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jTs. R- WESTON.
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RAIL-ROAD GUIDE.
Sonlliuriteri; ISai!road.
WJI. HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWERS, Sup
leave Macon b. 15 A. M ; arrive at (’olti'n
hus 11.16 A. M. ; Leave Columbus Id 45 P.
M ; arrive at Macon f> .2o P. M.
leaves Macon 8 A Jf; arrives at Eu
hula 6 Ro, P M ; Leaves Euf iula 7 lilt, A Al ;
Arrives at Ala< n 4 50, P M. -
ALBANY 1. RANCH
leaves fvriirhville 1 4>V, P A! : Arrive* it
A'hanvS 11, P A( ; Leaves Albany 5 35, A M;
Arriv,< at -t'Tii'bville 11, A M.
Lviv. (. r. g 57 IV V. ; arrive at Fort,
f*•' * }{ ; Leave Fort Gains 7.05 A
p I ■ Cutbberr 0.05 A. Jl.
iteru & Atlantic Uailrutul.
V. BULBEKT, Sup't.
BAY PABSENGEK TRAIN,
.save Atlanta . . . 8 15 A. M.
■e»ve Dalton .... 2.30 P. Al.
irrive at Chattanooga . . 5.25 P.M.
■save Chattanooga . . 8.20 A. Al.
strive at Atlanta . . . 12.06 P.M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
we Atlanta . . . 7 00 P. M
urivc at Chattanooga , . 4.10 A. M
cave Chattanooga . . 4.30 P. M
rrive at Dalton . . . 7.50 P. Al
.rrive at Atlanta . . . 1.41 A. M.
gMsinCigg (Santa.
LEVI C. lIOYL,
attorney at law,
Dawson, - - - - Gra.
J\7ILL practice in the peveral Courts of
. ‘ Law and F.quity in tliis Slate and the
rernt Courts of the United States for tbe
nu u °,„ Gfor S ia ' Also, attention given to
OMMISBION in BANKRUPTCY.
■ 8. WOOTEN. K. W. ItAVIB.
WOOTEN & DAVIS,
ATTORNEYS at law,
Hnirvon, Gn.
C. W. WARWICK,
at Law and Solicitor in Equity,
SMITUVILLE , GA.
Cltcuba 4C, n*ii n oul *' Western and Patau
_ Collections promptly remitted.
J * <*. s. SMITH,
TII
‘ ,ri) MvtcUWjriST
■ k ~ ’ * • Creor</ia.
hand a well selected
■ninitinn of'.iij s ‘ s t Cartridges and
■£ilv cr Pi , " de9 Cfiption.
■•'tig Machin'eV f n ' kinds ,lone ' AUo <
Vlso Ren.i.l ? ea,ts for sale.
“F e ,nd, ° f °"" s ’ Pistols, sew-
I J
riiATrr * J
D r v V & chim,
■ RY GOODS AND
P»^ ry AXorcliants,
■ iberat’/ •
W Bhi i»Wdto„,!“ Ce * m * de on Cotton
and B»iij nmr r correß Poudents in Savan
j J * Warren,
B attorney at law,
|sw Wv J „ 0B
• kxf'fiitNi a ll Rjs office.
Dawson Business Directory,
l>ry Goods IlldTliaiifs,
KUTNEH. J ACOB, Dealer in ~!l
kinds o< Dry Goods, .Main street.
KIlTiAi Bit. fid.. Denier in Funcv and
•Staple Dry Goods, and Groceries, Bald -
wiusold stand, .1/ain Street.
I OYI.BSfw & GKII FIN, Dealers
* J in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, also
Warehouse and Commission Aferchants,
J/aln Street,
/ A SIR, \V. |\ Dealer n Fancy and sta •
V /pie Dry Goods, Main st., under “Jour
nal" Printing OlKce.
1)15A fT A Oil 171, Dealers in all
I. kinds of Dry Goods aud Groceries. Main
Street.
131aEI*MaE9>, W. 71., Dealerin Nisple
I and Fancy Dry Goods, Loyless’ Block,
M.Jd street.
