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C B. WOOTEN,
Attorney at Law,
MACON, GA.
TA T ILL practice in the Circuit Courts cT
▼ ▼ South-west in the District,
and courts of tne State and United
States. All business from whatever section
or of whatever character ent»listed to him
w*ill receive prompt attention. oc t J^’7l.
Lyons & irvin.
Attorneys at Law,
MAfOl, - - - GIiOKGU.
"I’*7lT L give attention o professional bus-
W iness in the Macon, “outli western &
I’ataula Circuits ; in the U S Courts, at. S
avannah, and .-ltlanta, and by specid con
tract iu any par' of the State,
F. M. HARDER
/ttopy ajid Colpllor at La
ti.S.
K. J- W ARRE N,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
siuHKSF'W-ret - - -
G. W. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law And Solicitor in Eqaity
SMITH VILL!GA.
Will practice in South Wepern and Pa tali la
circuits. Colitctiotis promptly rtmilted.
it A C I.LIKR. C T. CHEYES,
TOWNS 120 USB,
S5 2DOAO ST..
ALBANY, GA.
IIY
r. A. (Ol MCI! & c».
McAFE HOUSE,
At SmilUvillf, <>a.
fl'llE undersigned having fitted up the Me
l Afee H< >nse at. Sinilhvil]-, takes pleasure
in notifying the travelling public that the
above house is now in the ‘ full tide" of sue -
ceesful administration b? himself. He will
spare no expense to make it a First-Class
Hotel. A/tals ready on the arrival of the
vain. ■ W. M. McAFEK.
L. C. IIOYL. R. r. SIMMONS
hoyI & smvimons,
ATTORNEYS
AND
Counsellors at Law,
DAWSCN, GA.
over Lei brother's store
Nov. 23 ly
V TWO V
feoßSEtl
■Wagons, and 1 One Horse Wagon for
sale. Apply to A. J. BALDWIN,
nov, 16. tt, or, C. 0. TRUSS
13. J. LUNI|UEBT
WATCH JJi MAKER
AND JEWELER.
HAVING located inD.wson, at J. E.Loy
less 1 Store, respectfully solicits patron
age. All work warranted to give perfect
satisfaction. Charges moderate.
Nov. 30.tf.
From my carriage house on the night o
the. sth ingt., one single horse buggy with
springs painted black, box body, the hinder
part covered with oil cloth. Star or flower
painted on each side of the body. Dash cov
ered with oil cloth, dash irons broken, left
hand shaft fractuied at the bend.
A liberal reward will be paid for the re
covery of tiie buggy and harness and twenty*
live dollars for the thief with evidence to
convict. Q£o. W. KKLZY.
dec, 13-ts.
TANARUS!!!; HEART or MAS.
A'uch has a secret self - an inner life
Os hopes and f«‘ars,
•ffigh aspirations, doublings, calm and strife,
.Tnd joys and tears.
Ko Q Y C God’s within the veil can look;
Unto the world,
/he human heart is as unopened book--*
A banner furled.
A mighty ocean, to whose lowest deeps
We cannot see—
A secret treasury, of which heaven keeps
/lie master key.
An unsolved, awful mystery sublime
Ne*e» understood—
A battle field, where virt’ etrfv i with t’ ime
A’vil with good
The angels of our kind and adverse fate
Are marshaled there:
Light grappling with dim darkness love with
hate -
Hope with despair.
None ever pass the secret inner door,
That guards the heart :
It is a crypt ourselves cannot explore
/n every part.
JPo are not as we seem-for oft the eye
-Relies the breath /
The lips cry “p?ucc” when haggard care is
nigh,
will unrest.
A/e&sure the sunbeams--compass sea md land
Creation’s plan
-Find out! Twere easier than to understand
Ihe hear of man.
A«“D of the General 4-stiu7>ly
oi Georgia I‘a»M (l at tue Ses
sion !k7I.
From the Federal Union.
111. To change the time of holding
the Superior Court of Worth county.
Dec. 13.
112. To construct a Railroad from
F.lberton, Ga., to intersect with tlte
I New York and New Orleans Railroad,
hv the most practicable route. Dec.
: l^-
• 113. To fix the time at holding the
j Superior Courts of Chatham county.
| Doc. 13.
