Georgia Historic Newspapers

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RAIL-ROAD guide,
SsiilliMo*“ rK Railroad Pas
senger Train*.
\Sil. BOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWER, Sup
I,five Macon 8 ;0 ° *• M -
Arrivt st Etifaola ■#•»*> p M
Leave Kaftula 7:2" A. M.
Arrive at Miic.n 4: >0 p M.
Cennecting wi.h Alisny branch tram at
jaithvi le, and wiih Fort Gaines branch train
at (Vhbe\
kufadla Siam asd accommodation trains
Lfivsi/aoen 8-25 p. M.
Arrives' Knfula 11:0b A M
Lnve En'au'a 7:18 P. M.
Arrive nil icon thin a. m.
Connrct at .8 nithvdle with Al ativ 'rain oil
Jfondsy, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
sights. So 'rain leaves on Si'urday nights.
rOLCVBJS PASSKNOKR TRAINS
Lfivs I/icon 7:25 a v.
Arrive it Colu">bus 1:22 e *.
Lfive Coluinhuv 12:25 P. M
Arrive »t M icon.... 6:05 r. M.
C’LUMBUS NIGHT PASSKNOKR TRAIN
L-VU Ms on 7:4" r. m.
Arrive a' Columbus 5:05 a. si
Leive Columbus 7:00 P. m
Arrive at it .non 4:43 A. M.
21,icon and Binuvwirk I*a*st‘st
gcr Triiiu*.
GEO. W lUZELUVRST, President.
f*ive Ma-nn 9:15 a. m
Arrives' Brun-wick 1":2" p m.
I,rave Brunswick _.4:3" A' M.
ArriveatM con 7:5" P. M.
TRAINS TO UAWKINSVILLK
leaves M ens 3:00 p. M.
Arrive at Hswkin-vilie 6:30 p M
Gave Bivrkinsrille 7:"0 A m
-4' ive al Macon 6:15 A. M.
This train tuns daily, .Sundays excepted.
WcMern A. Atlantic Railroad.
poster blodgett, SupV.
NIOnT P.ARBKNQEB TRAtX
We Atlanta 7 00 T. M
Arrive a: Oha'tanooga 3.3" A. M
I save Chattanooga 7 50 P. M
A'riv* at Atlanta. •. .4 14 A. M
DAY PABBKNOEK TRAIN.
Ltare Atlanta 8,15 A. M
Arrive at Chattanooga 4.2" P. M
Uave Chattanooga 7.1" A. M
Aniveat Atlanta 8.17 P. M
"ALTON ACCOM KNDATmN.
heave Atlanta 3.10 P M
Arriv* «t Dillon 11.85 P. M
Letve Dalton 2.00 A. M
Amve at Atlanta 11 00 A. M
R. F. SIMMONS,
ATTORNEY at law,
G.l.
ll’iOßPf »tijniion given to all business
•otfusui to his care.
augs 9; ts
*OOTEK
"• L C HOY LI.
wooten & hoyle,
Attorneys at I^aw,
Jan 6-1
V.DAVIS,
a * Law,
tt*iii*so.r. c.i.
Dfice over J. B. Perry’s Store.
Dec 23n1, ’«9. t.f.
Cl W. WARWICK,
? & t Law And Solicitor in Equity,
Seville, oa.
'•‘"''Cent!! S ’° U,h Wes,err > end Patau
ect'oDß promptly remitted.
J,K * warren,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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Dawson Business Directory,
Dry Good* .TlercUant*.
TYURNEY A NELSON, Dealer* in
1 t Dry Goods, Groceries and 7/ardware,
J/ain street.
pnw, & TUCKER, Dealers in all
of Dry Goods and Groceries. Main
Street.
KI’TNER, JTACOB, Dealer in all
.kinds of Dry Goods, Main street.
IOVLKIS A GKirm, IYealers
J in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, also
and Commission J/erchant*. J/.tin Street,
jIVVKENNEY A CKOVi'lf,
A*-* Dealers in Drv Goods, Clothing, Staple
Goods and Family Groceries, jVsin street.
ORR, W. F. Dealer in Fancy and sta -
ple Dry Goods, Main st., under ’‘Jour
net" Printing Office.