Vr every MercUaji?, ~
\S r T9IB;Si, Si. ff)., Dealer in Groceries
and Family Supplies. J/ain Street.
.S. A., Sealer In Bacofl,
L Flour, Meal aud Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, Af rin st.
pAKiVCn A SII \ K l»K, l)eal."rs
1 in Groceries and Provisions, opposite
-Public Square, Main st.
nitRERA 5ii.76710A», Grocery
VI and Provision Dealers, South side 7’ub
lic Square.
HOOD, U. SI., Dealer in Groceries and j
. F. niilv supplies erenerally, next door to
‘.Journal” Office, Main st.
MS'/il-. R.S., H. 4’.iV Cos. Grocery «nd
Provision dealers. Next door to the Ho
tel Main Street.
COS FECTIONEBIES. •
D ICIIARIMfON, n. C. Dealer fn
L\ Confectionaries, Fish, Oysters, &o iiain
Street.
Drngeixl,
/ VlfitoATllA *l, ti. A., Druggist and
J’hysician. Keeps a good supply of
Druas and Medicines, and prescribes for al!
the ills that flesh is heir to. At bis old stand,
tbe Red Drug Store, Main st.
S»l* a SICIAD;
PRICE, Dr. J. W. A SOA. Prae
-1 tieing Physicians. Office at Dr. Gilpin’s
old stand, Bust side Public .Square, Dawson.
H ab it Repairer.
{ I LIA, .3015 A !>., w ill repair
. \ Watches, Clocks, J. welrv, .IDisic Books,
AecO'dions, Ac , always to be found at liis
old stand, on North side of /’ublic Square.
<«st stasis i (ii.
7IITH, J. <». Dealer in Guns,
t ' Cistols, C.a> », Cartridge , and Sperling
goods generally, Main st.
N'lA !UIOP.
*«..*, }■ Mler :n Stovpp and T'in-
of de«icrptionß. R'*i»iirin<r done
on tioticr. Northeast side Public square
l ivery SUiUlv*.
t n,sii lUvujCi'oZsde
I and Lively Stable, Horses and Mules for
sale and ! ire Jlorses boarded. North side
Public Square.
Rool :ismß fthop.
r> UM *I V. iS. I Makrs and repairs
h Boots and Slices ol all kinds, next door
to Gun Shop, Depot st., Dawson.
C. A. CHEATHAM,
General Conomission Merchant,
Dawson, Georgia.
Uni L buy on the best terms possible, anything
llie planters need, or sell for the Merchants,
anything they have to sell.
Cotton bought and sold on commission,
inarch 11 ly
Now on hand and to arrive 20casks clear Ribbed
Sides which will be sold low for cash.
C. A. CHEATHAM.
I). R. ADAMS, H. K. WASIIBORN, A. A. ADAMS,
Eaton ton, Ga. Savannah, Ga. Ameiicus,Ga.
ADAMS. WASHBURN & CO.
FACTORS
—AND
Commission Merchants,
No. 3, Stoddard’s Lower Range,
mayl3’69;tim Savannah, Ga.
EUFAILA IIOTJEL,
liufaLila. _A.la.
>auTERMS MODERATE,
L W. VICK & 00.
May 6 ii 18®
HEpT“*JVITNESS!
NO ARSENIC! NO QI’JNIAEJ!
JI'O ME It VI lin ! !
Bibb Cocntv, (lx., Feb. 11th, 18(19.
Messrs. L. W. Dust A Cos.
<ikn-tb i have taken Dr. Willudi s Antipe
riodic, and have giveu it in my family, and
unhesitatingly pronounce it to be the beet
Chill ami Fever Medicine that I ever -aw. 1
have never known it to iail in a single in
stance. Yours truly,
Tnos. J. Giiison, Bibb county.
For sale in Dawson by Janes A Loylkss,
Druggists. maiebll’69(t
MARSHALL HOUSE,
A. I*. proprietor,
SaraiiiKilh “ ” n '
■mi; nsw hotel.
BARLOW HOUSE,
AMERICUS, ga.
I w. j. B3KLO3V. Proprietor.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST ii), 1860.
POETRY.
aoirixC ~
Ate we sowing the seeds ofkindnese?