111. To repeal part of section of an
act to incorporate the town ol Preston
in tlte county of Webster, and for oth-.
'er purposes. Dec. 13.
115. To correct and amend an act
entitled an act to incorporate the At
lanta and Lookout Railroad Company.
Approved Oct 24, 1870 Dec. 13.
110. To reduce the bond of the
Sheriff of Banks ccuuty. Dee. 13.
117. To amoud an act entitled an
act to cottier additional p wers upon
the Mayor and Council of the city of
LaGrange, to regulate taxation in said
titv, Ac. Dec J3,
lfß. To extend the jurisdiction of
the City Court of Augusta, &c. Dec.
13.
lift. To amend the charter of the
Americus and Isabella Railroad Com
\ pany, and for ether purposes therein
mentioned. Dec. 13.
120. To fix the compensation of
Grand Jurors and Petit Jurors in the
counties of Rabun and Towns, and to
| provido for the payment of the same,
and to repeal all laws heretofore in ex
; istenco for the payment of jurors ip
| said counties, and to repeal ail conflict
ing laws, &c. Dec. 13.
121. To incorporate the town of
i Sharpsburg, in the county of Coweta,
' and for other purposes therein men
tioned. Dec. 13.
i 122. To amend an act incorporating
the town of Morgan, in tlte couo.y of
Calhoun, approved March 8, 1858.
Dec. 13.
123 To legalize the adjournment of
the Superior Court of Eibert county,
i bee. 13.
| 124. To ohango the time of hold
ing the Superior Court of Camden
county. Dec. 13.
125 To increase the pay of Jurors
■ in Bartow county. Dec. 13.
I ' 126. To change the time of holding
Superior Court of Catoosa county.—
; Dec. 13.
127. To increase the pay of Jurors
! of the county of Randolph. Dec. 13.
129. To repeal an act entitled an
act to consolidate the offices of Tax
Receiver and Collector of the county
:of Dado. Dec. 13. ,
130. To amend an act to incorpor
' ate the Gate City Insurance Company
■ of the city of Atlanta, assented March
12, 1866, and to change its name.—
Dec. 13.
131. To amend an act entitled an
! act to incorporate the Grand Lodge
' Knights of Jericho of the State of
1 Georgia, and for other purpb.v s there
in mentioned. Dec. 13.
132. To repeal all local road laws
of the County of Bryan, and for other
purposes therein mentioned. Dec. 18.
> 133.' To authorize Clerks of Supe
| rior Courts in the counties of Lowndes,
i Coffee, Clinch and Ware, to issue writs
that shall bear test in the namo of
J. R. Alexander and W. M. Sessions,
i Doc. 13.
j 134. To require the Tax Collector
I of the county of Ware to receive coun
-1 ty scrip for taxes duo tho county.—
' Dec. 13.
135. To regulato and fix the pay of
Grand and Traverse Jurors in the
' county of Crawford. Dec. 13
136. To provide for opening and
clearing out Cedar Creek, in tue coun
, ty of Wilcox, and fixing a penalty for
the obstructing of the said stream.
137. To repeal an act consolidating
tho offices of Tax Receiver and Collec
tor for Charlton County. Dec. 13.
138. To compensate Grand and Pet
it Jurors for tho County ot Pauldiug.
Dec. 13.
139. To repeal an act entitled an
act to authorize tho payment of costs
duo the officers of tho Court of Bar
tow county, and to provide therefor,
approved Oct. 27, 18 jO. Dec. 13.
140. To amend an act entitled an
act to incorporate tho Habersham and
I Union Turnpike Company and grant
DAWSON. GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 11, 1872.
certain privelegos to tho same, and for
other purposes mentioned, and to
change the name of the same. Dec.
13.
141. To amend an net entitled nn
act to authorize tho Muyor and City
Council of Atlanta to provide fo* tho
introduction of Water Works iu said
city, and for other purposes, approved
Sept. 23, 1870. Dec. 13.
142. To incotpotato the town of Rut
ledge in Morgan couuty Dec. 13.
143. To puuish any person or por- '
sons who shall assutno to perform the
dutios of Constables in the city of Sa- i
vanntih unless he or they have been
elected, appointed or qualified in ac
cordance with tho sf. lute ol the State
of Georgia. Dec. 13.