PEEPLES, IV. M., Dealer in Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, Main street.
Grocery Nlercliunts
ARTHUR, S. D., Dealer in Groceries
and Family Supplies. Afain Street.
Commission Merchant, and Dealet in Ba
con, Flour, Meal and Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, Main st.
FARHIin, SHARPE A CO.,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, and
Plantation Supplies.
HREEllft SININVOSS, Grocery
vl and Provision Dealers, South side Pub
lic Square.
HOOD, B. H., Dealer in Groceries and
Family suoplies generally, 2nd door to
'•Journal” Office, Main st.
MI ZELL, 11. C. A Cos. Grocery and
Provision dealers. Next door to the Ho
tel Main Street, Dawson.
Druggists.
S"i HEATH AH, C. A., Druggist and
V J Physician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all
the illsAhat. flesh is heir to. At his old stand,
the Red Drug Store, Main st
TAKE* A LOYI.ESS, Dealers in
t) Drugs, A/i'diclnes, Oils, Paints, Dye
Stuffs, Gulden Seed, Ac., Ac.
BAKERY.
JL. SOLOFIOA, Baker, Confec
• tinner, and dealer in Family Groceries
Fi*h and Ousters, d/ain Street, next to J. W.
Roberts & Cos.
PH a SI Cl A AS.
HODAETT IV. 11. Practicing Phy
sician, and Surgeon. Office at Cheat
haul’s Drug Store.
DU*. J. IV. I’tllCC A SOI,
thankful for past, ffhtronage. by close
n'tention and moderate charges hone to re
ceive a coitiimiatice of the same. Office, Dr.
Gilpin’s old stand jtn 13, ts.
Wntcli Repairer.
VLLEA, .IOIIA P., will .epair
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Jfusic Books,
Aceo dions, Ac, always to be lnuud at his
old aland, on North eide of Public Square.
Livery Stable*.
PARiH'iH, A SIItRPE, Sale
f »nd Feed Stable. Horses und d/ttles
for sale. Horses boarded. North side Pub
lic Square.
I ) Riser. Hi. G. A .1. K.. Sale.
I Feed and Livery Stable, Depot S reet
Gond horses and vehicles for hire on reason
able terms. April 14, ly.
BAR- ROOM.
IT WARD, Dealer in Fine Wines,
Brandies, Whiskies, Lager Beer, Ac ,
West side public Square, Main street.
P. It. XIIAMS, H. K. WASHBURN, A. A. APIVS,
Eatonton, Ga Savannah, Ga. Americus,Ga.
ADAMS. WASBURN k CO.
FACTORS
AND —r
Commission Merchants,
No. 8, Stoddard’s Lower Range,
ay13’69,6 n Sttvantiah, Ga
Alk’.t H. Colquitt, James Baqos.
Baker Couptv, Ga. Newton, Ga.
HutlH U. Colquitt, Savannah, Ga.
COLQUITT & BACCS,
COTTON FACTORS & GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Bay street, Savannah, «a.
Special attention to the sale of Cotton,
Lumber and Timber. Liberal advances on
Consignments. mayfi;tf
BROWN HOUSE.
E. E, BROWfI & SON,
Ecuitli St., Opposite Passenger Depot
Macon , Georgia.
r pni3 Rouse having lately been refitted
1 and repaired, and is now one of the best
Tlotels in the State, and the most conve
nient in the city. The table is supplied with
evervihing the market affords. fcblRBS
LVON, DrGKAFFKNHEIR & IRVIN,
/TTOfifltYp H MW,
Macon, - Georgia.
'llr ILL give attention to Professional liusi-
VV ness in the Macon, South.western, and
PatauU Circuits ; in the U. S Courts, in Sa
vannah and Atlanta; and by Special Con
tract in anv par, of the (State.
Sept. 28, ’69; ly.
Plantation Supplies
On Time I
are now selling Planters their
Supplies on Time,
for .Vacon or Savannah Paper. We invite
the attention of Planters ot fibnthweFt
Georgia to our law prices.
Joll\'o\, CAMPBELL 4 CO.
ai’cb 3,3 m.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1870.
SELECTED POETYe
11014 up lour HoaiT*, Brave
die ii.