Ihey ehall blossom bright ere long.
I Are we sowing seeds of discord ?
They ehall ripen into wrong.
] Are we sowing seeds ol honor?
They shall bring grain.
Are we sowing seeds of falsehood ?
M e shall yet reap bitter pain.
, W hatso'er our sowing be,
, Reaping, wo its fiuits must see.
We can never be too careful
What the seed our hands ehall sow ;
Love from love is sure to ripen,
Rate from hate is sure to grow,
Seeds of good or ill wc scatter
Reedies ly along our way ;
But a glad or grievous fruitage
Waits us at the harvest day
Whatso’er our sowing be.
Reaping, we its fruits must see.
From the Knoxville Pcees.
AEmo»t S*osN<»sseit.
DOW A SUGAR HATER WAS SCARED
Our friend T likes good tilings.
From tbe kiss on the lips of a prettv
maiden to a lump of sugar, nothing
ponies ittiiiss to him in the saccharine
line. Especially is ho fond of sugar
Sugar in the cane, sugar in Lis dritigs,
or sugar ,p< v»c, finds an ardent lover in
1 • Living in a pictuiesque ham
let, not twenty miles from Knoxville, he
often comes to to.vn on Business or on
pleasure Un such occasions he plays
havoc with confectioners’ sweetmeats,
arid is a mottul foe to the samples oi
sugar in the wholesale merchants’sam
ple rooms. On Saturday, friend T
being in town, called at the store of
one of our largest wholesale firms
W Idle engaged in the putchase of a
'ot of teas and coffees, he noticed a
sample of white sugar on a sheet of
letter paper, and thoughtlessly, by
force of habit, tasted it. Before long,
the sugar was all gone.
A clerk, in the employ of the firm,
coming into the room a few minutes
afterwards, noticed the disappearance
of the sugar. Aware of the penchant
of P , for sweets, the clerk at once
came to the conclusion that the disap
pearance of thu sugar was to be lain
at the door, or rather the mouth, ol
the gentleman from the country. Ise
ing well acquainted with T , the
clerk conceived the idea of a joke tit
iis expense. Calling to the in-rchant,
who was engaged conveityng with
T , the clerk, excilediy, esked him
if he “noticed that rat poison lying
around.”
“Hat poison, wTicro was it,” said the
merchant.
“Lying about here, on a piece of
white paper.
“Uii—what din it look like!”’ said
the now s.tirtled J .
“Well, it looiyj-d lise white sugar.
Fact is it was white sugar impregna
ted with arsenic acid,” quietly an
swered the clerk.
“Oli ! Ah' lloid me. I'm dying ! I
thought *it was sugar and I eat it,”
shouted the now thoroughly frightened
sugar cuter.
“My gracious, it will kill you ! No
it won’t, either, if you don't drink any
water. Ruts eat it and then drink
water and burst,” maliciously cried
the ci rk.
The sugar, together, with the desire
for a drink of water* aided by the
heated imagination of poor T ,
made him think lie was dying with the
thirst produced by the poison, and has
tily striding toward trie door, he shout
ed hoarsely :
“A doctor—for God’s sake lead me
to a doctor —I’m poisoned ”
The clerk hastily ran after him, and
catching him before tie reached the
street, between bursts of laughter
managed to relieve the scared T
from the terror which was last depriv
ing him of reason T laughed
heartily, too, after awhile, but he don’t
think enough of that clerk to spend a
great deai of money on a present for
him next Christmas.
E!:tr<! on the 71 in is ter.
A minister was traveling in the back
woods, and espyi g a cabin, entered
on a mission oi inercy. The lady of
the house, (she being present alone,
and rightly judging liis errand,) ween
she saw him approaching, seized the
Bible, and as he entered was appa
rently busily engaged in perusing the
volume lie noticed, however, that
sho held the letters reversed, or in eth
er words upside down. After the usu
nl courtesies, the minister inquired
what sho was reading.
« ()h, ’bout tho old prophets,” was
tho evidently satisfactoiy reply.
“ft is very edifying to read the suf
ferings of Christ,” said the minister.
