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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL
by WESTON & COMBS,
jjalusan ftSUfkljr f annul l,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
TERMS— Strictly In .Ittvance.
Three motitlis $ 75
Six mouths 1 25
Obo year 2 00
ADVERTISING RATES :
NO. SQUARES.
ONE MONTH.
TWO MONTHS.
i
| THREE M’THS.
I
SIX MONTHS.
I
[ ONE TEAR.
ONK. S SOO $ 500 $ 7 00 *l2 50 S2O 00
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TWO 500 7 50 10 00 18 00 25 00
turek 700 10 00 12 0o ! 20 OOj 30 00
rOCR «00 12 00 15 OO 25 00 40 00
j 10 00 18 00 25 OO: 40 Ooj 60 00
} 15 00 16 00 35 00 00 00 110 00
1 COL. 25 00 40 00 60 00 110 00 200 0
To .idvct'tlsers :—The money for a)
refusing cousidered due after lirst inser
tion.
Advertisements inserted at intervals to be
charged a* new each insertion.
An additional charge of 10 per cent will
bo made on advertisements ordered to be in
serted on a particular page.
Advertisements under the bead of “Spe
cial Notices” will be inserted for 15 cents
por line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents
per line for each subsequent insertion.
Advertisements in the “ Local Column,”
will be inserted at 25 cents per line for the
first, and 20 cent- per line for each subse
quent insertion.
All communications or letters on business
intended for this office should be addressed
to “The Dawsoic Journal”
&wfwsiciial (Sards.
Lyon, DcGraffenricd and Irvin.
Attorneys at Law,
NACOJ, - - - GEORGIA.
\\T II.L give attention to professional bus-
V incss in the Macon, South western &
Tataula Circuits ; in the U S Courts, ari_Sa
vannah, and Atlanta, and by speci.l con
tract in any part of the State.
K. M. H .Alt i’ll!:
jUtufliey a,iii Cobfipello; at- LaVr,
»./ a.i.
DR. 6. W. FARRAR
HAS located in this city, and offers Ids
Pro'cssional services to the public
Office next door to the “Journal Office," on
Main Street, wlioto he can be found in the
day, unless professionally engaged, and at
right at his residence opposite the Baptist,
church feb. 2-ts:
C. B. WOOTEN. L C. HOYLE
WOOTEN & HOYLE, '
Attorneys a,t Law,
It. I 5! 'SOJT, (ill.
Jan 6-ly.
K. J. WAR REN,
ATTORNEY AT LAYv,
SI.IHKSr'ILLE, - - -
G. W. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity
SMITUVILLE, ga.
Will practice in South WeFerri and Patau la
circuits. Collections promptly remitted.
B. A. COLLI KR. C. T. CHKVKS.
TOWNS HOUSE,
fIKUAIt ST.,
ALBANY, GA
IIY
«. A. A CO. .
McAFEE HOUSE,
At SmUlivillf, Ga.
r PHE umlorsitTncd having fitted up the Mo
l A fee Zfous iut Smkhvillo, takes pleasure
in notifying the travelling public that the
above house is now in the “full tide I*of 1 *of sue -
oossjfill administration bv himself. lift will
spare no expense to make it a First-Class
llotil. A/cals ready on the arrival of the
fain. W. M. McAFEE.
PROVISION'
We are now prepared to sell
PROVISIONS ON TIME
CRIM&TUCKEK.
M y*2s, if*
Terrell Court of Ordinary.
-dr CnAMnKKP, .dug. 20lli, IS7I.
A Ppliealion having been made to me to
°P Pn and re-establish the road from
wo corner of Dr. Martins Md, tl:e point of
'"torscction of 'lie low er Stnrkesville and
outhbert and Cutlibert and Albany Roads,
ntiniug West across Chickisawhatchie Creek,
, me Dawson Road, in front of John More'
. 8 bouse, and reviewers having been ap-
Pointed, aid ihcy having reported that said
"M would be of public utility, It is ordered,
n, n n o tico of Bald application be published
1,11 September the 22d. at which time the
f r ‘'jer of petitioners will be granted unless
-■ 1 cause to the coutrary is shown.
au 6 24, Imj T. M. JONES, Ordinary;
MIERIFI' sale.
\\ ILL be sold, before the Court House
* door, in the town of Dawson, in said
'm v, on the first Tuesday in October next,
" n ’-be legal hours of Sale, tbe following
described lot:
Num°| USe and Lot in ‘bo ,own of Plwson >
,V cr ,10 t known, but known as the house
front V? pro Ted bv Ja,nes W. Eaton, and in
as ti °* Greer’s residence. Levied on
U .. f property of Leroy Brown to satisfy a
|.» Ifs “® d from Randolph Superior Court in
rof Albert Lehman, vs. Lerov Brow n.