Addressed to the Soldiers of Lees Army.
*T EOBEST VALKIGANT.
The author of the following stirring
j a nutire of Savannah, is a Po-
i et - Called upon for a speech during
, the late dinner to the Press Associa
tion, after a few eloquent remarks, in
acknowledgement of the compliment
jhe recited tho poem written immedi
ately after tho surrender of Lee and
while the author, a gallant Confeder-r
ate officer, was on his tv ay home'.
Wo can sympathize with the feelings
which swelled the soul jind inspired
the song of the gallant soldier of the
Lost Cause. May we not indulge the
liopo that the author will not bury his
poetic talents but .that he will find
time amid tho labours of liis profes
sion, (he is a lawyer) for the worship
of the muse. Genuine poetic inspira
tion is rare and Capt. Palligant pos
sesses it:
Hold up your heads, brave men I
No stain is ou your brow !
You have buried your brother* by rock and glcu.
Let your souls be true to them as when
They died iu the battle’s glow I
’Twas Freedom’s trumpet call,
JFlieu the Ked Cross was unfurled !
v4ud they fell as heroes ever fall I
And that flag bccume their funeral pall,
WTiJch was lifted against the world l
Let not the foemen think
Tliat we crouch to u coward fate I
We have inspiration they dare not drink ;
And the memories of our dead will link
With a never dying hate !
Can we forget the past—
AW who have fought with Lee ?
What though our sky be overcast ?
The reign of tyrants will end at last—
We can ! we will be free!
Wait for the glorious hour,
With souls nerved for the fight:
And we’ll teach these haughty Toes to cower.
When our country stands in her matchles power
To demand anew her right.
Hold up your heads, brave men !
No stain is on your brow I
You have buried your brothers by rock and glen,
Let your souls be true to them as when
They died in the battle’s glow.
[Louisville, iiy, A/ay, 18f>5.
To Fly ulu Boot.
My ancient pedal friend, a last farewell I
fcjo ntauy day s we’ve footed it together—
The lane of life—iu fair and stormy weather,
Mine eyes well-nigh tlieir lids dykes overswell
1 well remember when thou didst encase
-My lietlier limbs with pressure warm and tight;
Auil mauy a coruv twinge, from tnoru till night
Evinced the ardency of thy embrace.
Soon, like the love of some long married wife,
Thy grasp, if not so btrong, was still as true,
And pleasanter; and as wo grew in life,
Thou wert as gentle as a pliant shoe ;
And while ou thee I trampled every day,
To shield ntc tlieu didst wear thy soul away.
Though 1 despise the slander monger’s art,
And scorn the wretch who blackens the fair
fame
Os one whose tiehest fortune is lilb name,
( flte wretch whose steel goes deeper thau the
heart,)
Yet, it has been niy daily wont, I own,
'Jo black thy face- until thy sKia lias shone
With ebon glow as lustrous as the hue
That forms the charm of Guinea’s native breed.
But ’twas not that / hated thee; indeed,
I prized thee so, that when tliy sole broke thio,»
And let in water, ’twas my special heed
A uinu of awls thy gaping wounds should sew ;
And twitching pangs athwart my pocket shoot
To part with the* at last, 0 worn aud faithful ooot.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Little Children.
I lovo children because they are
innocent. How merry their laugh;
how sparkling the eye when happy;
Low their little hearts seem togusliout
when they t&e those they love; how
naturally they withdraw from those
they dislike; how eloqueitfly pathetic
the quivering of their little lips when
in pain or distress, aud how unliko
the grown-up world? Their natural
laugh, how iniinitely more joyous, and
how unliko the mechanical laugh of
the hollow-hearted world ; the natural
glow of their souls, scintillating in the
eye; how unlike the eye that must be
lustrous even when the heart blessed,
or when jealousy wrankles in tho heart
like a poison in blood? I know that I
am not good, sometimes think that I
am worse than men ordinarily; for
often with all the power of my intel
lect, and notwithstanding the conserv
ative inHuences of early religious train
ing, 1 have to bridle almost ungovern
able passions; yet children have taught
mo to think better of myself; and then
I console myself with the reflection
that probably lam not so bad after
all. For years I have been engagod
in the instruction of the young, and
often, when going to and returning
from my place of instruction, even
from those not connected with the
school, have I been greeted and my
heart been made to feel lighter when
hearing, from verandah, and gate,
tlieir soul cheering, aud heart-melting
“howdy,’ Mr. ; and often have 1
stopped’ and interchanged greetings
when 1 wohld not have turned on my
heel to have received the most gra
cious recognition of the caparisoned
popinjay, or the condescending nod of
the purse-proud and brainless aristo
crat. How true it is that unless ye
become as little children, ye cannot en
ter tlie kingdom of Heaven.— Atlanta
Contitution.