144 To repeal certain sections of
an act entitled nn act to charter the
Georgia Mutual Fire and Life Insu
rance Company, and the several acts
amendatory thereto. Dec. 13.
14c: Jo constitute a Board of Com- \
missioners fur tho county of Merri
wether, State of Georgia Dec. 14.
146. To amend the charter of the
city of Atlanta by prescribing lor the
e .‘ctiou ol . Ret ! r and Auditor,
and to prescribe their duties. Dec. 12. j
147 To incorporate the Dollar Sa
vings Bank of Fort Falley. Dec. 13.
148. To create anew Judicial Cir-
1 cult of tlio counties composing the
| Southern, Macon and middle Circuits,
to provide for ti e appointment of
i Judge thoreof, aud for other purposes.
1 Dec. 12. '' |
J 149 To legalize the subscription of
Indian Springs, to the Griffin, Monti- i
echo and Madison Railroad Company. .
j Dec. 13. |
150. To change the time of holding
tliti lull term ol Lee Superior Court.
1 Doc. 13
i 151. To authorize tho Ordinary of,
; Pulaski ci unty to issue bonds to build |
' a court house. Dec. 13.
j 152. To make penal the soiling of
j personal property which has been |
mortgaged as a security for tlte pay- j
' meut ot debt, and to provide for the i
. punishment oi die same. Dec. 13.
153. To assist the Georgia Infirma- !
rY
-154. T require the several Judges'
' of the State to give specially in charge ■
, to the grand juries sections 4469 and I
4491 of the Code. Dec. 13.
! 155. To extend the provisions of the !
llth section of the act approved Feb.
22, 1806, in relation to tax recivers
and collectors of Chatham county. — ,
Doc. 13.
I 156 To prevent hounding and kill- j
iug deor in the county of Laurens du- !
ring the months of May, Juni, July!
’ and August. La c’ 43.
157. To incorporate the Georgia
Diamond aud Mining Company. Doc. i
,!3._ , |
| 158. To amend tl, road laws of too i
State so far as they relate to the cuun- i
'ty of Lumpkin, flee. 13.
159. To amend the acts incorpora- 1
ting the village of Cave Spring, Floyd ;
! county. Dec. 13.
i 100. For the relief of B. Chancey, j
, Tax Collector of Ea.ly county, for the j
1 year iB6O. Dec. 13.
161. To legalize the subscription ol'
tho town of Madison to the Griffin, j
Monlicello and Madison Railroad Com- j
! pany. Dec. 13.
162. To provide for the time of
holding the Superior Courts Eastern
Judicial Circuit. Dec. 13.
163. L’o require the Judges of tho j
Superior Court ol this State to give in j
especial charge to the grand juries,
j Section 1430 of the Code. Doc. 13.
161. For the relief of Zoba King.
105. To require Clerks of Superior
j Court* to provide blanks with pruned
instructions fur taking interrogatories.
Deo. 13
j 106. To provide for a county Board
of Commissioners for Decatur county,
and to prescribe and define the povv
• ers and duties thereof Dec 13
167 To repeal an act entitled an j
act to amend ail act assented to Au
gust 27, 1870. Dec. 13.
IGB. To authorize the appointment
of an Auditor in case of law or equi
ty involving accounts. Dec. 13.
iq9 To authorize tlte local author
ities of Chatham county to change or
abolish tho road leading from the Isle
: of Hope tq the main road, iu Skida
way Island. Dec 13.
170 To limit the time of service of
Petit Jurors in the Superior Court of
Chatham county. Dec. 13,
171. To rciiove joint debtors by
judgement. Dec. 13,
172. To incorporate the town of Re-
Baca, and for other purposes. Dec. 13.
j 173. To create a Board of Commis
sioners for the county of Liberty, Ac.
Dec. 13.
174. To alter, change and amend
an act entitled an act to incorporate
tho town of Decatur Dec. 13.
175. To provide for taking bond of
public officers aud qualifying them.—
Dec 13
176 To change tho time of holding
tho Superior Court in the county ol
Jasper in the Ocmulgee Circuit. Dec.
13.
177. To repeal section 812 of Ir
wins Code, and to proscribe the mode
of taxing shares in banks and other
corporations having banking privileges
Dec 13.
