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Newspaper Page TextTHE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL. 777 R, WESTON, Hawn MUehla Itrarral, rI.U»U*» «*«•* tttCMDAT. Ts R MS-Str icily in .illcane*. Three month* *, H 8i« month* ; ‘ “ Oae ye. r . a TIS IN Q A at es : ONE MONTH. TWO MONTHS THREE MTHB SIX MONTHS. ONE TEAR. No. gQC’R*- 77" T7<*. T*"o0 *7 O|H 50 S2O 00 500 750 10 00 18 00 25 00 9 00 1* 00 16 OOj 26 00 40 00 77,7 10 00 18 OO 25 OOj 40 00 60 00 77" IS Oil .5 OU *5 00 60 00 110 00 77,1 85 00 40 00 60 oollio Ot) 200 00 Tto . 4dtcrtl»trs Th# money for ml 'ertisiug considered due after first tuier '"idvertisements in.erted at inter**!* to be elnr' T cd as new each insertion. An additional charge of 10 per cent will be made on advertisement* ordered to be m- Mrted on a particular page. AdvertUement. under the head of fepe ,l,l Soliecs” will be inserted for 16 cents Mr line, lor t'ne Br*t insertion, and 10 cents L |in« for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements in the “ f«ocal Column, will b* inserted at 20 cents pee- line for the jrnt, and 15 cent- per line for each eubae- Quent insertion. All communica"ons or letters on bnatnees intended for this office shauld be addi eased io“Ths Dawson Journal” RAIL -ROAD GUIDE. Keiilliwcieru Railroad. WJf BOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWER, Sup I,«av« Macon 5.15 A. M ; arrive at Colutn b„i n.15 A. Af.; I.e»ve U arrive at Macon 6.20 P. M. Leaves M icon 8 A if; arrives at Ku laula 5 30, P M i Leaves Eufaula 7 20, A M ; Arrives at Macon 4 60, P 8. ALBANY BRANCH Leaves tf.nithville 1 46, P M } Arrive* at Albany S 11. P M : l.» vee Albany 9 86, A M; Arriyes at Smithville 11, A U. Leave C’uthbert 3.57 P. M.; arrive at Fort Qiius 5.40 P. M ; bea*e Fori G*inß 7.05 A M.-, arrive at Cutirberl *.05 A. Af. Jlacoii and Briinrwlrk Ph**«*is ger Train*. GEO. W 11AZELHURST, President. i«»re Ma - on 8:30 a. u Arrives’ Brunswick 8:20 r u. Leave Brunswick ..8:00 A- M. Arrive at M .con 7:60 r. u. TRAINS TO tIAWKINSVILLS Lssves Macon 8:00 r. u. Arrive at Hawkin-ville 6:30 p. v. Leave niwkinsville 7:00 a m - Arrive at Macon 10:20 a. m. This train tuns daily, Sundays excepted. TRAINS TO JISCT I,ears Maenn 6:00 A. ¥• Arrire at Jeaup 4:40 p. X Leave Je’un -5:40 a. m. Arrive it Jf.cou 6:50 p. m. This train runs daily, Sunday* excepted. Western 4c Atlantic Railroad. FOSTER BLODGETT, Bup’t. BAT PASSENGER TRAIN. Lesvt Atlanta . . . 6-46 A. M Leave Dalton . . . • 8.80 P. M Arrive at Chaltaneog* . . 5.26 P. M Leeve Chattanoe-a . . 1.20 A. M Arrive at Atlanta . . . 12.0* F. M NIGHT TRAIN. Lears Atlanta . . • 7 00 P. M Arrive a: Ohsitanooga . . 4.10 A. M Leave Chattanooga . . 4.50 P. M Arrive at D.ltou . . • 7.50 P. M Arrive at Atlanta . ■ . 1.41 A. M groffssional (Sard*. I. ». WOOTIR. t C. IIOTLI. WOOTEN 5 HOYLE, Attorneys at Law, B.f IPSO.r.G.I. Jai 8-ly. . W. DAVIS, Attorney at Law, o-4 irso.v. o.i. ÜB’Office over J. B. Pe-Ty’i S ore. Pec 23rd, ’69. ts. ROGERS, BOTSFORD & CO., ESTATE JtOEJTI'S, Dhwmmi, Terrell Comity, «a. A RE offering for sale desirable dwelling*, building lots aud plantations. Our Register is open to all, free of cost, to register the property they have lor lale and, »»', lor the inspection of thole wishing ro plTchttßQ oet29;tf c. W. WARWICK, Att'y at Law and Solicitor in Equity, BMITHVILLE, OA. U?,'" P r * c, *ce in South Western and Patau cu|ts. Collections promptly remitted. K - J- WARREN, ATTORNEY at law, Sl '* UKs I'iLLE, - - - 6.1. F. SIMMONS, attorney at law, baw'sojt, oa. A “‘“"'ion goen to all business ““fWWd to his care. aujfi '69,tf SAVANNAH AND MACON CAROS. EINSTEIN, ECKMAN & CoT, Wholesale end Retail Dealers io BOOTS, SHOES, AiVI) HATS, No. 153 Congress Street, E. Einntein, i 8. H. Eckrttuu, > Savannah, Ga. A. Vetsburg j 6e'7;6rn *« n. TUrtR. WM W. OußietN. TISON & GORDON, COTTON FACTORS —AND— General Commission Merchants,' 96 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. Ragging and Rope or Iron Tie* advanced on crops. L'beral cash advances made on consign ments of cotton. Grateful for liberal patronage in the past, a continuance of the the Same i* respectfully sohri’ed. sep2;6>n SMITH, WESCOTT &. C 0„ Successorp to LUtle, Smith & Cos., DEAI.EH* IV — Saddles, Harness, Carriage Material, shoe ri^rni.ros, Abbott, Downing 4. so's ionrord Buggies and Matrons, Y«. 