The So. Ga. & Fla. R. R.—We
have good authority for assuring our
people that passenger trams will be
put upon this road, with a Ughtmng
schedule, in a fe% days—probably to
morrow. Mr. Haines was over the
Road yesterday, and was in such a
hurry to get back to Savannah to start
a passenger tram that he did not take
[time to cross the river.— Albany
The Lost Diamond.
I’ve knocked about considerable in
my short time, aud have perhaps,
done more work with less rosults than
any man in existence. I have gone
through the law, dipped iu theology,
took a spell at soldiering, dabbled in
mechanics, got into surgery, aud have
at last settled down as a plain, steady
going old country doctor.
In the year—well, the date is not
of much consequence, so that may
pass— I was taking a hand at watch
making, in the town of Crumpton, up
in the west of the State. Doing rath
er a shuttlecock on the battledore of
circumstances than a rambler from in
clination, I was remarkably steady
for a rolling stone. I was temperate,
kept little company, and would sit of
an evening in the boss kitchen smok
ing my old briar-wood pipe and read
ing some work from my select library
of fifteen volumes which was a strange
assortment of treatises on gunning,
locomotive manufacture, modical cul
ture and tho like. There was a neigh
bor of ours who would sometimes drop
in of an evening and discuss ..with me
on politics, religion or kindred sub
jects, and his quiet, open way made
him a great favorite with me. His
face belied his nature, for while ho
was simple, good hearted and rigidly
honest, his features were extremely
homely, his nose twisted awry, his
hair and eyebrows of a dead black,
and a nervous aticctiou, which coup
led with certain snakishnoss about tho
eyes, gave him an extremely sinister
appearance. He was an engineer in
a factory in the neighborhood, a mar
ried man, with a quiet, plain little
woman for a wife, sensible and frank
spoken, like himself,
Mr. Greenfield, the gentleman for
whom I worked, was an excellent ur
san, a man trusted to any extent by
those in the neighborhood, and, more
over, having an exquisite workman in
fine work, jewels of great value at
times passed through his hands for re
setting.
A wealthy gentleman residing close
by, a Mr. Cuutmiugs, had left with
him an exceedingly large and brilliant
diamond, worth at a rough estimate
some four thousand dollars in hard
gold. This diamond was set in an old
fashioned, singular-looking brooch,
and was to he reset in a heavy gold
ring. The gentleman brought tho
jewel in a wrapping of tissue paper,
and in his pocket book. Mr. Green
field removed it from its setting and
placed it in our safe in an old jewel
case, whose cover had been twisted off,
and there it lay with a napkin thrown
across it.
Guy Scott came in that evening,
and, while looking over some charts
t f machinery, the conversation turned
upon safe locks. Mr. Gutcufield
placed implicit confidence iu mo, and,
knowing the combination of our safe,
I invited Guy to examine it; it was
standing in the hall between the store
and the kitchen, aud, taking my lamp,
I tried to explain to him the principle
of its workings. With an involuntary
movement 1 pulled tho napsin from
off the diamond, and a stray gloatn of
light striking it, it blazed splendidly
in the gloom about it.
“What’s that ?” said Scott, with a
start, “a diamond !”
“Yes,” I replied, carefully closing
the safe, “a stone of great value.—
You musn’t mention it’s being here.”
He promised, and, as I thought, there
was an end to it; so we fell to smok
ing our pipes and chatted until it was
pretty late in the evening.
“Myers,” said Scott, as we were
standing at the back door, for a mo
ment, before saying good night, “I
want you to lend me twenty dollars
until Saturday. To-morrow’s quarter
rent day, and I am run rather short;
can you do it ?”