178. To create a board of roads and
revenue iu the couuty of Dawson.—
Dec. 13
179 To enforce article 5, section 12,
paragraph 2, of tho Constitution
Dec 13.
180. To authorize tho Ordinary of
Camboll county to issue bonds to
raise money to pay lot tho building of
a court house. Dec. 13.
, 181. To compensate Ordinaries,
Sheriffs and Clerks of tho Superior
Court, Ac. Dee. 13.
182. Tt authorize Calloway Camp-
bell of Murray county to eree; a mill
dam across the Couitesauga River on
bis own land iti tho 16th, 7th, uud 3d
,of Murray. Dec. 13.
183. To amend an act passed by tho
Legislature oi Georgia Dec. 27, 1847,
incorporating the Evergreen Comotery
Company of Bormvcntino. Dec 13.
181 T zo the actions of the
, Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilcox
county ns Ordinary of suid county,
and to authorize the Clerk to levy a
tax for county purposes for tho year
1871. Dec. 14.
i 185. To incorporate the Macon and
Chattahoochee Railroad Company.—
Dec. 14.
186. To change the time of holding
the Superior Court iu Camp jell coun
ty. Dec. 14.
187. To repeal an act to amend sec
tion 3151, patt 2, title 9, chapter 14,
of the Revised Code. Doc. 14.
188. To incorporate tlio town of
Luwtunviile.
■ 189 To incorpojate the town of
Whitney, iu Cttlhc .a, aud for other
purposes therein mentioned, and to
regulate the retail of spirituous liquors
, within the corporate limits. Doc. 11.
| 196. To alter and amend an act to
incorporate the town'of Montezuma,
in the county of Macon, and to pro
vide ior an election, approved Novem
ber 12, 1870. Dee. 14.
191. To amend an act incorporating
the Atlantic and Great Western Canal
Company. Dec. 14.
192. To provide the mode of adju
dicating the rights of parties under
art'do 7 of tho Constitution of this
State. Dec. 14.
193 To amend tlio 3d section of au
act providing for the setting apart of
Homestead of realty and personalty.
Approved Oct. 3, 1808. Dec. 14.
194. So secure the tew nl counties
of the State of Georgia from coats. —
Doc. 14.
195. To abolish the offices of tho
Western aud Atlantic Railroad, Ac.
Dec. 14.
196. To incorporate the Merck, ants
and Mechanics Savings Bank of Co
lumbus. D c. 14.
197. To make it penal to withhold
money or personal property belonging
to tlte State ot Geotgia. Dec. 14.
198. For farming out the convicts
of the PeuiteDtiaiy of the State of
Georgia, and lur other purposes. Due.
199. To extend the right ot dissolv
ing garnishments to persons othi r
than defendants, Dec. 14.
2'iiJ, To refund to Jackson, Lawton
A Basringer, a certain amount of
money, vVe. Dec 14.
291 To provide for the payment of
a poition of tlte funds raised ior school
purposes in the city of Columbus.—
December 14.
262, To increase tho pay of jurors
in tho epunttes of Jtewait, Webster,
Troup, Terrell, Spalding, Gordon,
Paulding. Early, Aitiler, Greeu, Mur
ray, Quitman, Fayette, Clayton, Lump
kin, Heard, Clarke Cobb, Chattahoo
chee, Henry, Taylor, Telfair, Thomas,
Decatur, Habersham, Monroe, Dooly,
Jasper, Houston, Worth and Macon.
December 14.
263, To require tho Ordinaries of
tho several counties in tno State iu
issuing orders on tire* several county
treasurers to specify in said order tiie
particular fund out of which said or
der ought glitiuby to bo paid De
cember 14.
264, To allow plaintiffs in execu
tion a tight to recover damages iu cer
tain cases. December 15.
205, To incorporate Doraville iu the
county of DeKulb, aud to appoint
commissioners ior the same, and for
other purposes therein mentioned.—
December 14.
206, To incorporate tho Rome and
Raleigh Railway Company, an l lor
other purposes. D, comber 15.
267, Tj provido for suits against I
joint obligors in the City Court of Fa- |
vannah December 15
20b, To provide a remedy by which ■
money or property fraudulently or uu- j
lawfully converted or detained from 1
the State or Western and Atalntic :
Railroad, may bo recovered, Ac. De- I
cetuber 15
209, To incorporate tire town of 1
Eastman, and to repeal all previous 1
acts incorporating tho same.
