand. “But I will tell you all when we meet, which will be soon, as I follow this letter, which ( send that the sudden sight ot your daughter, whom you mourned as dead may oot break your dear old heart with joy. Your devoted daughter, Ella Dunbarton ” The mails had been delayed, and hardly had Mr. Dunbarton finished reading tbe letter when there w«« Heard the rumbling . Oi Juba mtupte. __ mg pocket: NO. 27 of joy he drew bis darling to hie heart, and from her lips learned the strange efory alrenly known to the reader, of her terrible revenge upon l.ieon Rudolpho. Years ago I stopped *ll night, while traveling through the northern part of Mississippi, at a handsome plantation, aod ask“d for shelter and food. The request was granted by the owner, an old maid, whose faee showed signs of having been beautiful in the long ago. Aod, in that quiet, sad-foced old woman I saw the one who, as Willis Dunbar, had broken a score of fa : r hearts in New Orleans, and visited such a terrible reveoge upon Captain Death, tbe gambler of the Missis sippi- Sorrows of Genius. Homer was a beggar. Spencer died in want. Cervantes died of hunger. Terrance, the drainitist, was * slave. Dryden lived in poverty aod distress. Sir Walter Raleigh died oo tbe scaffold, Butler lived a life of peoury and died poor. Bacon lived • life of meanness and die tress. Plautus, the Romm comic poet, turned a mill. Paul Borghese had fourteen trades, end yet starved with ell. Tasso, the Italian poet, was often dis tressed for five shillings. Steele, the humorist, lived * life of per fect warfare with bailiff*. Otway, the English dramatist, died pre maturely, and through hunger. Cbath-rton, the ehtld of genius and mis fortune, destroyed himself at 18. Bentivoglio was refused admittance into * hospital he had himself erected. Savage died in a prison at Bristol, where he was confined for a debt of 840, The death of Collins was through neglect, first causing mental derangement. Goldsmith's “Vicar of Wakefield” wa* •old for a trifle to save him from tbe grip of the law. Fielding lies in tbe burying-grouod of the English factory at Lisboa, without a •tone to mark tbe spot. Milton sold his copyright of “Paradise Lost” for $75, at three payments, end finished his life in obscurity. Camoens, the celebrated writer of tbe “Lusiad,”the great Portugese epic, ended his life, it is said, in an almshouse, and, at any Tate, was supported by a faithful black servant, who begged in the streets of Lisboa for him. Thr MoTiiKßLiag.—They are motherless ! Oh, gently keep back those bitter words. Avert that cold, cruel stare ; see you now the tearful eye? Alas I that sorrow should ever make a child's heart its home I They are motherless I Strange hsods min istering to their daily wants—strange heart* wearying of irksome duty. No fond, sweet kisses of warm embrace I No gentle words of comfort, and lore I No soft folding of little haods in prayer I No mother I Miming the low, sweet cadence of her voice ; missing that good night I seeking, seeking alt in vain, that aik for the weary dove—a mother’s heart. Draw the little forms near to your heart. Pillow tbe aching bead upon your bosom. Think of your sonny childhood—your moth er’s love, her gentle care, her patient forbear ance, her precioos forgiveness Then only in kindness let your band rest on each hon ored little bead ; only iu love reprove the little flock. Oh 1 let yoen be the baud that will lend them in the greeu pasture, and the still sta ters of tbe precious Baviour's love I Let yours be the blessed benedictioo. “Inso much as ye have done it to the least of these ye have done it to me. ” Remember that aogels do always behold tbe face of our Fa ther in Heaven. Then it may be that a child’s bsnd will lead yea to that heavenly home—e child's hand place the crown upon your bead. A lady of the West End, with rather re markable ideas for a Republican country, remarked tbe other day at a little dinner that she should like to see this country a> monarchy, and that she wished tbe people might bsve titles, as in foreign lands. “Yet.”' gravely replied tbe youth to whom she spoke, aod who happened to be a Michigander, 1 *! should like to be Duke of Poetise, and M my mother Duchess of Kalamazoo.” It Is now announced on tbe of an '‘eminent physician" that no* healthy to rise before 8 o’clock ii*ffiJB >orp ‘ l lg war him us wc jjgg..... ay-'"'