“Why, of course,” I teplied, taking
the money from my pocket-book.
“You’re very kind, old fellow,” as
Scott, pressing my hand; “1 felt
squeamish as the dovil about asking
such a favor, and 111 square it as soon
as possible.”
“Don’t mention it,” said I, pushing
him from me. “I’d trust you as soon
as any mAn living, Guy, and never be
afraid to ask me to split with you
when there’s occasion.”
He thanked me again aud was gone.
I rather overslept myself the next
morning, and when I came into the
shop Mr. Greenfield was hard at work
at his table, coat olf, glasses on, at a
watch which a man had just brought
in and was waiting for.
This man was Tom Gossage, well
known in town ass. rakish, ue’er-do
anything, who had plenty of money
and a handsome person, and whose
conscience being flexible, ho was not
considered exactly a safe family man.
This was the character Tom boro, and
I noticed, with surprise, that the door
of the safe was ajar. This careless
ness on Mr. Greentield’s part was, I
thought, remarkable, and I confess it
gave me quite a start.
To make sure, I went to the safe,
lifted the napkin, when L perceive 1—
the diamond was gone.
“Mr. Greeufield!’’ I exclaimed,
“have you taken away the diamond
that was under this napkin ? ’
“No, no,” he replied, turning ashy
pale , “you don’t mean to say that it
is gone ?”
“It certainly is not hero,” I replied
with my heart in my mouth.
“Not there ! ’ replied Mr. Greenfield,
with a gasp. “Good Go*L! it must bo
there ; no one could have taken it!”
“The stone is gone,” said I quietly ;
pray sit, compose yourself.”
“Oh, heavens, I am a ruined man,”
be said, frantically pressing his hands
to his face.
“This matter should be investigat-
ed,” said Gossage, moving to tho door,
“and, if you like, I will at onco seud
up a constable.”
“No ono shall quit this place,” I
replied, placing my back against tho
tloor, “until a thorough investigation
has beon made.”
For a moment hk eyes mot mine ;
then with a deathly palor on his face,
ho turned away and drew his hand
kerchief to wipe away tho beads of
perspiration which had gathered on
his forehead. “Just as you please,”
he said, with a strange quiver in his
voice, “the precaution is no doubt nec
essary,”
Mr. Greenfield was searching tho
shop up aud down like ono half craz
ed. Even through the excitement of
the moment 1 felt a most intense pity
for him, for ho was a kind-hearted,
hard-working man, aud tho occurrence
would lessen tho laith that peoplo had
so implicitly put in him.
A boy was passing, and I tupped
on tho glass of tho door and bockouod
him in. He came with eyes opened
to the size of saucers, and ho Deemed
stricken with wonderment when I
told him to run and scud constables
Wilcox and Fish up at once.
They arrived in a few minutes, and
the whole matter was laid open to
them. As if duty hound 1 related tho
fact that tho night before I had ex
hibited the lock of the safe to Guy
Scott; that he had seen tho diamond,
but that I was positive that tho gem
was iu the safe when it was locked.—
Wilcox, a very clear-headed fellow,
then proceeded to search Gossage. and
I must say that he did it most thor
oughly, hut it elicited no light on the
matter.
“There is no ground on which this
man can bo detained,” said Wilcox ;
“iu my opinion Mr. Scott is placed iu
an exceeding bad light.”
Accordingly, Gossage walked out of
the door. Thero was just one bad
look ho sent hack at me, so full of
cunning and triumph that the affair
was settled in my mind without judge
or jury.
“Mr. Cireenlield,'’ said Wilcox,
“your course is to go at onco to Squire
Raymond and swear out a warrant
against Guy Scott. Aud you sir.”
(to me,) “must consider yourself under
arrest until a definite course of pro
ceeding can be determined upon.”
Mr. Greenfield was by no means a
wealthy man, hut of such exceeding
honesty that ho had determined to put
what ready money he had on deposit
at tho bank, together with all tho
money he could raise by mortgaging
his stock, and thereby cover to Mr.
Cummings tho loss of his jewel Ac
cordingly, having thus made himself
responsible, ho determined to carry on
tho prosecution in his own name.