102 4’hrrrf at., Tlacoii, («j». s' j 2;bm D. R. ADAMS, H. K. WAMIBI M, ▲ A. ADAMI, Katontun, Gi HuTuinuh, G». Ameiicu^Gd. ADAMS. WASHBORB 4 CO. FACTORS AND— Commission Merchants, No. 3, Stoddard's Lower Range, ayl3’6i; 6 n Savannah, O Alp’o H. Colquitt, Jam:* Banns, Baker County, Ga. Newon, Ga. UroH H. Colquitt, Savannah, Ha. COLQUITT & BACCS, COTTON FACTORS & GENERAL COM MISSION M KRCH A NTS. Bay street, Savamiali, CJa. Special attention to the sale of Cotton, Lumber and Timber. Liberal advances on Coosignmeuts. tuav*;tf BROWN HOUSE. E. E, BROWN 4k SON, Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depot .11 aeon, Georgia. r |'MUB House having lately been refitted 1 and repaired, and is now ont of the best Hotels in the State, and the most, conve nient in the city. The table is supplied with everything the market affords. feblß'69 THE TOMLINSON OEMAREST CO Manufacturers of FINE CARRIAGES, 360 Broadway, New York. Are manufacturing extensively ev ery style of Carriage, Boggy, and Wagon suitable for the South, from the finest Landau and Phaeton down to the Velocipede Mr. W. Woodruff, of Griffin, Ga., well known throughout the South as the originator of the celebrated Buggy called “The Wo d-off C>ne»rd,” teu'd “The Wonruff Plantation Wag m, and associated with us in N. Y , where we will always krep a good stock of these Buggies and Wag’it* on band, which are said to he superior to almost any made in America. If you want any kind of a Vehicle, oooD WAitRANTKD WOKK, send your or ders directly to this House, or through any of our Agents, Mid they will have prompt attention Illusttated circulate will be sent to anv person who will write for tbetn. May 6 ly C. A. CHEATHAM, General Commission Merchant Dawson, Georgia. WII.I. buy on the best urms possible, anything the planters need, or tell tor the Mrrch.tots, anything they have tu sell. Cotton bought and sold on commission. Kuw on hand »ud to srri' S wcasks e lear Kibbe Sides wlrieh will lie sold low l»r <-a»h . , C. A. CHLATHAM. march 11-Wlr LVUK, It ff Ml, Macon, - - * Geoff,*. WILL e'*e attention to Professional Busi new in the Macon,-Souih n. stern, and PatauU Circuits ; in the U. 8. C^ u, “‘ ,D vannah and Atlanta; and by Bpe..at Con tract in an? part of Me mate, sept. 2*, ’»■»; iy- L. COHEN & CO. 1M FOSTERS Os. Brandies, Wines, Sms, Septs, and dialers fit RYE, BOURBOa AOD IIQNONGAHELA WHISKV. Al.o, Manufactarers of the Celebrated Stonewall Bitters, tt'hUthall St,. Atlanta, «•- J|. JltlD 13| DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1870 Dawson Business Directory, Dry Good* nerchauls, T3UKYEY 4k NELSON, Healers In l J Dry Goods, Groceries aud //aidware, i/din street. CKI.n, 4k TUCKER, Dealers in all kind* ot Dry Goods and Groceries. Main Street. KIJTNER, JACOB, Dealer iu all kinds ot Dry Goods, Main street. IOYLBSS 4k GRIFFIN, Dealers J in Staplw Dry Goods and Groceries, also end Commission J/urchants, Jfain Street, \f cUENNEV 4k CHODCH, i.vJL Dealers in Drr Goods, Clothing, Staple Goods aud Familf Groceries, 1/ain street. ORB. W. F. Dealer In Fancy and sta ple Dry Goods, Main at., under “Jour nal” Printing Office. PEEPLES, W. «y M Dealer in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Main street. Grocery Nerekadts AKTIIFR, S. R m Dealer in Groceries and Family Supplies. Afain Street. J. A., Warehouse and Comniis-ion Merchant, and Dealet iu Ba con, Flour, Meal and Provi-ions generally, at Sharpe <L Brown’s old stand, M tin st. FAKNF.NI 4k SHARPE, Dealers in Groceries and Provisions, opposite Public Square, Muiu st. /IKEFK 4k