210, To alter and amend section
4779 of Irwin’s Revised Cede. Do- J
comber 15,
211, To authrizo tho Ordinary of
Cherokeo co;.my to issue bonds ofj
said couuty 'for the purpose of build
ing tv Court bouse. December 15.
212, To incorporate the LuGraugo
and Barnesville Railroad Company.—
Decent her 15.
213, To incorporate the Mechanics’
and Traders’ Bunk of Georgia. De
cember 15.
211, To amend tho act to prescribe
the practice in eases of injunction and
other extraordinary remedies in equi
ty, and the manner of taking judge
ment thereon to tho Supreme Comt.
December io.
215, To amend sections 9 and 10 of
an act entitled an act to carry into ef
fect tho 2d r.ause of the ißt.ii section
of sth articlo of tho Constitution, ap
proved February 15, 1569, so us to
j provide lor the furnishing of panels
I of Jurors iu the trial of criminal ca
j ses in certain cases. December 15.
216, To amend an act to incorporate
! the town of Hawkinsville, in the couu-
I ty of Pulaski, to define thj limits of
i the same. December 15
217, Genera! Appropriation ac t.
218, Atlanta City Court. (lucor
. porati-ig )
I 219, To promoto the propagation
iof shud fish in the Savannah river,
and to impos r a penalty for fishing in
j said river on F tin day or Monday. De
, cqjnbor 1 L ■■
! 220, To provido for the node of
filiiug vacancies iu tho office of Ordi
nary, which may now or hereafter, ex
ist in tho several counties of this State
December 15.
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CiHUOtFrlft tit-OKT.
BY CHIBLES W. HUBN IR.
All without iri ti.irk aud dreary
Jikl my window pane
&ullyUkc:t spirit weary
(>fitß purgatorial chain,
Zapß the ghostly autumn rain.
O’er the dark, de.ul moor are crawling
Cloud shapes, cold aud serpeutin-* ,•
-4ud where withered leaves are falUo^
on tiie dim tarn’s wllme,
liing-a tire crane’s resounding- rhyme.
7n the air the Tempest poises
Kuiu on his w’u ii ling \> in. r s* :
B ; rds have hushed tiieir blithe some voice,
And tiie Laiads of the sjrrings
Head their wild*harps sweetest sitings,
Forests, robed in faded glory*
Moan and chide tiie sunless day,
I’ivrrs hasten on before me
/nto darkness, far away,
Wan offuce, and ashen gray.
For the Summer’s heart is broken,
(rushed the or own lees beauty lies;
Faith’s maj(*Mle harp hath woken
/(equiem strains and symphonic* :
Heaven in sorrow drapes her skies.
Ah , ye clammy glooms about me!
Ghostly rain, aud blurring blast I
How your cUilden shadows shroud me,
Drag me down ami eh aiu me fast
To the Spectre of my own dead part !
VVho carcth for rain, for flic ghoptiy rain
That the cold bleak Autumn bringeth,
Or theory of pain in the tempest’s strain i
Or the knell thaWln? forest ringeth f
Let Nature tear her golden hair,
And winnow with phantom wings the air,
Aud uttei her cries till the pitying skies
I>v p 1 r iheir starry, compassionate eyes ;
h. »< s for the glory* that pasieth
With the i^eautiini Aurnmer away.
And is lost like the voice of the rivers 4 J
Ku‘h { .eg by with th ir faces gray ?
7f flic heart hath its summer within it,
JYeed it care for thujsummer wiibout 7
Or The soul, lit with simlight infinite,
Fear the gloom of a passing cloud 7
Good deeds* well done in the past,
A ed the knowledge of brave endeavor,
/. • tiie strength of sweet Love’s fervor,
And Faith with Hope enclasped--
These are things that are fairer than weather
IFhcrein basketh thelush rose of Jane,
Motv hw- etthan the honey of heather.
More rare than the nightingale’s tune;
Nor miss we the music of Summer
If Heaven’s sabbath-harp in our breast
We awake, from its passionless rest,
To cradle our soul into plumbed,
Wit 1 golden rhymed dreams, without nuinV r,
.. • miner-laud of the /ilcst!