‘ * 7 <*L WJ/. ialJGLii’Jt, lahcnff.
W IT WAILILa
WITH
JAMHSR. WYLIE,
WHOLESALE GRQfcR
AND
Commission Merchant,
ATLANTA, - - GEORGIA
iWTKttJUS €\ISII.
l Att \M> WINTER IMPORTATION.
1871.
IMI3BOJSTS.
MILLINERY & STRAW GOUDS.
armstrongLcator & CO.,
Importers nnd Johliers of Bonnet, Aim
tiling k Velvet liibbons, Bomr.-l Kiiks,
Satins and Velvets, Blonds, Netts, Crapes,
Ruches, Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments, Straw
Bonnets and Ladies’ Hats, trimmed and uu
tiimnud, Shaker Hoods, &c., 237 and 2’-9
Baltimore street, Baltimore. Maryland.
Offer the largest Stock to be found in this
Country, and unequalled in choice variety
and cheapness, comprising the latest ffuro
pean novelties. Orders solicited, and prompt
attention given.
To Tl»c TTuvdlinff fublic.
MARSHALL HOUSE,
s.i r.i.ni*.//!, (hi.
7Riis first-class Hotel is situated on Brough -
ton street, nnd is convenient to the business
part of the city. Omnibusses and Baggage
Wagons will always be in attendance at the
various Depots and Steamboat Landings, to
convey passengers to the Hotel. The beat
Livery Stable accommodations «ill be found
adjoining the house.
The undersigned will spare neither time,
trouble nor expense to make his guests com
fortable, and render this House, in every sub
stantial particular, equal, at least, to any in
the State.
A. E 5. Llit'E, Proprietor.
NOTICE
To Colton Planters anil Dealers
Os Middle and Southwest Georgia.
IN again placing our name before our num
erous planting friends and cotton dealers
of the Stale, we do so with the assurance of
our ah lily to successfully render satisfactory
all business eutrus'ed to our care—pledging
tho usual honest eflort to spare no pains in
doing our whole duty •
We make the sale of cotton a specialty, us
ing our lust endeavors to always sell on an
excited mai ket. We return cur most ainceie
thunks for past liher.il tavors, and hope to
have them continued, and hope to have a lib
eral trial from itiose who have not before pa
troubl'd us- We consider this the best inte
rior market in the Louth for the sal of Cot
ton, our buyers being liberal and spirited
business men.
I’luiitation supplies furnished when de
sired. Liber*! advances made on cotton in
sto-e. JONATHAN COLLINS & SON.
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants.
aug24-3in. Macon G-i.
CBOCKETT’S
I P
MOSSE I QWER.
SIMPLE, CB? h DURABLE,
I'isritn’i s arc referred So Ccrti*
ticaJc* ii|)pt'H !<’(l Below :
Mai-on- Ga„ Zii-combcr 16th, 1870.
E. CnucKKTr, B-'q , Dear .S'ir : Y i.-ur Lit
ter received- The HORSE TOW EK that I
bought of .you is doing as well as I can wish.
The principle is a good one, and so easily
adapted to any Giusllouse. AFirn- lus, so
Car, iffbved sufficiently strong enough for Me
work to be done. lam running a fortv-five
-aw Gin, with feeder attachment, with two
mules, with perfect esse,.
Respectfully, &e., A, T. HOLT.
Cool Sr ring, Ga., October sth, 1871.
17r E Crockett, Macon : Me. Daniels lias
fitted up your TOWER satisfactorily. Far
neatness and convenience, r.s well as adapta
bility for driving machinery for farm purpo
se cannot be excelled ; in t. U it, has supcs
,Unities over the old wooden, or mixed
rearing. I use four mutes, and U.mk i
eouii gin out 1500 pounds lint Cotton per
day ona forty saw Gin.
Respectfully yours, J. R. COMBS.
Griffin, December 6th, ISVo.
E. Crockett, Esq., Moon, «a.,-l)ear
Sir: I am well pleased with the H
you sold me. I think it is the best
I have seven. Very iJespoctlully,
S. KENDRICK. Sup t bav., G & N K h.
also to
Capt. A. J. WHITE, President M k R R ;
J/cHOLI.IS, Monroe Comity ; James
HEATH Pulaski county; l)r. KAU.i.t,
UoHston county ; V/- W
Couuty; JOHNSON & THJNLAI, Afaton,
r . ; gU/R Spalding County ;
ALEXANDER, Hillsboro; Dr. 11A UP
MAN, Jones Couuty. - > '
A PEMLAMATIM.