SlilXflONS, Grecery V J and Provision Dealeta, South side .Pub lic Square. HOOf>, R. H., Dealer in Groceries and K.niilv -unpHea generally, 2ud door to Journal" Office, Main Bt. MIZELL, R. E. 4c Cos. Grocery and /Lovision dealers. Next door to the Ho tel Main Street, Dawson. Dr*|tiils. pHF.ATHAR, C A., Drugeist and Pujteieiati. Ke-ps a good supply of Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all the ills that flesh ia heir to. At bis old stand, •die Red Diiig Store, Main st JANES & LOYLESS, Dealers in Drugs, .If.diciner, Oils, Paints, Dye S.ufl'r, Garden Seed, Ac., &c. Mio«‘ 4k Taylor’* Shop. umney Bro’s., Boot A Shoe ma- Y Lets, and Taylots, We«t sido Public Square, same building with Tin shop. BAKERY. TL. KOLO.YION, Baker, Coofec • tioner, and dealer in Family Groceries Kieh snd O’sters, J/aiu Street, next to J. W. Roberts & Cos. PH a SILT A NS. HODNETT W. H. Practioiog Phy sician, and Surgeon. Office atCheat hain'a Drug S:ore. NViftcli Repairer. 1 LLEN, JOHN P., will .epair i Wa'ches, Clocks, Jewelry, ifusic Books, Acco dions, Ac , always to be found at bis old stand, on North eide of Public Square. Livery Stable*. IT'AKNITIW, 4k 8H IRPE, Sale 1 and Feed Stable. Horses and Jful s for sale. Horses boarded. North side Pub lic Square. BAR- ROOM. PAT NVARD, Dealer in Fine Wines, Brandies, Whiskies, Lager Beer, Ac , West side public Square, Main street. A*i> CONFECTION ERY. J. L. SOLOMON /pAKF.S pleasure in announcing to the ci i- I 7,,-na of Dawson snd surrounding coun try, that he has determined to relieve the wauls of the people by the permsuent estab lishment of * first class Bakery & Confectionery, in this place, on Depot street, next door to J. W. Roberts k 00., where he is ready, st all times, to furnish families with FRESH BREAD AND CAKES. And will, st the shortest notice, furnish nil kinds of delicacies lor WEDDINGS, PARTIES, &C. ■ . ■ :o: -—— RESTAURANT. IV addition to the ahore, I am fittine up, and will have Open, by the Fit St of Octo ber, • FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT. Whsre I will be prepared to ester to the wants of the inne* man, in the way of OESTE liS, II 'll.il 0.1. HE 9C. served to suit every variety of tus'e. We would s»y to onr customers !h*t no Liqu us will be kept, and ladie* cun, without diffidence visit onr house, with the asan-Ritce that we will and" everything itv <v*r power to me-it "heir pa ronsge. <*ve tue » «*H. Don’t fotget the throe. Dqilt street oeit door toJ W. Roberts J Go. • _ J L SOLOMONS. 5tp428,’69, ly. Sale and Feed Stable. W* expect to keep ou hand, all the season fiy.l eta as Horses and MuleffTor sale. In our nevchsses *e look to what is needed tu this aeeii»u,ard trust to merit a liberal patronage k em thwe Who AUSTELL. INMAN k C 0„ COTTON FACTOR! AN ft' Commission Merofiants, jTto. 62, ff'all SI., .Tnt> Fork. T W. Powell, o*w*on, Georgia. J*o l», tf' tte I rad* IJa Ou. He leads ue on By paths we did not know. Upward lie leads ua, though our etepa be (low, Though storms and darkaeaaoft obscure the dey, Y et, when the rlonde ere gone, We know he leede ua on. He leads ua on Through all the unquiet years i Taitillour dreamland hopes, and doubts, and frara, H, guide, our steps. Through all the tangled maxe Os sin, of sorrow, and o’erclondad days We know Hie will be done i And still lie leede ue on. , A nd He et lest, After the weary strife, After the restless serer we call lift— After the dreariness, the aching pata The wayward struggles which have proved in vein, After onr toils ere past, Will give ns rest at last. Eighteen Hundreds*ml Seventy •t u. a. rowan* j [ • A Flower unknown! * took unread; A tree with fruit unkarreated; A path untrod ; i House whoae room* Lack yet the heart's divine perfume# f A Landucape whoae border lies In ailent ahede 'neath ailent akiea ; A wondroua fountain yet unaealed; A Casket with ita gift* concealed : This ia the year that for you wait#, Beyond to-morrow’# myatic gatea. O, may thin flower