“And so that good man is dead, is
he?” asked the matron, evidently get
ting interested.
“Certainly he is ”
“Well, that is just tho way. I’ve
been at John a long time to got him
to take the newspaper, but ho won't.
Everybody in ti e world might die, and
we not hear a word about it,” said the
woman in a rapid tone.
••Ah, woman, you are in tbe dark,”
said the preacher with an elongated
face.
“Yes, I know we are. I’ve been at
John a ’ long time to put a window in
•it the fur end oi trio lio_so, but ha
won't do that either.
*>i perceive that you are weak in
knowledge.”
“I know that I am weak, and I
oue*s if you had had tiie Liiliious lever*
Mild been taking sussilrax und contract
I,ids as long as l have, you’d be iveak,
i [ ()0 » replied tbe woman in lather an
| angry tone of voice, and half an octave
higher than usua.
EA CO HATER WITH G DRILL AB.
FROM A COLONEL'S NOTE BOOK.
During my sporting travels in Africa,
attended by three native “guides,” we
ou one occasion got upon the track of
two female elephants, and captured them
both ; and tho capture came very near
costing us dearly. We had killed one
of them without muoh trouble, and had
fired half ad. zen balls into tho second
one, when she charged upon us mott
unexpectedly, overturning my guides,
and trampling down the horses which
they rode , hut, by a seeming miracle, j
no one was injured. It was the ele- j
pliant’s last paroxysm ; and, in less than
five minutes from that time, 6be pitched 1
forward upon her knees, striking hrr I
head upon the car h, and breaking one
of b r tiuks iff close up to the jaw. It
so huppened that the tusk was not a
very valuable one ; and, moreover, the
break did uot injure it to tbe amount
of more than half a dozen pounds ofivo
rY\
Oa the following morning we march
ed on to the northward. The guides
said that two days, or three days at the
farthest, would bring us to the best hum*
ing country iu the world ; and 1 think
they were not far from right. At all
events, on the fourth afternoon, we pitch
ed our camp in one of the most beauti
ful forest vales I ever sfw On the
east and sou’h the tre. s were of huge
proportions, stretching their dark foliage
away over' hill and dale, and giving
shade to many a level plain ; while to
the northward and westward, a chain of
mountains lifted their cragiry summits
far up against the sky. Buffaloes, and
zebras, ana antelopes, of various kind-*,
roamed through the deep solitudes, and j
the spoor of elephants was to be found
on every hand. One of the guides
brought down a fat buffalo, while the
rest of us were placing the wagons, and j
he soon gave us some of the lest steak !
for supper that 1 ever eat.
The next aiortiing, just as the sun j
was breaking iu upou the cool mists
that hung over the forest, a guide came
to me with the information that a Lord
of elephants wore making away from a
fountain not half a mile eff \V ithtu’
stepping fur break fas’, fur her t! an to
cut a bit ot C"id broad and meat, we
look Lie saddle, and sot forth. We
Lund the tlophauts, aud, lor two or
time hours, wo had a merry time of it.
\Vo killed two very fair bails and seri-|
oU3ly wounded two more. Towards tho |
close if the day, tho chief guide aud j
I found ourselves separated trorn out ,
companions, u..d wc wtre just ‘.hoiking!
of hunting them up, wheu a c .1 issul old ,
Lull elephant broke over .he cover close i
by us. lie was ouc of those we had j
wounded iu the tally part oi tbe day, j
and he was tearing away like mad. A
soon as wc saw him, we gave him chase,
loading a&d filing upon the lly. Tin
old fellow did uot oner turn upon us,
but sped away in a purne ol terror, aud,
iu about two hours, we brought him
down.