The Date of the Cuccirrxxqx
Herr Kaib, tho German Savant, in a
work recently published shows that
there was a total eclipse of the moon
concomitantly with tho earthquake that j
occurred when Julius Ctesar was us- j
sassinated, on the 15th of March, B. |
0., 44.' ITe lias also calculated the j
Jewish calendar to A. E., 41, and the ;
result'of his researches fully confirms I
the facts recorded by the evangelists oi i
tho wonderful physiciftl events that i
accompanied the eiucifixion. Astron- |
omical calculations prove, without a
shadow of doubt, that on tho llth day |
of the Jewish month, Nisan, (Ajtril I
6), there was a total eclipse of tho sun, j
which was accompanied in ail proba- j
bility by tho earthquake, “ when the :
veil of the Was rent from the [
top to the bottom, and the earth did ;
quake, aou tiiG rock rent. ” (Matthew j
xxxii, 51). While St. Luke describes i
tho eclipse in these words : “ And it i
was tho sixth hour, (.2 noon), and
there was a durkness over all tlio land
till the ninth hour, (3 o’clock p. nt).
1 and the sun was darkened. ” (Luke I
1 xxii, 44).
This mode of reckoning corresponds
perfectly with the result of another
calculation our author made by reck- j
oning backward from the gr at eclipse
of April 1818, allowing for tho differ
ence between the old aud new styles, ,
which also givo April 6, as the date I
of the new moon iu tho year A. D. b I.
As the vernal equinox of tha year fell
1 on Murch 25, and the Jews ato their
Easter lamb aud celebrated their irtb
Fiifsoh, or Feast of the l’assover, on
tho following now moon, it is dear
April 6 was ideniified with Nisan 14,
ot the" Jewish calendar, which, moro
! over, was on Friday, the l\irut!;nee, or
day of preparation for the Sabbath,
aud this agrees with the Ilob.ew Tal
mud. Thus, by tho united testimony
of astronomy, archatoology, traditional
and Biblical history, there c in be but
little doubt that tho date of the cruci
fixion was April 5, A. D. 31.
“I can marry any girl 1 please,’ said
' a young man, boastingly. “Very true
j replied his waggish companion, “for
you cau’t please any.’’
An AikuusHs Trngi'dy.
from the Wimhln-tOTi Arkansas JVleifrnph.
On Wednesday evening last tho
usually quiet and pleasant neighbor
! hood of Fine Grove, iu this county,
: was shocked by the discovery of the
lifeless body of Miss Mollie Holt, tho
! youngest daughter of the lute Jesse
1 Holt, who was an old aud highly es
teemed citizen of that neighborhood.
| The body, wo are told, was most hor
ribly mangled, having been shot
| through, t\>o of the fingers badly
chewed or shot, tho head badly
bruised and tho brains having been
beaten out with n bludgeon of some
kind, believed to have been the butt of
a pistol. Perhaps there were still
other wounds upon tho body, but wo
ato not in possession of an accurate
description of them. The news of
the tragedy was rapidly communicated
from house to house, and from place
to place, until on the next morning,
we at o informed, that there were no
Ess than one hundred and fifty per
sons iu search of tho villain who had
so inhumanly taken the iuu of a love
ly and innocent creature, who was
universally loved and admired by all
who were so fortunate as to know her.
The citizens, from some circuinstances
which to tiiem seemed suspicious, pro
ceeded to arrest a negro boy, who had
been living at Mr. Holl/s for some
time previous.
All investigation satisfied the people
that he was not guilty, notwithstand
ing the fact that lie hud told several
contradictory stories about tire matter,
and acted in such a way generally as
to create very strong ren.ons for be
lieving him guilty. Thu mainspring
of a pistol had been found near the
scene of the murder, and it was de
termined that an exhibition of all the
pistols in the po v -sioti of tlio people
of that vicinity should bo made. One
young mutt was known to have been
in the possession of a pistol belonging
to another gentleman, tvom whom ho j
mid borrowed it some time previously.
When Mr. Robert Norwood, the j
young man who had burrowed the j
pistol, exhibited one, Mr. Jerome :
Crawford, tho gentleman from whom !