enfold to you Viaiona of beauty sweet and new ; This book ou golden pages trace, Your sacred joys and deeds of grace, May ail the truits of this strange Tree Luscious aud rosy-tinted be; This path through fields of knowledge go; This House with love's content o’erflow ; This Landscape glitter with the dew Os blessed hopes and friendships true ; This fountain’s living crystal lieeer, As fall the springs that once were dear • This Casket with such gems be atoied As shine in lives that love the I.ord. Not a Drop More, Daniel. Daniel Aiken had become a com mon drunkard. So fully had ho come under the dominion of his appetite, that he was perfectly miserable when he t ould not obtain the means of grat ifying his thirst. He had neglected his family till his wile’s father had ta ken her and her children to his parent al roof. Ho had spent all his sub stance for drink, and was kept from the poor house only by performing menial services for his food; and by the kindness of Thomas Edgerton, a member of the Society of Friends, who had known him from his youth, and had a strong hope that in the ] course of time he would see his folly and turn again into the right path.— ; The leading merchant of the place let him have drink so long aa his money , lasted, but would trust him no longer, j He was loafing about the- store ono bright moonlight evening, begging the j merchant to trust him for a driuk. — j His reply was, “Not a drop more, \ Daniel.” He remained a while long- j er, and left. As the cool air of the ( evening fell upon him, he all at once began to give utterance to his feelings ] in the following strain: j “Not a drop more, Daniel. Am I | drunk, or am I sober? Not a drop j more, Daniel. Did Haskins think a , drop more would hurt me ? No ! but my money is gone. He has got every j thing I had. He has got the Bible , thy mother gave me. He has got the shoes which my wife bought for Jen- j me, and paid lor with her own earn- ( ings. Not a drop more, Daniel.— | Daniel, what say you to that ? I say j so, too. I had once good clothes, and ] now I have nothing but rags. Not a , drop moro, Daniel, till I have others , as good as when Mary atpi I were married. I once had a good watch, but that too, is gone/ Not a diop more, Daniel, till I have another as ) good as the one I pawned to Haskins for drink. I have seen tht time when ( I had a good horse and buggy, and , could ride into the village in as good style as any man ib the place. Not a drop more, Daniel, till I own another ( horse and buggy as good as the one I once had. I once had cows that fur nished my family with buttor and cheese, but Haskins has got them.— Not a drop more, Daniol, till those cows or others as good as those aro mine again. I once had this wallet full of bills, but now there is not a cent. Not a drop more, Daniel, till this wallet is well filled again.” By this time he had reached the pla :e where he formerly resided, and he stood and leaned against Abe fence, and mused for a long time in silence. He viewed the desolateness of the scene by the light of the moon, and his eye ranged over the house and barn, once his own, which had become i out of repair. He then said, “Once I owned this i house and farm. Hero I was born.—— Here my father and mother died. I I was* the pride of their hearts, hut I brought down their grey hairs with ! sorrow to the grave. Here I com j mefeced *ty married life, and all that heart conld wish was mine. Here j Mary and I took comfort till Haskins came here and opened his rum 6hop, and now he calls it his. In that sotrth room my children were born; and there my Jennie died. O, how sor rowful she looked when she saw me take her shoes and start for the store to pawn them for rtm, while she lay , sick. And then how she begged me j before she died, never to strike her | mother again ! I can see her now, ! her |*le Sice, her wasted form, hut she cannot come to me again. And, O, my Wife,- how shamefully have I abased