It was now fairly dark, and we re
solved to make our bed where wo were,
sheltering ourselves under the lee of the i
dead elephant. Somewhere about mid-j
night, the chid'guide woke me up, and j
informed mo that some of our conipan -i
ions wqre hunting for us. 11c s-id he
had seen oue of them walking across the
path to our right. We both got up,
and went in that direction, but could
fi and no'Ling of any of our fuiks, e
bad g mo back, aud 1 was just sinking
into a diz» again, when a footstep, close
by my head, aroused n.c, aud, upon
starting to a sitting posture, I plainly
saw what 1 took to boa man waikiog to-,
wards tbe woods. 1 spoke to biur 1 i
cal led a second time—and he quickened
his step, and soou disappeared. The j
guide bad been up and seen the disap
pearing objiet, and he agreed with me j
th-t it e uld any of our people, i
“It must be,” he said, “some native
that belongs to this district. If there
is a party of them h.re, we ll hunt them
up iu the morning.”
The the tight that thctc might boa 1
party of oavages near nuto us disturbed i
my rest somewhat for the remainder ot j
the night; and, so soon as llit first dawn
of the day broke the gloGin of the for- j
est, I was upon my feet. The gui ie 1
was very soon by my side ; and, having j
taken a careful survey of the ground ,
around us, and found all right, we sat j
down, and cat up the last of our bread
aud meat; and when the meal had been j
diep sed cf, wc shouldered our douhlt-j
buirelled r.llos, and struck (ft into the
woods iu the dircctiou which had been
taken by tho disappcaiiog verson of the;
previous night. Within a hundred
yards cf the place where our elephant
lay, wc found a nvu'.et of pure water, j
which went murmuring musically along 1
over a bed of dark red san.l. We bathed !
our heads and laces to tbe limpid stream,!
and then eat down upeu the graiwy bauk
to rest. Tho guide was telling mo a
long story, whoo wo were startled by a
sharp, loud ery close at hand. I' was a
cry different from any I had ever heard,
and so strangely terriUa, that I leaped to
my feet as though u thunderbolt had
'burst upon me. An exclamation ofter
tor from tho guide, and a wave of his
| hand, indicated to me the direction o£
j t he author of the ciy we hau beard ; aud
(upon lookirg that way, I beheld a scene
that quickened the pulsations of my
(heart most emphatically,
j Not nmro than twenty yards from us,
; upon tho opposite side of the stream,
; stood two monster anthropoids. 1 quick
jly determined that they were a male
land female. The guide, as he started
iback for his rill", called them ehimpan
zes;but I knew better than that. The
'mule, as he stood, was at least six feet
high, aud no chimpanzee ever approuch
that stature. And, moreover, this ani
mal possosied a muscular development
the most powerful l had over conceived
of. The Lead was broad aud low, the
brain cavity beiug almost outiieiy be
hind thu face, instead of above ir, as in
man; the cars Were small; the nose
broad and fiat, with wide nostrils; the
mouth exceedingly large, with thin,
haul lips ; the chin small aud receding ;
with the muzzle very promioeut. The
whole face was wrinkl 'd and black, aid
its expression the most repulsive and
forbidding that can be conceived of.—
The chest was massive and capacious ;
the shoulders broad and heavy; the
stomach very prominent ; and the limbs
a solid mass of bone, rnusele an 1 sine.v
The arms were n it so long as those of
the ouratig, but longer than those of ihe
chimpanzee. The b dy was mostly cov
ered with short, coarse hair, ol a dirty,
blackish gray color; the fi male being
almost black.
“It is not a chimpanzee,” 1 said, a • I
: moved back to tbe tree wLere my rifle
stood. “There is but oue iaiuily iu the
: world to which these in msters can be-
I long 1 have, until now, doubled the
existence of that colossal autbropoid
tribe ; but i can doubt it no longer.—
They must be gorillas l”
“By heavens !’’ cried the guide,grasp
ing his r fi y aud bringing it up ready
for use, “you art- right, Col.”
] knew ) was right. Ti.c animals be
fore us were ruruly gorilla*, and more
terrible looking monsters 1 never saw
Wheu the male found he had attracted
our attention, ho gave utterance to a
il.-ep, gutural cry; then he b.at bis
broad breast ticnitudeUsly with butb
Lis hands; and drrclly ii - cry arc so iu
volumes un'il it became a roar that
made the very forest quake. I trem
bled l could not help it ; acu 1 saw
:bat the guide trembled, tec. The le
male sat down, supporting herself upon
her hands and haunches, in such a po
sition that she could leap at au instant’s
uotiee ; while the male remained btam.-
ing erect, continuing to roar and best
iris breast.