Norwood had borrowed n pistol, shi- j
tod that the pistol exhibited was not
the one he had loaned' to Norwood, j
Norwood attempted an explanation by j
saying that he hud traded off Craw- j
ford’s pistol for this one ; but tho in
vestigation was further prosecuted utt
til it was ascertained that Norwood
had been to Murfreesboro’ and pur- ;
chased the pistol, as near like Craw- j
ford’s as he could find one. A vest j
button had uLo been found near the
scene of tho murder. This exactly j
compared with the buttons on Nor
wood’s vest, and otto was missing.
The links iu the strong chain of cir
cumstances that were .-tire!/ curling
around Norwood were being rapidly
filled tt)*, until he actually abandoned
his attempted deeLion and voluntarily |
confessed that he was the sole author j
ol the nameless crime.
AYo understand that his confession I
was written out in full and preserved, I
but wo have not seen it. As we hear ;
it it is briefly as follows : That bo- i
tween himself and Miss Holt there !
had long existed a matrimonial en-j
gag -meat, and that on account of the
opposition of her relatives a consum
mation of tho engagement had berni
prevented. That on the tiny of the
killing he had met h r at the house of :
Mrs. Nelson, where she was spending !
tha day, and had a long tulk with her j
on the subject, she persistently refus- ]
ing to marry him contrary to the j
wishes of her relatives. That when !
he left tho house of Mrs. Nelson he j
had determined to make another !
effort, ami for this purpose waited on j
tho roadside for her return to her i
mother’s. When she came he attack- i
cd her, and she still persisting in her !
refusal to marry him, he fired upon j
her four times, then heat her brains j
out v itli tho butt of the pritol, and
started off'; but fearing that there :
might still bo life * nough in her to ex |
peso lii.a ho returned and cut her j
throat. When the discovery was !
made and the alarm given he went ,
with the grief-stricken mother and j
wept with tl.' family over tiie ruin he I
himself had wrought.
On Sunday morning, while Nor- j
wood was being watched aud guarded
we understand that about one bun- !
dred armed men forced tho guard, j
took the man to a convenient limb and ;
there bung him by tho neck until ho j
was dead, dead, dead. And thus •
ended the most horrible tragedy wo j
have over been called upon tp ehroui- :
tie.
We arc told that throughout the in- j
■ vestigation the proceedings of tho j
! people were characterized by the ut- •
most lautiou uud deliberation, it be
ing the expressed wish of every one ■
! present that noth'eg bo dune too has- I
tily nor with out the most' satisfying *
; evidence.
i-- j
A Bi. u "rm i. Thought. —God knows
what keys in the human soul to touch
in order to draw out its sweeter and ;
most perfect harmonies. They may
bo the strains of sadness and sorrow ;
they may be the loftier notes of joy
ami gi.uiue--. God knows where the
ruokxUes of nature are, aud what dis
cipiine will bring them forth. Some
with plaintive tongue must walk in
the lowly paths of life's weary way ;
others iu loftier vales and hymn of
nothing but joy as they tread tho
mountain tops of life ; but they all
unite without discord or jar a- the as
t cending anthem of love and believing
I heart- fimU its way into the chorus of
tho redeemed iu heuvCn
Politeness may prevent the want of
talent from being observed ; but wit
niid talent cannot prevent tho discov
• ry of the w nut of politeness.
VOL. VI.-—NO. 48.
I *4'«« I'sFse I'klnisitloa of Our
The English nobloman who sends
; to Paris for Ilia daughter’s dresses, is
reasonably certain that he, and fijs
daughter's husband after him, can
continue sending, and that iu the. train
ieg of his child he is fostering no hab
it which cannot be rightfully indulged
| in. The American knows, it he knows 1
anything, that the habits of luxury in
w.tich hisc t Id t (reared unfit hoi|('orthe
duties ot tue lite to which sho will in
; nil likelihood be called—that he can
not hope that his family wealth can
I i°. n o surive him, any tnoro than that
nis daughter will love a man to whom 1
; that wealth will bo unimportant. Ex
-1 porience and observation alike tell him
that wealth in this country, rarely con
i' tin ties iu a family throe generations,
and that at any tiruo he may find hirn
-1 self a poor man again. Yet ho reg
ulates his lif° and that of his children 1
| a ‘ his vv .uith and theirs were assur
*l forever, and as though his habits
cn a lifetime were to bo broken like
wisps of straw. Tits daughters are
net fit to marry any but the rich men’
they experience so much difficulty in
firming, and a man of moderate moans
is careful to avoid asking them to’
change their habits of life. There are
few sadder pi -tures than the one w®
reo when some such woman of hraref
heart than most of her sex, chooses
the i,*ortiort of a poor man’s love and
vainly seeks to adapt herself to a life
i t whielt she has hitherto known noth
i g. Ihe habits of her girl-hood bind
U - 6k ■ strong fetters, her ignorance
of domestic duties weights her to tho'
earth tho loss ot social position, or the
fevered efforts she makes to support
it, wears out her life in bitter repin-.