G E o It « I A.
By RUFUS B. BULLOCK
J Governor oj Saul Scale.
WIIERE-4S official iuformation bas been
relived o this Department that a murder
Griffis ill ih« county ot tlcaru, o"
P ,f fC e l and that tbe said Thom .s Teal, Pa
sS Griffis, anJ Susan Knowles have fled
f *N There fore, to tUr*nd that they maybe
isow, win » . j„ l0 W ith winch
each for tl ■ 1 -i«j p an( i Susan Know
leaf with evident *° “*
Sheriff of said co '‘" ; ' n " f , l h e Groat Sea! of
Given under »y •»"« .>» tbe cj|y of Atv
the Suae, at j f An „ u , t) ; n the year of
la ti ta, tb'S';- n un dred and .SVvcnty
-OUr L Independence of the Urns
one, and ol lt ' e . 1 |he Ninety-sixth
ted States of Am B BULL OCK.
Biv m gTcottisu, Secretary of State.
a ug 17- lw.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1871.
Dane Business Directo ly,
Dry Guoiln llci'climils,
( (V. 'S'l-I’liF.ll, Dealers in
y Dry floods Clothing, Boots and Shoes
Croeories &c. Hlso agents for some of the
most approved Fertilizers, Main Street.
KIJT.KEH, EDIVAHD, Dealer in
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Groceries
Hardware, Crockery etc.
Oltlt, W. I-’. Dealer In Fancy and sta
ple Dry Goods, Main st., next door to
J. W. Reddick’s.
Grocery Jlcrcliaiits,
15. BJ., Dealer in Groceries and
Family supplies generally, at W. F.
On’s old etatid, under ‘Journal” Office
Main st.
f OYLIISS, .8, E. Grocer and Com
a J misstou J/ rchaut, Dealer in Bacon,
flour, Liquors, &e.
I> i:i»i»i« k, .8. Grocer dealer in Ba-
A con, Flour, Lard, Tobacco, kc.
SIVItinVAIiE.
I EE & BROTHER, Dealers in
I J Hardware. Iron nnd Steel, Wagon Tim
hers, and Plantation Tools. Also Manufac
turers of Tin Ware, Main st., at J. B. Terry’s
old stand. J
nALDWIV, ASDKEW. Dealer
1 ) in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware 6’ut
terlv. Furniture, Ist door from the Hotel.-
Urnggists.
/'ll! HATH \ 78, 81. A., Druggist and
/'hysician. \\ ill vLit by day or night,
patients in Town will prescribe lor
any and all the ills that flesh is heir to.
Keeps a complete supply of Drugs and Med
icines, fehool Hooks and stationary—Gar
den Seeds &w ,kc , At his old stand, The
Bed Drug Store on Main St., /TEU.I/ri Strict
ly Cay It.
|A \ IIS, S>Jf, .S. ti., Dealer in
cl Drugs, Jfedicines, Oils, Taints, Dye
Stuffs, Garden &c., &c.
Livery Slalble.
pKIACE, A.«. * .J. K., Sale,
I Feed and Livery ,S’'able. Carri-n-es,
Hack 0 , Buggies, Drays, Wuirons, Harness
and Mules for sale or hire. Ho.tes boarded
at reasonable rates. Depot Street.
BLACKSMITH SSIOiV
\UARr, IiA»DALL. Will make
< * and repair Wagons, Buggies Flows,
Dickson Sweep, Shoeing horses, near I’ost
Office-. Always ready to do work good and
cheap Jan. 19 ly
MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
Two Dollars per Annum.
54 PAGES READING MATTER.
30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS
WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL
. D. WYATT* AIKEN,
CIIAItZESTOX, S. C
SUBSCRIPTIOMS
Are respectfully solicited fer the crction of
MONUMENT
TO THE
Confederate Dead of Georgia,
And those Soldiers from oilier Cenfjderato
Slates who were killed or died in this State..
THE MONUNENT TO COST *50,000.
The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be
laid on the 4th of July, or so soon thereafter
as the receipts will permit.
For every Five Dollars subscribed, there
v ill he given a certificate of Life Membership
to the the Monumental Association. This
certificate will entitle the owner thereof to an
equal interest in the following property, to be j
distributed as soon as requisite numbers ol j
shares ate sold, lf«wit :
First, Nine Hundred and one acres
o' Land in Lincoln count v, Geor
gia, on which are the weli known
Jfigrudcr Gold and Copper Mines
valued at fIAB GOO ,
And to Seveu'eeti Huodred and Forty
four shares in One Hundred Thousand Dol i
late of United States currency, to-wit : j
1 Share of fH',«WO SIO,OOO ,
1 .. 6,non - 5,000 :
•> “ 2,501 5,C00
-n <c 2,000. 20,0f1n
in “ 1,000 10,000
ijj ,i 5l)<) 10.000
•< too 10,000
aJ, « ........ so lo.oim
J. .1 25 10,000
lioii “ io
$ too,ooo
The value of (he separate interest to which
the holder of each certificate will be entitled,
will he determined by the Conuniss.oners,who
will announce to Ihc public the manner, the
time and place of disttibulion.