yew! It was not you, Daniel i that did it. No !it was that cursed rum that Haskins sold me. No Won der you were taken- from me by those who loved you, and would not see you abused. They will not have mo in the house. They will not let me live with you- Not • drop more, Daniel, till this house is again mine. Not a drop moro till theso broad acres are aguin in my possession, and that wifo and tho children that aro living, are in yonder rooms, and we are a happy family once more. Not a drop more, Daniel; so help mo God, till all these things are accomplished. I thank you, Haskins, for those words. I shall not forget thorn." Ho had become so occupied with his thoughts, and spoke in a tone so loud, that he had not heard tho wag on, which by this time had reached the road, iu wliicli was seated the kiud-hearted Quaker who has been mentioned. He stopped his horse and heard distinctly tho language which Daniel used. As he closed his solilo quy he turned and saw Thomas Ed gerton, who said, Daniel, does thee ' mean to keep thy vow Y He answered, “I do." “Thee has prjjpuised a great many times that tnee would driuk no more; what makes thee think thee will keep thy vow ?” “I know, friend Edgerton, I have often vowed to drink no more, but now I feel different from what I ever did before. My heart is broken, and I feel my weakness, and I believe God will help me this time.” “God grant it may be so. Dauiel, get in and take a seat. Thee must be hungry, go home with me.” Ou the way, the Quaker drew out of him all that has been written, aud he advisod him to go to California. He told him to go to New York and work his passage round the Cape. He de termined to do so. The Quaker ftiru ished him with suitable apparel. “The* wants to see thy wifo aud children before thee goes.” “Yes, friend Edgerton, I do; but they have becomo estranged from me. If I went perhaps they would not be lieve what 1 say. It is better that I should not see them. Indeed, it is better that they should not kuow where I am. I want to surprise them, ns I hope to do, by coming back a so ber man, and with money enough to make them comfortable. 1 prefer that you and your wife be the only persons iu the place who know whore 1 am and what I am doing.” Thus, while riding towards the qui et farm house of tho Quaker tho whole things was arranged. When they reeded the place, the horse was put into the barn, and they entered the house. He said, as they took their seats before tho fire, “Amy, thee may put ou another plate; Daniel will stay with us a few days, aud then he will go to California.” The benevolent Quaker was confi dent that Daniel Aiken would keep hi* resolve. < ■ At length, when everything was in readiness, the old horso was harnossod and Daniel Aiken was on his way to the railway station. Ho had not boon iu tho villugo since tho words, “Not a drop moro, Daniol,” wort) uttered. — Ho was missed from his customary haunts, but it was supposed ho had gouo off on a spree, and so notliing was thought of his absence. His wile’s lather lived In the adjoining town, aud some thought he had gone there. No inquiries wore made, lor all wero rejoiced that he was missing, aud cared not lor his return. He had boon gono somewhnt moro titan a year when tho Quaker was in the store of Haskins, and remarked that he wished to hire a pasture lor the coming season. “1 have got ono I will let you havo free of rent, if you will put up the fences on the place,’ said Haskins. “Where is it ?” said the Quaker. “On the Aiken farm.” “If thee will let it at that rate, thee must have let it get out of repair.” “It is so, indeed ; I cannot leave the store to Bee to it. The house is poor, and tho family that lived in it last, wero too shiftless to buy wood, and burnt up all tho rails. 