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eutedwith neatness and dispatch, at moderate
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SIMMONS & HOYL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
nuirsojr, - - nEotiGi.t.
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"C.V. WOOTEN,
ATTORN fiYJ AT LAW,
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WATCH AND
REPAIRER JEWELER.
Dawson, G-a.,
IS prepared to do any work in his line in
the very best style. feb2B ts
J. «. S. SMITH,
gun SMITH and
nutW'SOJt, : Georgia.
tepairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, Sewing
Marlines, etc., etc. 2 ly.
W. c. PARKS,
attorney at Law.
Mar Sly l).firsf>.v;f../.
G. W. WARWICK*
jtttorncy at f.ntr and Solicitor
in Euuilu.
WILL practice in I.ce, Sumter, Terrel!
and Webster.
J. E. HIGGINBOTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Morgan , Calltoun Cos., Ga.,
Will practice in all the Courts of the South
weniern and PatauU Circuits, Juue 1
DAWSON HOTEL
BY WILY JONES
12 HR Proprietor has neatly fitted up the
Dawson Hotel, and is prepared to make
his customers satisfied with both t?arc and
Lodging.
Connected with the Hotel is a It Jit
KOOM," in which is kept the best li
qaors in the city.
No pains will be spared to pleaoc. fe226tn
PAINTING ! PAINTING !
JAS. M- DODWELL,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, if
DAWSON, G A.-,
TS prepared to do all work In hie line—such
** house and sign paiuting, graining, pa
per hanging. Ac., In the very best style, and
•n short notice, at reasonable prices.
febl.6m.
BROWN HOUSE
E. E, brown & soy, ’
Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depot,
•Wacon, Georgia.
FROM the Ist of July the business of this
House will be conducted by E. E. Biown
A Son, the Senior having associated his son,
Wm. F. Brown, in tho management and in
terest of the Hotel.
The hou*e contains sixty rooms, which are
rwsrfffi chiefly for the use of travellers and
transient guests. Competent assistants have
been ae* cured in every department, and eve
ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort
to their cMtoruers. Rooms clean and air?, and
the table always supplied with the best the
country affords. Porters attend arrival and
departure of all trains to convej baggage
and conduct passengers across the s*,reel to
their quarters. july‘27,tf
M. B. LOYLESS. J. B. CRIAI
LOYLESS & CRiM,
WAREHOUSE and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
PAWBQN, GA.
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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
Vol. 11.
W. 1.4 N. M. THORNTON
Practical I>entistH,
IM ITSO.r, tiJ.
Office in Harden’s new building, West
Side, Depot Street. Dec. 14,
STEVENS HOUSER
21, 23, 25 & 27 BROADWAY, N. Y.
Opposite Howling Ormn.
ON Tin; EUROPEAN PLAN.
fllltß STEVENS HOUSE is well and widely
I known to the public. The location is es
pecially suitable to merchants and business
men; it is in close proximity to tho business
part of the city—is on the highway of South
ern and Western travel—nnd adjacent to all
the principal Railroad and Steamboat depots.
THE STEVENS HOUSE has liberal ac«
commodation for over 200 guests—it is well
1 furnished, and possesses every modern im
-1 provement for the comfort and entertainment
’of its inmates. The rooms are spacious and
: well ventilated—provided with gas and va
t cr —the attendance is prompt and respectful
! —and the table is ginerously provided with
every delicacy of the season—at moderate
rates. 1
I The rooms having been refurnished and re.
modeled, we are enabled to offer extra facil
ities for the comfort and pleasure of our
| Guests.
GEO. K. CHASE & CO.
Proprietors.
HENRY, MOORE & GENUNG,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of
cDOTHiisra,
No. 522 Broadwav, opp. St. Nicholas Hotel,
NEW YORK.
Phillip Ifonry. Jr., formerly of Hcnrys, Smith
A Towuseuil.
John T. llcnry, formerly of Saulsbury & Henry.
Alex. T. Moore, j formerly with IlHiirys, Smith'
1 jtaac P. > & Townsend,
I We have ready a large, handsome and well
assorted stock of
, tIEJM D F J«M DE CI.OTMiI.VG
manufaetbrod by us exclusively for the Southern
i Oracle, which we are prepared to sell at Low
Prices and on libera! terms. Our Block is ad
apttril in material, style, lengths and sir?.*, exclu
sively for the South, and comprises poods from
jroods from the lowest priced to the finest made,
including a large assortment of goods for
EMIEEDMEJK*
The recent decline in woolen and cotton fab
rics will enable us to offer Clothing at much low
er prices than it has beeu sold for at any time
I since ISO. Cash and close buyers from the South
' are invited to examine our stock bofore purelias
j iug, as we believe we can offer greae inducements.
We will be happy to receive orders, and our
I long experience in the Southern business enab/es
ns to make selections which will be certain to give
entire satisfaction.
Descriptive fatalogues with prices scut by mail
if desired. lIENKY, MOORE & GKNUNG,
August 522 llroadway New } ork,
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE,
MACON, GEORGIA.
THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL BBISION
of the Wesleyan Female College will begin
on Monday, October 2th uuder the following
Board of Instruction.
Bev. John M Bonnell, D. P., Pres, nnd
Prof, of Mental and Moral Science ard Rhet
oric.
Rev. Cosby W. Smith, A. M., Prof, of
Mathematics.
Rev. VV. C. Bass, A. M., Prof. Nat. Science.
Christiau Schwarts, Prof. Ancient and
Modern Languages.
miss irabch. ....a....-.*,, *.a.
sistaut in Literary Department.
Mons A. de Castro, A- M., Prof, of Instru
mental and Vocal Musie, and drawing.
Madame de Castro, Toucher of instrument
al Music.
Assistant in Music.
Mrs. E. T. Crowe, Teacher of Painting
PAYMENTS.
The expense of a boarding pnpil in the reg
ular course of study, is about f340. One third
is due ou diy of entrance in October, one
third Ist. January, and one third Ist. April.
Modern Languages, Music, Drawing and
Paiutiug, extra. The cost of Books will vary
with the class. Payments are jioeitirrly re
quired in advance, and there will be no sn
riation from this rule, except by special con.
.ract.
Eor further information apply to anv mem
ber of the Faculty. W. C. BASS,
Sec’y ol Facility.
Aug9-tf
"notice. -
SIXTY days after date, application will be
made to the of Court of Ordinary of Cal
houn County, for leavo to fell the real es'ate
of T. T. Sawyer, late of said comity dec’d.
MAKEEVA J. SAWYER,
aug9 Adm’r.
BUIES W-A-X!
BEESWAX!
A|dfj E’OUNDS Beeswax wanted, for
which we will pay the highest
market price in Groceries.
Aag 14 2m PRATT k COHtRAN.
Lee l'oM |>on <-<l Mu-riff's Aalea,
A\7 ELL be sold before the Court Ho tiro
t T door in the t»wn o' Surkvillc Lee
County, on the first Tuesday in Sept, next,
within the legal hours of sale, the following
property to-wit : Lots of land Nos. 141, 148
and 173, lying in the 1 ttli District of Lee
county, levied on by virtue of two Ux fi fas
issued bv George C. Kdwards vs Decatur
Jones, for his State and county tax lor the
year 1866. Property pointed out by George
C. Edwards, T. C., August 6th, 1867.
J. G. McKINNitN, Dept. Stiff.
Terrell Superior Court, |
Mat Tkkm, 1867. J
IT being represented to the Court by the
petition of W. C. Carter, Administrator of
Robert M. Carter, deceased, that by Deed of
mortgage dated the 10th day of November,
1868, James R. Bynum conveyed to the said
Robert M. Carter, a lot of land situate, lying
and being in the town of Dawson, in said
countv or Terrell, containing six-tenths of an
acre, more or less, known in plan of said
Town by No. (86) Ninety six for the purpose
of secuiing the payment of two certain prom
issory notes made by the said James R. By
num, to the said Robert M. Carter; one of
them due the 25th day of December, 186(1,
lor ttie sum of Seven Hundred and Fit tv Dol
lars each, malting the sum of Fifteen Hund
red Dollars, whic7 notes are now due and
nn paid.
It is ordered that the said James R. By
nntw do pay into this court by the First day
of the next term, the principc interest and
cost doe on said notes, or show cause, if any
lie has, to thocoiitrary, or that in default there
of a foreclosure bo giautcd to the said IV. C.
Carter, Administrator as aloreeaid of said
mortgage and the equity of redemption ol
the said James R. Bynum therein be forever
barred, and that seivice of this Rule he pei
feeted on sa’d Janies R. Bynum according
to Law.
A Trrre Eetraet from the Minutes ol this
Court Asgitrt 18th 1 MS.
J. C. i', CLARK, Clsrk.
DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY , SEPTEMHEH 30, 1807.
Ileeoleelion of Omlet Life
Kcinl Caoiici'ulN a» Koyw at
Weal Point.
“An old Dragoon” is wilting a se
ries, of interesting skctchoa for a Rich
mond paper, giving reminiscences of
Cadet life at tho West Point Military
Academy. The following are extracts:
“The first cadet I ever heard give tho
word of command was Sidney Johnson,
and tho impression Ins appearance
made on me is as clear and distinct now
as it was then. His stalwart form and
well developed muscles gave him an ap
pearance of great strength, whilj his
gentle manners and benevolent counte
nance indicated a man of the tcndcrcst
affection. Hard to arruse to anger, he
was ever ready to espouse the cause of
the oppressed. Ilis noble nature en
deared him to his fellow cadets and his
associates in after life. On ono of the
fairest pages of history must be written
the deeds ot this gallant soldier and
true patriot.
“Leonidas Polk, tall and as straight
as an arrow was the orderly sergeant of
try company Scrupulously strict in
the discharge of his duties, retiiingin
his manners, and a devout member,
oven then, of the Episcopal Church, he
invariably commanded the respect of
us all.