Tbe following gentlemen have consented
to act as commissioners, and will either by a
committee from their own bo.iv, or by spe
cial trusters, appointed by themselves, re
ceive and take proper charge of the money
for the Monument, as well as the Real /t'state
and the U. S. Currency offered as induce
niont-r I' r gubsciiplion, and will determine
upon the plan for Ihe Monument, the inscrip
tion thereon, the sito therefor, select an ora
tor for tbe occasion, and regulate tbe cere
monies to be observed when the corner- ;
stone is laid, to-wit : . , „ , I
Generals L Me Laws, A. R. Wright, M. A. !
Stovall W. M. Gardiner, Goode Bryon, Colo-
j K .l, c Snead, Win. P. Crawford, Majors
Jos.'b. Camming, Geo. T Hacksan, Joseph
Gnn-ihl I. P. Girardey, lion. R. 11. May,
A dam Johnston, Jonathan M. Miller, W. H.
Goodrich, J. D. Butt, Henry Moore, Dr. W.
E Bearing. , ..
The Agents in tLc rospective counties wnl i
rota'ii the money received for the sale of!
Tickets until the subscription books are ]
Id’ In order that the several amounts
m ay be returned to the Share-holders, in ease
Ul# number of subsciiptions will not war
an - farther proceedure, the Agent* will
report to this office, weekly, the result of
J,jj F . t ' C 4 When a sufficient number ol
tile shares arc sold, the Agents will receive
notice They will iheu lorward to this office
the amounts received.
L. ft A. 11. McLAWS, Gen. A >,
No 5 Old P. A*. Range, Mi luthsh st.,
igif Augusta, Gs.
\V. F. Combs, ol Dawson, Gs , will be g ad
to give information and recuse sabecripuous.
Have Patience.
A youth and maid, one wiuter night,
Were sitting hi ;K Auor;
His name, we’re told, was Joshua White,
•dud hoy’s was Patience Warner.
Not much the pretty maiden said,
Reside the youu# man sitting ;
Her checks xvure flushed a rosy red,
Her eyes bent on her knittiug.
A'or could he guess what thoughts of him.
Were to bosoni flocking,
A s her fair fingers swift and slim.
Flew round and round the stocking*
While, as for Joshua, bashful youth,
His words grew few and fewer.
Though all the time, to tell the truth,
His chair edged netrer to her.
Jfeanwhile the ball of yarn gave out,
She knit so fast and steady,
-4nd he must j iv« his aid, no doubt,
To get anoth'% ready.
H<* held the skr ;of course the tliread,
G’ot tangled, snarled and t wisted ;
“Have patience,’* cried the artless maid,
To liiui who her assisted.
Good oh mice was that for tongue tied churl,
lo shorten all palaver I
•‘Have Patience,” cried he, “dearest girl,
And may 1 really have her
The deed was done. No more that night,
Clicked needles in the corner;
And she is Mrs. Joshua White,
Tliut once was Patience Warner.
SOWING §£LDS.
Wo are sowing, daily sowing,
Countless seeds of good and ill,
Scattered on the lovely lowland,
Cast upon the windy hill,
Seeds that sink in rich brown furrows,
Soft with heaven’s gracious rains ;
Seeds that rest upon the surface
Os the dry, unyielding plain*
/Seeds that fall amid the stillness
Os the lowly mountain glen;
seeds cast out in silent places,
Trodden under foot of men,
Seeds by idle hearts forgotten,
Flung at random on the air,
Seeds by faithful souls remembered,
Sown in tears and love ami prayer.
/Seeds that lie unchanged, unquickeued,
Lifeless on the teeming mould,
Seeds that live and grow and flourish
When the sowcj*,shand is cold’
Jly a whisper sow we blessings,
Hy a breath we scatter strife,
In our w ords and looks and actions
Lie the seeds of deatli and life.
Thou who kuowest all our weakness,
Heave us not to bow alone !
llid Thine angel guard the furrows
where the precious grain is sown,
Till the fields are crowned with glory,
Filled with yellow ripened oars—
Filled with fruit of life eternal
From the seeds wc sowed in tears.