1 had rather •ell it than rent it.” “What will thee take for it ?” “It cost me sixteen hundred dollars.” “Yes, but theo paid iu goods, and charged thino own price on them. ’ “To be sure I did; Aikiu could not get trusted any where else, and 1 felt I was running a great lisk in letting him have goods, aud I charged accorti ingly, just as every body else would under the circumstances.” “Thee has not told me what thee would take for the plttee. 1 will give thee eight hundred for it.” “Haskins thought long enough to conclude that tho interest on eight hundred dollars was far better for him titan the farm, for the use of which ho realized scarcely anything, and ho said, “You can have it.” “Thee can make out the deed to morrow, and thee shall havo the mon ey. By the way, does thee know what has become of Daniel Aiken 7” “No. He has nos been m the vil lage for more than a year. At any rate I have not seen him.” We may tell the reader what Has kins did not know. The Quaker haul that day received a letter from Daniel Aiken, stating that he was at the mines hard at work, ami was sticking to his motto, “Not a drop more, Daniel,” and that he had laid up a few hundred dollars—and desired him to inquire what the place he once owned could b« bought for. Mr. Edgerton had tak | en the above mentioned plan’ to find i ont Haskins’ views. Ho confident was !he that Daniel Aiken would come home a sober man, with money in his : pocket, that ho ventured to purchase it, for the purpose of keeping it for him. He wrote to Aiken what he had i done, and about three months after, i received a letter stating that by ex !,ross he had sent five hundred dol ors in gold, to a banker in New York vrjth orders to sell it and remit the • proceeds to go towards the farm.— i Gold commanded a large premium, 1 aud the five hundred became eight hundred beforo it reached Friend Ed gerton’s hands. Aiken requested him i to draw a deed giving the whole prop erty to his wifo Mary, and have it du ly recorded aud loft with the register of deeds. In his letter; “If perchance I should ever breuk my resolution, I shall have socurod a home for my wife and chil dren ; I prefer, however, they should not know anything of this for the pres ent. If I live to come home, I will give Mary the deod with my own hands—if not you can do it. Now that the farm is bought, you had bet ter stock it, for I will stick to my mot to, “Not a drop more, Daniel.” Another year had passed. By this time Frieud Edgerton had stocked the farm with young cattle and sheep.— The fences were put in repair—and every thing but the house wore a tidy uppenrance. Another remittance came which paid for all the stock, and with an overplus with which to repair the house. Carpenters were busy, and the villag ers who chanced to pass that way, found that extensive repairs were go ing on; still no one presumed to ques tion the Quaker with respect to his plans. Those repairs all completed—furni ture found its way into the house. A yoke of oxen wero seen on the farm. The villagers were autouishod to see tho Quaker driving an elegant horso, and riding in a now buggy. He received this short note one day: “I have urrivod all safe and sound.— Go and get Mary and the children.” Ho rode over to tho adjoining town and called at Mary’s father’s, and in vited her and tho cliildren to go home with him and pay his wife a visit.— They accepted the invitation, ami ho took them home. Tho next afternoon ho said, “Mary, I have got to go to the railroad station, but Aiee aud the children can stay with Amy.” Ho went and got Daniel Aiken, and did not reach homo till after dark.