The guide ask and me if we ■ hou'd fire.
I did not kuow what to answer. 1 knew
that if wc fired, and missed our mark,
ire were dead men. ll we did not liro j
the gorillas might leave us. And yet 1
wanted the sketeten und skin of the re
markable brute. lljwcv r, our delib
erations were very quickly and summa
rily brought to an eud. The male sud
denly gave a terrific ery—a cry like the
concentrated war- vhoop of a thousand
savtges —and mud? a bound towards us.
The sense of mortal danger ins'antly
gave the tone of steel to my nerves, and
my rifle citme to mv shoulder quickly
and firmly VN o both fired together)
but tho gorilla was not killed, lie leap
ed the narrow stream wi.h a yell more
terrific than the fi st, and iu ao instant
more he grasped tbe guidi’.t t IT, and
bent the steel barrels as ibough tbey
had been the softest lead. 'This moment
was our last ff my second barrel failed
uie. The gorilla bad (brown down the
bended rifle, and another demoniac yell
was upon his lips, when 1 brought tho
inuzzie of my piece olose to bis head,
and pulled the second trigger. There
was a momentary faintness over my
heart, and great dreqs of perspiration!
ottrii and cut upon my brow, as the j
thought of failure fl-tbed across my ,
miuJ. But my rifle annwcTcd faithful- :
ly to ihe touch of my finger, and tho!
gorilla tumbled over with a bullet thro’
his head.
The guide lay upon the ground, where ’
he bad falfin in the attempt to escape
from the monstir ; RLd I saw that he
was, for the present, powerless to help
me. What should Ido if the f male
gorilla attacked us? Both barrels of
my rifle were empty, and my pistols
would be but Door things against such
an enemy. But, most forluna'ely, her
ladyship did Lot off'r to avenge the
death of her lord. I think the reports
of our rifles, with the fla-b and smoke,
frightened her At al! events, she ut
teied a succession cf shirr yelping ciies )
j and made iff into the forest, using her
hands to assist in locomotion, and leaj
ing forward between them with a swing
ing motion.
My first core, after the departure of
the femal gorilla, was to reload iny ri
ff'; aid after this 1 attcnUd to the
guide. I found him weak and faint;
but a few swallows of brandy soou revi
vtd him, and iu a short time his pulses
wire restored to their healthy best.—
Let it not be thought from this that my
faithful guide was faiuDbcurtcd; If
some brave man wishes to experience
what the laiulmss of utter terror is, let
him find hitnsell disarmed, bcfuie a
wounded, maddened, full-grown male
gorilla. Jl be docs not in that moment
feel what it is to be stricken with mor
tal terror, then 1 should most ut.Lesiiui
iogly dtcido that he had no nerves and
no heart.
Wheu wo catno to cxawiuc the frame
of ihc dead monster, wo found it more
wonderously developed in muscle aud
sinew than we. Lad at first thought. The
arm of the most powerful man 1 ever saw
would have been as the arm of a mrs
ing infant in comparison with the aim
of that gorilla. There was no appear
ance of iiiy wrist, the tendinous mus
cles continuing their knotty swelling to
tbe ball of the thumb. The jaws were
like a vice iu their power, and 1 Lave no
doubt of the truth of the statement that
the goriiia.cim crush the barrel of an or
dinary musket between Lis teeth ; and
from Uie manner in which iLe pre.-ent
monstor bent up tbe double barrel ol
of tbe guide’s uflr, 1 can easily believe
tbiit a tire cveu lour itches in diameter
Could have been readily brukiu by him
fly some of the natives cf Western
Africa, whiro the animals aro mostly
found, the gorilla is regarded with su
perstitious dread. They believe the
horrible body to be inhabited by the
spirit of some wicked man, which is
thus cursed by heaven on account of
bad derds dune while iu the human
form. Bucli natives believe that the
killing of a gorilla amounts to nothing
in the way of i xtcnninaUng the mon
sters, as the accursed spirit will quick
ly fill ancihcr body of like character.