Check the forward thoughts and passions,
* Stay the hasty, heedless hands,
Lestjthe genus of sin and sorrow
Afar our fair and plaasant lands.
Father, help each w eak eude tvor,
Jl/ukc in: ’L faithful effort,.Jupt,
frill thine harvest pT&' be garnered,
And we enter into rest.
A Disagreeable Max. —Among tho
minor ilisagrooablo things is the man
who, in conversation, 13 continually
interrupting you with “Certainly,” “I
understand.” lie anticipates, or at
tempts to, all you are about to say.
Jle says “I understand,” when you
are satisfied he don’t understand any
thing about it. He repeats “exactly”
when there is no exactness to speak of
and exclaim “Certainly, ’ when tho
matter in hand is surrounded by tho
greatest possible amount of uncer
tainty. You open a conversation with
him as follows,
“My dear sir, do you remember—”
“Certainly,”
“When —”
“I understand.”
“You—”
“Exactly; exactly sir.,,
And still tho man hasn’t tho remot
est idea what you aro driving at, or to
what particular circumstances you do
biro to call liis attention. Sometimes
he assumes a very knowing look that
carries fraud on tho face of it, and
then again, while exclaiming “I un
derstand,” in the most confident and
postive manner, his countenance is
as expressionless asa mud hall, or alive
with bewildering inquiry.
Josh Billiugs would make a success
ful agent for one of our life insurance
companies. He has ideas on the sub
jCOt —ono of which lie presents bold
ly : “A largo life polereoo don’t egg
zactly make a korps sniilo on his wid
der, but it helps amazingly to git an
other feller to do it lor him.”
1 sometimes go musing along tho
street to see how few people there are
whoso faces look as though any joy
had come down aud sung in their souk.
1 can see tho lines of thought and of
care and of fear—money lines, shrewd,
grasping linos, but how few happy j
lines ! The rearest feeling that ever
lights tho human face is the content- j
niunt of u loving soul. Sit for an hour ;
on tho steps of tho Exchange in Wall
street, and you will boliold a kraina ;
which is bolter than a thousand thoa- !
tres, for all tho actors are real.— Bee- ;
cher.
“Who dare spit tobacco j nice on tho
floor of this car S’” savagely exclaimed
a largo and powerfully built passen
ger, as ho rose from his seat aud
stalked down tho isle, frowning defi-!
untly upon tho other passenger. “I
daro !” said a busely looking fellow,
as ho deliberately squirted quantity of
tho noxious saliva upon tho floor of
tho aislo. “All right, my fiieml,
suiil tho first speaker, slapping the
other in a friendly manner upon tho
shoulder, “give us a chew of tobacco.
“I onco dreamed,” said Pat, “that
I called upon tho Governor, and ho
axed mo would 1 diiuk. 1 tould him
I dinn’t care if I tuk a drop of punch.
Cowld or hot T axod the Governor.
Hot, yer, Exrolloncy,’ said 1; aud ho
stepped down in the kitchen for some
biliu water, and before lie got back I
woke strate up ; and now it is di.-tres
siu me that I didn’t take it cowld.”
Eta, tlio Yla-oii’s Child.
chapter 1.
Faster and faster spread tho flames,
and now tho ship was enveloped in a
fiery sheet. Mon and women rushed
madly over the side to seek a quicker
but less painful death. Tho boats,
with ono exception, had been over
loaded and capsized. There were has
ty prayers, and heart-rending cries nf
misery and distress. Death hovered,
vulturo-like, over his victims; some
clung desperately to tho vessel’s side,
some supporting thomselvos in the wa
ter by articles snatched hastily from
the burning ship, and with which they
bsd leaped wildly into tho sea. Tho
Captain sang through his trumpet
“take heart, nnd sustain yourself as
long as possible. A ship is coming to
our relief.”
James Durant stood upon tho almost
dosertod deck, with his only child, but
four years of ago folded closely in his
arms. His eyes swept tho horizon in
search of the ship to which tho cap
tain had alluded. He discovered it at
length, hut it was at least four milos
off. Before tho ship could arrive, they
must bo burned to death; or, if 110
sprang as others did down into tho
water, both 110 and tho child would bo
drowned, for ho was not a swimmer.
The littlo arms were twined about
his neck, the pale cheek rested confid
ingly against his own, but the brave
child did not tremble.
“O, my God, is there no help ?” cries
the despairing father, as the llames
swept nearer, and lie felt that his pres
ent position could be hold but a little
longer.
“Hore, give the child to mo, and I
will save her,” and turning quickly
Mr. Durant stood face to face with a
strangor who held a life prosorvor in
his hand.
“Quick !” thero is no time to be lost.