uings. until her health gives way and
sin dies leaving her faults to vex tho
world in her children, and her virtues*
undiscovered save ly hor husband,
who hides from himsolf all else of
t nett mry. — Lippincot?s Miipiaine.
’fi’iie Lucifer */iUc!».
I ho invention of our present lueifer
match was great because it was so
-mall, and it now turns out that the
production of this most useful, but at
the ame time most dangerous firo
wotk, was duo to a happy thought •
which flashed through tho brain of
.dr. Isaac Holden, who terms the idea
in his evidence before the Patent Com
mittee. Mr Holden had to rise at
t ■ in the morning to pursue his stu
dies in * hemistry, and experienced the
grave t inconvenience from his tedious
off Tts to obtain light from flint nod,
rioll. Ho was givi ig lectures at this'
tiin to a very largo academy. Ho *
g»e- ; on to say: ‘Of course, 1 knew,'
as other eliPmists did, tho explotflvo ’
man rial that was necessary in ordei
to pr .luce instantaneous light: but it
was very difficult to obtain a light on
wood by that explosive material, and
the idea oeeured to me to put under
the explosive mixture sulphur. I did
that, and published it in my nest lec
lure, and showed it. There was a
young man in tho room whose father
was a chemist in London, and ho im
mediately wfote to his father about it,
and shortly afterwards lueifer matches'
were issued to tho world.’
Mr Fiksi Experiment. —Tllo follow
ing is tho experience of a nieehaxwo
concerning tho benefits of a newspa
per:
r Xi :i years ago I lived in at town in'
Indiana. On returning homo one
n lit, ior lam a carpenter by trade,
I saw a little girl leave my door with
a suulo, which is very encouraging to
a man alter a hard day’s labor. I*
asked my wife who she was. She
said .Mrs. R. had sent her little girl"
after their newspaper which she had.
borrowed. Wo sat down to tea. My
wife said to me :
“I wish you would subscribe for tho
newspaper, it is so much comfort to*
me when you are away from home.”
My answer was :
“I would like to do so, but you
know 1 owe a payment on the house
and lot. It will be all that I can do'
to meet it.”
She said :
“It you will take the paper, I will .
sow for tho tailor and pay for it.”
1 subscribed for the paper; it caraq
in duo time to tho shop. While rest-'
ing one noon and looking over it, I
saw ap advertisement of the county
commissioners to let a bridge that was
to ! bo bpilt. #
1 put in a bid for the bridge, and,
the job was awarded to me, on whirl* 5
I realized three hundred dollars,
which enabled me to pay for my
house and lot easily, and for the news
paper. If I had not subscribed for
tho newspaper I would not' have
known anything about tho contract, ’
and could not have met the payment
on my house and lot. A mechanic
never loses anything- by taking, a
1 newspaper.''
The Secret of Health. —First,
keep warm. Second, eat regularly
auu slowly. Third, maintain regular
bodily habits Fourth, take early and
very 1 ght suppers, or better still, none
at all. Fifth, keep a oleau skin.
Sixth, get plenty of sleep at pigjit..
Seventh, keep cheerful and respectful'
company. Eight, keep out of debt.
.Ninth, don’t sot any mind on-things i
y°u don’t need. Tenth, mind your
own business. Eleventh, don’t set up*
to be a sharp of any kind. Twelfth,,
subdue curiosity,
| A sentimental chap intends to pe
tition Congress for a grant to improve
the channels of affection, so that hence
forth the Course ol true 1 vo may run,
smooth.
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