— He left Daniel in his own house, nice ly furnished, to which place ho had previously conveyed provisions, and left him there to pass tho night. The next morning he said, “Mary, I suppose thee has hoard that I havo bought thy old place. I havo got it fitted up, aud I want thee and thy children to ride over aud see it after breakfast. I think thee will like it.” They retie over and were surprised to see the changes which had taken place. They could scarcely believe their owu eyes. They looked through tho lower rooms first. Over the man tle in the sitting room was a frame, and under the glass in large letters were these words, “Not a drop more, Dauiel.” Airs. Aiken said, “0, if Daniel could only have said those words and stuck to them, this beautiful place might have been his.” The Quaker said, “Then thee don’t know where Daniel is ?” “No, I have not heard a lisp from him for more than three years.” “Thee would like to see him.” “Yes, indeed.” “Let us walk upstairs.” As they went up the front stairs, Daniol Aiken slipped down tho back ones, and took his stand in tho sitting room. When they returned, Mrs. Ai ken noticed a stalwart man standing in the room with his back to the hall door, and started back for au instant Tho Quaker seid, “It is a friend, Ma ry.” U{»on this Daniel turned round, and in the man with heavy beard and moustache, she did not recognize her husband. “Don’t you know me, Mary ? Have you forgotten your husband ?” We leave tho reader to imagine what the meeting was. Friend Ed gorton said, “I must go and get Amy, Mary. This house and farm are thine ; Daniel has the papers for thee. Thee ran stay here as long as thee lives. The will live happily now—for that (pointing to the frame over the fire-place,) ‘Not another drop more, Daniel,’ is his motto now, and will be during liis life.” The Columbia (S. C.) Phoenix says : On Friday afternoon last, during a hunting expedition in tho stt'unijts of tho lorksot Congaree and W&teree rivers, Messrs, tielton, Joyner, low man, Blakely and Moyo succeeded iu capturing ani alligator, which may be termed the king—iu size at least—his weight l eing t>so pounds and his length seventeen foot. He is very fe rocious, ami, with a snap of his im mense tail, broke the leg of a colored boy, besides wounding several other persons, before he could be socured. The captors are entitled to tho cogno men of the “Hunters of the Period,” as they have bagged the "alligator of the period.” His alligaforship is safe ly housed in Columbia.” Personal Pkovebty ok Mrs. Lee.— The House Committee of Congress on I the judiciary has agreed to i eport a [ bill to return to Mrs. It. K. I tee cer tain articles, formerly the property of General George Washington, which were taken from Arlington by flfonoral McDowell, in the oarly part of the war, and are now iu possession of the Interior Department. Mr. Kerr, of 1 Indiana, will otfcr the resolution- di- j recting the return of tho articles, aud j it will bo support'd by every member of thu committee. These articles enr brace the camp and-,field furniture of General Washington, a good deal of China,varo and considerable household furniture. They have been tor some yeare objects of interest and curiosity in the Patient Office- VOL. V.~“NO. 1. Koinapfcable Escape*. Some years ago a! ytroug man hold-' ing a subordinate position in the East India Company’s service, twice at tempted to deprive himself of life by snapping a loaded pistol at his head. Each time the pistol missed fire. A friend entering Iris room shortly after wards, ho requested him to fire it out of tho window. It then wont off with out any diffi.nlty. Satisfied thus the weapon had been duly primed and loaded, the young man sprang up, ex claiming, ‘I must be reserved for something great!’ and from thut mo ment gNvo up the idea of sidcide, which had for some time previous been uppermost in his thoughts. Thai' young muu aftorwards became Lord Clive. * Two brothers wore on one occasion 1 walking together, when a violent storm of thunder and lightning overtook them. One was struck dead ou tlctf spot, tho other was spared ; else would tlie name of tho great reformer, Mar tin Luther, have boon unknown to’ mankind. Tho holy St. Augustine, having to’ preach at a distant town, took with him a guide, who, by some unaccount able meaus, mistook ' tmi usual rood fell iuto a by-path. He afterward* discovered that his enemies, having heard of his movements, had placed themselves in tho proper rood with the design