Scott was at once arrested and put
in the “jug” until the time when lie
should bo removed for trial. For my
own part, I made a statement so per
fectly clear and concise that 1 was im
mediately released on witness bonds,
which 1 had no difficulty in finding.
My name was temporarily under a
cloud, but tho fact that 1 neither
wanted money, indeed had no use for
it, being a single man, and brought
proofs of decisive honesty, endorsed
by Mr. Greenfield, at once put me at
liberty and removed the temporary
suspicion that came over me.
The timo for the trial came on ;
Scott s lellow workmen had subscrib
ed an amount (to which I humbly
contributed) sufficient to secure excel
lent legal talent. But with twelve
thick-headed clods, who knew nothing
of tho elements of. law or logic, tho
court was omnipotent; and upon this
over-fed, fish-eyed Dogberry depend
ed the chance of poor Scott s freedom.
Tho court-room was crowded. The
prisoner sat in his box, palo but full
of confidence. He occasionally ad
dressed a word to his counsel, now
and then whispering a bit of comfort
to his anxious, devoted wife, who sat
close beside him.
I was put iu' tho stand and gave my
evidence, and when I was through,
turned a look of silent, entreaty to
wards Guy, who nodded a re
assurance of friendship. Ho knew
implicitly that I was conscious of his
iiinocence, and had done nothing but
what simple duty directed. Mr*
Greenfield, Gossage, and some other
witnesses wore placed on tho stand,
and after tho arguments the court pro
ceeded to charge the jury.
When his honor (?) opened his lips
thero was a breathless silence in tho'
room. "The prisoner,” said the mud
dy-headed fellow, hoavily clearing his
throat and lifting his dull eyos, “has
everything in his disfavor. Ho was in
want of money, and a witness testi
fies that he loanod him an amount
about tho time of the theft. Tho as
serted fact of the stone being in the
safe when it was dosed, after he had
been satisfying an unhealthy curiosi
ty about the lock, is quite indetinit ,
Again, he was the only person that
left the house between the intervals
of the diamond’s existence in the de
pository and the discovery of its loss.
Another witness testifies that the safe
was opened in his presence on the
morning of the discovery, and that all
the persors who came into the apart
ment up to the time the gem was mis
sing, viz: Mr. Greenfield, his assist
ant, and the witness, were submitted
to a rigid search. The prisoner him
self is a very index of theft and vil
lainy, and 1 think that the jury will
have but little trouble in rendering a
verdict.”
I could have thrcttled the heavy
brained fool as ho comfortably dis
posed himself in the chair, and com
placently speechified away a good
man’s character in the face of a few
incidents that would have, had no
weight in a real court of justice*. But
then tlie old saying, “Heaven save
Us from lyneli law and country jus
tice.”
A sorrow unspeakable came over
my poor heart as I saw the poor wife
clinging with strained arms to all sho
belli dear in this life, and sobbing as
though her heart would break. Thero
was hut little hope and that was dis
pelled when tho foreman pronounced
the single word—“guilty.” A load
shriek and a senseless woman was
borne from tho place. Hard hearts
wore throbbing, anti sent tho tears
quietly down many a tanned cheek ;
a weak, pale man was grasping at the
railings of his box, with a mute ap
peal in his eyes, but it never reached,
the heart of the scarecrow of justice.
* * * *-
A year had gone by and poor Scott
had served out a small portion of his
lengthy term. I had given up watch
making and took to studying surgery
at P— College.
One bright, moonlight night iu
April, when the pleasant air was
tinged with a promise of more gonial
warmth to come, tho students had
most all gone out for an evening rido
and frolic.
Os our section, only my mate and
myself had remained behind ; we were
in our dissecting room, awaiting tho
arrival of a “subject” for which wo
had clubbed together and were mo
mentarily expecting. Two lights were
turned almost out, aud only tho thin
spiral flame of the grate scut flicker
ing tongues of tiro along the wall ami
ceiling, and danced mockingly around
tho dim precincts of tho sink.
An hour or two went slowly by, my
companion occasionally opening his
mouth to give an opinion on some par
ticular operation, or to hum one of
those questionable ditties which seem
to possess such attractions for students.