The child cau have iny life preserver,
and it will float her easily. Yonder is
auother ship ; I have boon watching it
for the last five minutes. It will reach
us in half an hour at tho most. There,
is that fastened securely ? Now, lit
tle girl, I am a going to throw you in
to tho water. You aro not afraid ?”
“No, no, but my pupa !”
The father caught her frantically m
his arms.
“My darling Eva, you may never
seo your father again ; but do not fear
—God will guard you, and somebody
Avill find you and care for you. If you
never see papa again, remember he is
in heaven with mamma.”
“Has she no relatives ?” asked the
stranger.
“None in this country ; I am from
England and am traveling fur ft or
health.”
“Take that pin from your bosom
and fasten it to her clothing.”
“Heaven help you for tho thought,”
said tho father ; and in a moment the
square and compass was glistening in
tho bosoni of the child, and the stran
ger look her from her father’s arms,
saying : “I am stronger than you ; she j
must ho east beyond the reach of these .
poor drowning wretches, or they will
rob her of her lifo preserver.”
The will to drapery iluttered through
the air, and sank below the waves;
then rising, it iloatod lightly upon tho
waters.
j James turned to tho stranger with
tearful eyes:
“May God bless and proservo you,
noblest of men. But you and myself j
must bo lost.”
“No, 1 am a good swimmer, and j
hore is a piece of hoard with which
you can sustain yourself till relief ar 1
rives.”
| Tho father cast anothor glance at 1
j tho white spook iloating rapidly away,
and Avitli an inward “God preserve :
her !” sprang into the sea, followed by <
tho strangor ; but tho two floated in j
different directions, and they saw each j
other no more.
Two hours later, James Durant t
awoke as from tho sleep of death, and
found himself in tho cabin of a strange ■
ship, with kind and sympathizing fac
es all around him. In a moment he
realized all that had passed, and said
eagerly, though foebly, -‘My child, my
little Eva ; is she safe
There was no response, and a low
moan escaped the father’s lips.
“Courage, sir,” said a lady with j
tearful eyes, “somo of the passengers
wore saved by another ship.”
Tho father’s countenance lighted.—
“God grant that she may be saved !”
Mr. Durant recovered bis usual
strength in u sow hours, and sought
among the saved for the stranger who
had proven himself so true a Masonic
brother, but ho was not to be found.
‘He must bo on tho other ship,” J
said Mr. Durant, “and ho will care for j
Eva.” j
Hotli ships were at port in Now
York tho followiny day, but although
Mr. Durant found tho stranger who ,
befriended him, and who proved to bo
a Mr. Wadsworth, from a Southern
city, Eva had boon seen by no one,
and was given up as lost.
CIIAVTER 11.
“Hero, wife, is a child that has just
boon washed upon tho boueh. She is
not cold and stiff, but I think she is
now doad. Eet us have some warm
flannels immediately, aud tell ihomas
to run for Dr. Hunt.”
It was long before tho quivering
lashes ami feeble fluttering of tho heart
gave token that success would crown
the efforts of Eva’s rescuers ; but, by
und-by, tho lids parted, an 1 revealed
two large liquid sky blue eyes, that
wandered from face to face in a be
wildered way, aud then closed wearily.
■ “I fear sho will not recover very
rapidly,” said the doctor. “Sho lias a
delicate constitute n, and will require
the be.it of care ”
“Door child !” said Mrs. Turner, “I
do not wonder she is nearly doad, but
who can sho bo ? Sonio torriblo acci
dent must have occurred at sea.”
“You had better examine her cloth
ing,” said the doctor; “perhaps you
may find some clue to her relations.
Mrs. Turner lifted the gossamer
white dross, and turnod it over and
over. Tho square and compass placed
by Mr. Duraut flashed upon tho eyes
of all at once. The doctor and Mrs.
Turner looked at each other, but neith
er spoke, and Mrs. Turner did not no
tice the tear that glisteiiod in her hus
band’s eyos.
The doctor’s fears that Eva would
not recover rapidly, proved to ho well
founded ; days and weeks of fever suc
coodod in awakening to life during
which sho talked incoherently of “pa
pa” aud “poor dead mamma,” and of
tho “burning ship,” and of “hunger.”
She finally awoke to consciousness,
and asked many questions as to how
sho came in that durk room, and who
were those who attended her, but Dr.
Hunt forbade her being questioned
until slio was stronger.
llow interested woro all in the littlo
convalescent, whom the elements had
cast into the littlo seaboard town !
Tho lauios declared that never before
did a child possess such lovely eyos,
or such beautiful curls ; while the gen
tleman seemed not loss interested, and
brought her gifts of everything that
might please her childish fancy.