es murdering him. Bacon, tho sculptor, when a teuder boy of five years old, fell into the pit of a soap-boiler, and must have per ished, had not a workman just enter ing the yurd observed the top of hi» head anil immediately delivered him. When Oliver Cromwell was an in fant, a monkey snatched him from hi* cradle, leaped with him through the garret window, and rau along tho leads of the house. The utmost alarm was excited among tho inmates, aud various were the devices used to rescuo the child from the guardianship of Ids newly found protector. All were un availing ; his would-be rescuers had lost courage, rind Were in despair of ever seeing the baby alive again, when the monkey quietly retraced his steps anil deposited liis burden safely oa the bod. On a subsequent occasion, tho waters had well-nigh quenched his insatiable ambition. Ho fell into 1 a deep pond, from druwuing iu which a clergyman named Johnson was the 1 solo instrument of his rescue. At tho siege of Lancaster, England, ayoung soldier, about seventeen year* otago, was drawn-out for sentry duty. One of his comrades was very anxious to take his place. No objection wa* made, and this man went. He was shot dead while on guard. The young man first drawn aftorwards became the author of the ‘Pilgrim's Progre<*.’ Doddridge, when born, was so’ weakly an infant, ho \i>ts believed to 1 be dead; A liurso standing by fan cied she saw some signs ot vitality.— Thus the feeble spark of life was sav ed from being extinguished, and au eminent author and consistent Chris tian preserved to the world. John Wesley, when a child, was on ly just preserved from a fire. Almost tho moment after he was rescued, the roof of tho house fell in. Os Philip Henry a similar instance is recorded. John Knox, the renowned Scotch reformer, was always wont to sit at tho head of the table with his back to the window. On one particular even ing, without, however, being ablo to account for it, he would neither hitu helf sit iii the Chair, nor permit any ono elso to occupy liis place. That very niglit a bullet was shot in at the window, purposely to kill him; it grazed the chair on which he sat, and made ti hole in tho foot of a candle stick on the table. Many years have now elapsed since tlireo sutialterrrs might have been seen struggling in the water off Bt. Hele na ; one of them, particularly helpless, was fast succumbing, lie was saved to live as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellineton. Tho life of John Nowton is but the history Os a scries of nmrvelldus de liverances. Asa youth ho had agreed to accompany some friends on board a man of war. He arrived too late ; the boat in which his Mentis had gone 1 capsized and all its occupant* Wore drowned. (>n another occasion, whoa tide surveyor at the port of Liverpool, soiuo business had detained him, so that he came to’ liis boat much later than usual, to tho groat surpriso of those who were in the habit of observ ing liis thon undoviating punctuality. He wett out in tr boat as heretofore, to inspect a ship, wliicli blew up be fore ho reached her. Had ho loft the shore a few minutes sooner, he must have perished with all on board. Texas Indians are anxiously await ing the arrival of the Oh inne, with their hair all fixed for scalping. 11l the meantime the Indians scalp set tlers to keep thoir hands in. Merchants at Appleton, Wisconsin* protect themselves from bd t debtors by refusing to trust a man who hay I failed to pay his bills at any other store. • A young lady in’ Indiana was fro zen to death, while out sleigh-riding with a young mho. A turn wliocau’C keep a woman from freezing should be punished to the full extent of toe i law. I Sixty skaters h’trvo been droVnel in Ohio within tho past two wee's. —* The undertakers indorse skating as a rational amusement. i —Tho Freewill Baptists of-Harper’ 1 i Ferry, have a bell that is . hoard in three States. But do the peopled j three States congregate there ?