And farthi ruiete, they think that these
gorillas which have been olco slain aie
tli.is) which do the most mischief against
man. O.hers have a difierent belief;
and when a gorilla is slain they make a
treat jubi'cc over the event; and some
o' t! e bn ci o! the di ed monster, partie
u.aily the skull, are us- and as charms.
gguA humorous young man was
| driving a horse, which was ia tiio hab
it of slopping at every house on the
roadside. Fussing a country tavern,
where were collected together some
| dozen countrymen, the beast, as usual,
ran opposite tho door, and then slop
ped, in sp.te ot ihe young man, who
i applied his whip with all liis might to
drive trie vicious horse on ; the men on
tho porch commenced a hearty laugh;
and some inquired if lie would sell that
horse.
“Yes," said tbe young mun, ‘ buts
cannot Iccoiuinetld him, ho once be
longed to a butcher, and stops when
ever lie be ns any calves bleat.”
Tbe crowd retired to the bar in si
Icnce.
Three little boys w ere disputing as
to whose lather said the shortest
grace.
First Boy—“My father says, ‘Lord,
wn thank thee fi r these provisions.’ ”
(Second Boy—“And mine says,
‘Fall)' r, bless this food to us ”
Third Boy--“Ah, but mine’s the
best of all; lie shoves bis plate towards
minima, and says ‘Darn ye, fill up.’
List, year a man, say J ’iin Snii'h, em
ployed as c >lioc(or for a certain compa
ny in Brooklyn, being called upon by
tbe agent for the new ibKot.ory, pave his
name, “John hmiih, coll.” But what
was his surprise when tiio fcfa k appeared
at finding himself registered as “John
Striilb, ced’d.” Nothing daunted, how
ever, lie resoked this year to have it cor
rected, and so, when called upon again
by the agent, wr te it out in full, “John
Smith, collcotor ” The directory came
out egaia iu due time, arid 10l be found
himself recorded as a “col’d aetoi!”
E«$,.A Dutchman once met an Irish
man on a lonely highway; as they met
each smiled thinking he knew tho oth
er. Hat on seeing ids mistake, re
marked with a look of disaspoinlment :
“Faith, an’ I thought it was you an’
yen thought it was mo, an’ its nathor
of ns ”
The Dutchman replied :
“Yaw, datischu; I am amnirder
uud you ish not yourself; we po both
some odor pmlies!”
Col lied beef—lntoxicated cow.
A thorough w ash woman—Hal Soda.
Dealer than life—Fashionable fu
nerals.
The back door bell A pretty kitch
en m lid.
Brigham Voting celebrates every
birthday with anew wile.
A boy having complained to los
father that Bill bad tbicwn the Bible
ut him and hurt him on .fie head, ti e
father replied:
“Well, you are the only member of
tbe family oD whom the Bade ever
made the least imprecrion.”
VOL. IV. —NO. 27.
War’s Romance.
A correspondent of the Boston
Traveler signing him seif “Russell’* bus
been visiting various places in tbe south
made historical by the bloody battlee
which took piacu lit them during tho
lute war In one of his recent letters
from Fort Hudson'; Wo find the follow
ing anecdotes, which though they
smack somewhat of romance aro
vouched for by tho cot respondent as
being true:
Many of tho boys of the fifff Muss,
regiment who wore with Weitzel’s bri
wudo w hen tho charge was made at
Port Hudson, will remember well tho
gallant ilc enso which lhr< o or four
men made at the salient it was expect
ed ihis brigade would take aud hold
tmlil Paint 's division could come up.
Ono ol those men, to a native of Port
Hudson told us, rt'suii'd on a planta
tion about nine miles from the landing,
near a farm now owned by Moody
Brothers, Irotn Massachusetts. None
of the tnon who saw him with his mus
ket ‘‘clubbed’’ that day will doubt his
being a very brave man. lie w ! a3 af
terwards onptured at Chattanooga and
taken to (Jump Douglas, Chicago,
w here bo remaiuod nearly six months.