Jones was not a bud follow, but, like
Hamlet s description of ho
resembled an unweeded garden, llis
moralities had been woefully negleet
and carelessness rather thau vices had
sprung up and choked the' growth oi
his better principles.
“There is Grogan, ’ said Jones, as a
shrill whistle resounded without,
“Wait a bit, and I’ll bring him up."
He then put on his coat and left tho
room, bringing with him the “miner, ’
a brutish looking fellow, with suffi
cient nerve, apparently, for any spe
cies of work.
“i left the stiff ’un right under tho
fence, ’ said tho genius ; “fling out
tho scrip, drop your grapple, and up
ho goes.”
Having paid him the stipulated
price, lie left the room. Jones then
let down the suspicious looking wood
en tube iu the corner of the room a
stout rope with a small hook on tho
end, the other extremity of the lino
passing over a pulley iu the ceiling.
Then the whistle came again as a sig
nal that all was right—a score of hard
tugs with our loro arms, and a long
crash bag came before us like a
Out*' ou tho floor, it needed no con
jecture as to its contents, for its grim
outlines told everything. Tho bag
ging wus cut away, and after a few
other preparations, Jones laid the
body on tho dissecting table, with a
cloth over the face. lie then proceed
ed to make a few incisions on the
body,
“I wouldn’t work that to-niglit,
Phil,” I said; you’ll spoil the study,
it is so fearful dim.”
“Oh, I’m only going to remove the
stomach ; that’s rough work and can
j well be done now us in the morn
ing ; besides, I don’t want that to go
on ice. ’
“Just as you please,” said I taking
my hat and coat; “for my own part
I would rather be patient and get the
good of it.”
“This chap must have boon a pre
cious hard liver,” said Jones, not lis
tening to mo “Phew —lieJlo—that’s
queer ”
“What’s tpicer, Phil ?’’
“A sediment of gravel in the coat
of the stomach.”
“1 should say it was,” said Smith,
with a laugh ; “pshaw, nonsense.”
nonsense.’ *
•‘Conte and see.”
I walked over to the table, and,
with a little curiosity, lilted tho cloth
from the face. There was something
in the rigid features that seemed fa
j miliar, aud struck rue as if in connec
tion with some unpleasant incident.
“You seem to know that fellow?”
said Jonos, still slashing away. All at
1 once tho memory came back—the
body was that of Tom Gossage, the
man who had been in the store at
Crampton the morning that tho dia
, mond xvas missed.
I “He victualled expensively,” said
i Jones, lifting something frem the
stomach which glistened dazzlingly in
in the dull light of tho loom ; “he
, evidently fed on tho Cleopatra style of
; cooking.”
1 j There it M'as, M’ith long, scintillating
shafts of light quivering and throb
bing from its centre, with brilliant
1 rat’s diverging- from its heart—the
' very diamond for the theft of u'hich
■ poor Guy Bcoot was suffering in Btate
' Prison. The u-hole thing rushed
through my mind in a second. Mr.
Greenfield had left the safe door open,
-and while engaged on the watch Gos
' sage secured the gem, whoso presence
he M'as probably aware of. When I
, had refused to alknv him passage he
1 hud swallowed the .stone, and it had
I eventually beon covered M-ith the soft
■ coating of the stomach, and was thus
. retained until this singular circum
. stance had brought it to light.
[ “Thank heaven,” said I, “this Mill
• release % man from Unjust eoiiline
, ment. Jones, let mo soc’that stone ?’
t “Ke**p away !’■* he cried, fierceh
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clutching it; “the stomach min*
and all it contained. You can’t pa
laver mo.”
“Give it here, I soy !” I seined his
clenched hand with mtj right, ami
bending it over my left arm, pressed
it down suddenly. Tim gem fell ta
the floor, and in a twinkling I it
in my pocket.
“Give me the diamond!” he
shrieked, snatching his razor-like
knife; “give it me, I say, or I will
cut you in twoJ’
I only laughed at him, *nd in a
J owe ring frenzy he lushed at me.
Just ono lunge he mado that, as I
stepped, caught in niy coatsleove- and
ripped it to tho shoulder. In another
moment I dropped him like a log. I
anticipated no , further trouble from
him as he lay senseless on the floor,
and taking iny hat, left him at his
leisure to recover his better reasoning.