“My dear little girl,” said Dr. Hunt,
when Eva was at length able to ride
out, “will you tell me your name ?”
“Eva,” said tho child, “I thought
you knew it.”
“Yes, I know your name is Eva, but
I want to know the rest of your name,
your father’s name.”
“Eva Durant, Mr. Durant is my
papa.”
“Y'os, now I want you to toll me all
you can remember about your father
and mother.”
Eva’s eyes filled with tears.
“Oh, sir, my mamma died and went
to live with the angels. Aud Ido not
know where father is. He said if I
never saw him again 1 must know he
had gone to mamma.”
“Where were you when ho told you
this V”
“On tho ship ; and oh, tho fire burn
ed mo so ; and papa held me in his
arms until a strange man took me aud
tied something under my anus, and
threw mo into tho water, and I have
not seen papa since. O, sir, cau you
toll mo where he is V”
“No, dear child ; but perhaps wo
may yet fiml him.”
And this was all that Eva’s new
friend could discover. It was plain
she had come from tho ship which had
been burned a few weeks before; that
sho had been cast upon tho sea aud
had floated upon tho shoro ; but where
was her father i Had he been savod;
and was he searching for his child ?
Every possible effort was now made to
find him. Tho circumstances of the
case, with tiro statement of tho child,
were published fully in tho newspa
pers of tho neighboring cities, but tho
giief-strickon father, bolieving his
child to bo lost, had sailed a week bo
foro for Europe, and it soon became
settled in the minds of Eva s protec
tors, that ho had perished. But tho
littlo one still prattled about hor “pa
pa,” and said ho would come by-and
b’y, and those who believed differently
would not pain hor by contradiction.
Tho square and compass that had
been found upon hor clothing was re
garded as a powerful appeal from a
Mason to his brethren to care for his
child. So it came to pass thut Eva
became as it woro, the special cliargo
of Hiram Lodge No. DG. Mr. Tur
ner would gladly have taken tho cn
i tiro cure of the littlo waif, and the
wealthy Senator "NV requested to
ho allowed to adopt hor as his daugh-
I ter, hut tho Brethren in Lodge assoin
! bled declared by a voto that Eva should
1 ho reared, educated aud protected by
tho Lodge, and that as Providence
! had placed hor in Brother Turner’s
' house, that should bo her home.
And so the years went by, and Eva
■ became a healthy, joyous child., flitting
| hero and there, and everywhere moet
-1 ing the warmest of welcomes. The
| Masonic Hall was but a few rods from
1 Mr. Turner’s residence, and Eva of!01
went with him as far as tho door, aud
then returned alone, always Lidding
the Tiler “take good caro of Pa Tur
ner and send him homo early.”
CHATTER 111.
Tho six years that followed tlio death
of liis wife and the loss of his child,
passed wearily to James Duiaut. lie
visited nearly every country in the Old
! World, seeking among scenes of nat
! ural beauty uml grandeur as well as
historic interest for the mental rest
could never bo found. Once more ho
turned his stops toward America aud
1 sought his Masonic friend, Mr. Wads
worth. Tiding that gentleman about
setting out with liis family on a jour
ney to the Atlantic coast, Mr. Durant
accepted the invitation to accompany
them to Saratoga, and Niagra, then
1 to New York, where, leaving tho la
dies, Mr. Wadsworth and Mr. Durant
wandered from town to town along I io
coast, enjoying tho beauty of the scen
: ery anti the quiet hospitality that
i greeted them, more than tlio crowded
' hotels and the fashionable stvles of tho
popular watering places fancy, and
tho kind hand of Providonoe, at length
led them in tho littllf town of B- ,
and tho second evening after llioir ar
rival they visited tho Masonic Lodge.
A warm welcome was extended to
, these Brethren from such distant
homes, and both were invited to ad
dress the Lodge. Mr. Durant said :
| “Brethren .-—I have traveled much
and long. I have found Masonic sym-
VOL. VI. —NO 31.
pathy in every part of tho globe, aodi
everywhere is Masonry substantially
tho sumo. I can hardly tell where I
reside. Tho world soents to be my
home, as I remain but a short time in!
any town or country, hut my name is’
recorded in an English Lodge. I love
my English Brethren, for they first
brought mo “from darkness to light,”
and I lovo English soil, for within it
sloeps tho wifo of my youth. But I
love American soil also, for hero havo'
I found tho warmest welcomes, the
kindest of brethren. And too, my own ;
child is sleeping in American Waters;
even bonoath the very waves that Wash 1
the shores of your beautiful village.