About a year btfuie his capture he
had been aiming a party who seized a
supply-train of tho Foderals near Coi
in.h, Mis.-ippi In a box- of stores bo
looging to trie Sanitary Commission h»
found a pair of blue cotton socks, and
when lie drew them on ho found tho
following uote inside:
Soldier—Whosoever thou art, wear
these rocks, with tho comforting assu
rance that tho lingers that knit them
were supplied wiihlifo from a warm
ami symjiath'z ng heart.
Lizzie V. (h: E, Chicago.
This short letter (which was printed
in the Louisiana papers at the time,)
was called to Blind one day at (lamp
Douglas when he was putting on the
stockings, and ho resolved lor tho fun
of it to w i ile to her and tell her the
history of the pair of socks. T his ho
did, und soon after received a call al
his quarters from Miss Gee and her
futher. He ciid not see her or hear
from her afterwards until he was again
in the Sou'hern army and stationed at
Harper’s Ferry. There ifca company
in Which ho was n lieutenant captured
a squad of cavalry, and among tho
number was trie only brother ol Miss
Lizzie V. Goo. Every kindness w hich
con’d bo done for a prisoner was douo
yonrg (Ice by bis new acquaintance,
and when, st ortly after, Gee :vas pa
roled, he was the sworn frit nd of the
Confederate lieutenant. When the
war closed they had some correspond
eu e, and the Confederate soldier w as
invited up to Chicago to attend tho
wedding of young Gee’s sister. When
he got tie re, much to his surprise, tiio
ex Confederate found that Geo had
two bisters and that the one about to
bo married was not the one he had
seen. Tho rest of the story is told in
a twinkling. He married ‘.be sister
that knit '.be stockings. For the de
tails ol trio lu'.ler part of this romance,
see ‘ everybody’s experience,” such as
palpitating hearts, a little moon
light and sillv resolves “to di or win
her. ’
The mutters which concern lovers
w ere rmt told us to circulate. But tho
story itsilf we feci s ili-fied is n true
one, as the address of the firm in Chi
cago, oi which the bridegroom is ti
lacmbcr, lies before us in our dairy ns
we write. Now we aro in trio line of
ariei dote telling, we may as well speak
ol another Confederate soldier’s mag
nanimity, us he was shot at Fort Ilud
fon übout wiiicii wo are writing. A
soldier in an Alabama regiment—wo
think it was the Ist—received a bullet
from the Federal linos on the morning
of tho t!Bih of May, which cut through
the bridge of his boss and completely
(kstroyed ins eye siglit. At the sur
render he w as able to walk about and
started into the country with a few
olmts woo were paroled But they
soon abandoned him and beforo the
benighted s >ldier was a mile from
town lie lost his way, and only retraced
his steps by remembering that it was
toward night- Trie sun, shining warm
on his face, told him when he was go
ing westward. A litt'u waiter boy,
who accompanied at. officer in the
110th or 17d‘l Nbw York accidentally
met him and volunteered to lead the
blind Confederate to tbe hospital. Af
terwards tiie blind man hired the com
passionate little fellow to lead him
around. When the regiment moved
east, and trie boy was obliged to leave
tho ’own, his blind patron said to bim,
“Wheeler, you have been a good boy;
like a noble life; you will hear from
me again s<«tno day.”
Little Wiieclor C’urren wont his
way, waited oo tho lieutenant till tho
war was over, ami then went home to
tis ii other in 7n incuse About six
months ag.) Wheeler’s mother received
a deed oi two thousand ai it-s of land,
with the houses, burns, cotton gins and
machinery, “in consideration of ono
dollar to me in liar.d paid,” in trust,
fi r the little, generous boy who took
pity on a blind soldier and “showed
him tiie way to comfortable qtiaiters.”
When he is of* age instead of having
nothing, as w;,s hit. prospects six
months ago, be will be worth at least
tr 100,000.
fdi-s ivimobiu Ltwri, the colored
sculptor, has arrived in Cleveland from
1> ojc. (She f uad some difficulty in
getting hotel accommodations, the pro
prietors saying ihut they had no objec
tions to receiving her as a guest, hut
that the other iodgrr* aright find fault,
ft he o')Diiu*:‘ed herself with groat pr.-.
putty ur.d-r the c.reufflstances.