I at once proceeded to a justice of
the poaeo, left the diamond with him,
and in the morning filed my affidavit.
Before many days Guy Scott was a
free man 11 ois now a rich man and
my visits to his comfortable home aro
frequent. Bright little faces huva
■crept in about liiis hearth, and his chil
dren love me as though I were their
om’u flesh and blood; but from tho
eyes of the jmreuts there beams a
gratitude that repays me ten times
over for all tlie sharo I had in tho in
nocent man’s redemption.
The diamond M'as immediately for-
M'ardod to Mr. Cummings who waa
overjoyed to get it, and at once drew
a chock to .'J r. Greenfield’s order, with
interest added. The check found him
in New York, completely broken up
in spirit and barely scratching up
enough to eko out a miserable exis
tence. The money set him up once
more, and he is iiom', I believe thriv-
ing.
Poor Jones afterward came to mo
with deep concern and a badly discol
oiod eye.
“I mistook your motive, ” he said,
appealingly, ’and you must forivo
und forget.
“Certainly,” I replied, “but I owe
you an apology for that ugly eye.”
“Ugly eyo,” he said slyly; “faith
yours M’ould have been closed if my
charitable intentions had been
carriod out. However, that is all
passed.”
All passed, indeed, but in my ward
robo hangs a trifling reminder of the
occurrence in tlie shape of a broad
cloth coat, M'liose lef sloeve is cut
from tlie wrist to the shoulder.
A Young Flan'* History in Brief.
What a saddening reiloctioh it is
that tho following paragraphs Tevoal
tho true his tory of many young men
of the present day, who might have
been happy and prosperous, useful
and honored iu tho community, the
pride aud support of parents aud es
teemed by all, instead of loading the
miserable outcust life of drunkards.—
The thought is inexpressibly sadden
ing that the victim ol this terrible vice,
intemperance, are, for tlie most part,
young men who lmvo hud it iu their
power to attain commanding positions
in society. But we desire u-ithoutany
more remarks of our own, to commend
these significant and truthful para
graphs to tho attention of our readers,
tis more eloquent and impressive thau
anything we can utter, for they aro
true.
1 first sum’ him at a social party, he
took hut a single glass of wino, anil
that ut tiio -earnest solicitation of a
young Italy to wnoin he had been in
troduced.
I next saw him, when he was un
seen, taking a glass to satisfiy ihe
slight desire by his sordid indulgence,
and thought tliere was no danger.
i next saw him, late in the evening,
iu the street, unable to u r alk home.—
I assisted him thither, and M’e parted.
1 next saw him reeling out of a low
groggorv ; anti a eonfused stare was
on his countenance, and u'onls of blas
phemy were on his tongue, and shame
M'as gone.
1 saw him onco more. Ho was
cold and motionless, and M'as tamed
by his friends to his last resting place.
In the small procession that follow
ed, every head Mas cast down. His
father’s gray hairs were going to the
grave with sorrow ; his mother wept
that she had ever' given birth to such
a child.
I returned home musing on his fu
tiu’e state. I opened the Bible and
read : “Drunkards shall not enter the
Kingdom of Heaven.” When a boy,
our poor Friend Mas as happy and
and bright as any of you. More than
once when students together, did he
sneer at my tetotahsm, M'hen I urged
him to sign tne pledge, he laughed at
me and hooted at the bare suggestion
of danger Foor Fred! his father
had the glass ou the table, and there
tho appetite M'as formed. Beware of
the first glass.— Krelutnye.
Divokces.—The General Conference
of the Methodist Church, winch re
cently sat at Memphis, passed a reso—
i lution recommending an amendment
: to the book of discipline, prohibing
1 ministers from performing the mar
riage ceremony of any divorced party
I M-hose husband or wife is living.
Galvesto.y, June 13. — A special
from Austin of the 13th says the
; Southern Ftvific Railroad bill passed
tho Senate to-day, by a vote of 21 to
| 5. It is thought it mHI pass the Horn*
and receive the Governor’s signature
I this M’eek.
The bill grants sixteen thousand
dollars per mile, and is the most pop
ular bill before the Legislature.
I Jefferson Davis was 02 years old on
the oth of June.