“Six years have passod since this
dear friend and brother robbed him
self ot his life prosorvor, that my lit
tle Eva might perhaps escape, and we
hoped tho elements might be kind,
and that heaven would send her re
lief ; but she was never hoard of more.’*
Tho voice of Mr. Durant was quiv
ering with emotion, and unablo to
speak further, ho seated himself and
covered his face with his hands.
Glaucea of surpriso and pleasure'
wore cast from ono to another among
the brethren of Hiram Lodge. No one'
spoke, however, but all eyes turned
upon tho Master, Mr. Turner. For a
moment ho soomed reflecting; theft’
taking a slip of paper from the Sec
retary, he wrote:
“Mrs. Turner—Do not allow Eva
to retire until I return home; tell her
I am going to bring a strange gentle
man who wishes to see her.” And
calling tho Jun. Deacon, Mr. Turner
gave him the note, saying, in a, low
voice, “Take this to Mrs. Turner, im
mediately.”
“Why, Eva,” said Mrs. Turner
when sho had read the message, “you
are going to have company. A gen
tleman is at the lodge-room who wish
es to see you.”
“Who can it bo ?”
Eva looked preploxed and thoughf
ful; suddenly her cheeks flushed, her
eyes lightened, and clapping her lit
tle hands, she sprang to hor foot and
exclaimed. “Oil, it must be papa I
110 ono else would wish to seo me , no
one in tho world and before Mrs.
Turner comprehended the child’s in
terpretation, sho had passed the thres
hold, and was flitting through the
moonlight toward tho lodge-room.—
Tho Tiler looked amazed when Eva
burst into tho unto room, hor cheeks
burning, hor oyes flashing with joy
and excitement. “Do not stop me ! I
am going in !” she exclaimed. But
the inner door tvas fastened, aud the
impatient Eva cried with vexation.
“Wait a moment,” said the Tiler,-
who having heard nothing of what
hail transpired tvithin, was at a loss to
account for tho straugo conduct of the
child ; “wait a moment and I will send
your request to Mr. Turner. Ho will
come out and seo you.”
“I shall not wait; Ido not want to'
see Mr. Turner; I want to see ury pa
pa.”
“Tho child is crazy, that is evident,”
said tho p rplexed Tiler to himself
hut calling out tho deacon 110 bade
him say that Eva was thero and had
determined to get into tho lodge-room.
The deacon went to the East, aud
deliverel his message iii a low tone,-
and a moment afterward moved “.that'
tho craft be called from labor to re
freshment.
“Now,” said Mr. Tuanor, “tell tho
Tiler to lot hor come in.”
And Eva did corno, or rather bound'
into tho hall, moro beautiful in her ex
citement than ever hotoro. Sho ad
vanced to tho center of tho room and
stood beside tho altar ; half poised up
on ono tiny foot sho scanned rapidly
fho faces of all. Iler oagor eyes soow
detected tho strangers, who were seat
ed bosido each other, and for a mo
ment sho seemed irrosoluto ; then durt
ing forward with a glad cry, she threw
hor arms about the neck of Mr. Du
rant, crying. “Oh, papa 1 my dear pa
pa ! you have come home ut last. You
were not burned in tho ship ?”
We tvill not attempt to paint the
scone further, but will leave our read
ers to imagiuo tao joy of tho loud fa
ther, and also lcavo them to decide
whethor the tears that wet tho cheeks
of the Brethren of Hiram Lodge were
caused by sympathy with the happi
ness of their little charge, or grief that
they should lose one whom they all
loved.
A lady at Long Biauch wca talking,
to a gentleman next to hor st dinner,
and becoming very antimated, shook
her small frizotto,of false curls in liis
soup plate. Ifo passed on to fish.
Two Irishmon on a certain occasion
occupied tho samo bod. In the morn
ing ono of them inquired of tho other.
Dounis, did you hear tho thunder
Inst night ?” ‘'No, Pat; did it thun
der “Yes it thundered as if heaven!
and earth would come togeather.”
Why then, Fat, didn’t ye wake me up
for ye know I can’t sleep whoa it
thunders!”
A young student undor examination
at tho Col lego of Surgeons, was asked
by Abernathy, “What would you an d
if a man was blown up with gunpow
der ?” 110 replied, “1 would wait till
110 canto down, “irue, replied Ab
ernath, “and suppose 1 should kick
vou for such an impertinent answer,
what muscles would I put in motion !„
“The flexors and extensors of my arm,
replied the student, “for I should im
mediately knock you down.
A gentleman, seeing an Irishman*
fencing in a very barren, desolate
I piece of land, said: “What are you
fencing in that lot for, 1 at. A flock
! of sheep would starve to death on that
I land.” And sure, your honor, replied
Pat, “wasn’t I fencing it in to keep
j the poor beasts out of it t