“Robeit E. Lee held the two offices
in the corps usually filled by the best
soldiers of tho class—sergeant-major
and adjutant. He dischatged the du
ties of these offices with a zeal and fi
delity. His personal appearance sur
passed in manly beauty that of any oth
er cadet in the corps. Though firm in
bis position, and perfectly erect, bo had
none of the stiffness so often assumed
by men who affect to be very strict in
their ideas ot what is military. Ilis
limbs, beautiful and symmetrical looked
as though they had come from aturning
lathe ; his step was as elastic as if he
spurned the ground upon which he trod.
He was noted among his class mates as
a great student, and as having passed
through the trying ordeal of a military
school without a single demerit mark.
(I generally got one hundred and fifty
a year.) During 15. b Lee’s stay at
West Point, I am satii-fied that he nev
er swore an oath, tasted a drop of ar
dent spirits, nor used ‘the weed’ in any
shape or form. The same virtues of
aosinance may be attributed to Charles
Masons; but I think ‘Charley’ occason
al!y let slip an oath , at_lcastjho looked
as if he did. Mason was in Lee’s class,
and intellectually had no superior at the
Point. How well I can recolect bis
bright piercing eye, gleaming and
‘snapping’ with excitement as he stood
at tho black board, demonstrating some
intricate and beautiful mathematical
problem. Mason early left the army,
aud has since sought and gained that
destinction in civil life which his talents
patent office, chosen for Lis scientific at
tainments, and filled with ability for
several years, a place on the supreme
bench of lowa.
“Joseph E. Johnston had a great
deal of military spirit that pervaded the
corps, and which was infused by Major
Worth. He wa9 not remarkable for his
studeous habi‘s, and belonged to a fast
set, of which I myself was an active
member. Few of that set escaped ar
rest, confinement and court martial.
Joe Johnston was one of those genial
epi rits that gave to a cadets life,
full of ambition and a desire to excel,
he was ever ready to join a scouting par
ty to Ilutler Milk Falls; to the residence
of the immortal Benny Havens. His
appearance was very military, and when
under arms no man looked more the sol
dier. He was very expert in the man
el of arms, and carried bis musket in
perpendicular that it leaned a little too
much to the front. Though wo recog
gized his talents then, wc little dream
ed he bad military genius he has sincu
ditpiayed as a commander.
“My old friend and classmate, Jno
Magruder, was perhaps the most ele
gant and distingue cadet at tho Acade
my, in that day, and Ido not believe
West Point has ever had his rqua). He
was a first-rate soldier, of fineappear
aneo, and vrry strict when on duty as
“officer ot the day,” never failing to
report tho slightest violati nos regula
tions, even though the delinquent was
the most intimate friend and room-mate.
This trait in his character I have reason
to know from personal experienee. John
was for the corps the “arbiter of things
elegant, the class of fashion.”
Fall Plowing.—By plowing the
soil it is made productive, or, in other
words, capable of producing the crops
we intend to grow. A soil that is
close, hard, and @o compact that the
fi! rous roots of plants cannot pene
trate it, cannot be expected to pro
duce a crop of wheat or any other cer
eal, and consequently the more porous
and pulverulent wo can rnuke it the
greeter the return it will yield. In or
dcr that the nutritive matter contain
ed in the soil be made productive, we
must cultivate well The plowing
must be done w-fll; the manure appli
ed to a field should bo thorough y in
corporated with the soil, in order to
be within the reach of the roots of the
plants. Special attention should be
given to this subject at ibis lime, ami
the land got into the very best con
dition, that we may raise larger crops
to the acre, and the more land we can
plow in the Fall, and get into fine tilth
for planting or sowing, the less we
thrill have to do in the [Spring
Many fanners reapeu the reward < f
their foresight in this particular the
past Spring, when the weather was so
unfavorable that only a few days now
and then were tit to do woik in, and
they succeeded it; getting In tlmir
crops v hile their less fortunate neigh-
NORM OUTRAGES IN INTE
RIOR KENTUCKY.
Two Nell Ilium and Three cap
lured.
From the Danville Gazette of a lute
date, we take tho following account
of tho recent doings of Judge Lynch
& Cos. in Mercer, Hoyle and adjacent
regions:
another man ucng.
On Monday night last, about 9
o’clock, a party of men, variously esti
mated at from fifteen to forty, went to
the house of a man named Kelly, liv
ing on tho farm of J. M. McFerren,
Esq., about three miles south of Dan
ville, nnd inquired who was there. Be
ing told that no ono save the family
were in the house, they departed and
next visited the house of a than named
Daniel Rainey, where they found a
young man named Leake Hicks, about
18 or 19 years of age. Tney compell
ed him to get up and go with (hem,
alleging that “he was a spy of Weav
er’s.”
Our renders will remember that
Weaver was shot by an unknown [tar
ty nt his home near Shelby city, some
weeks ago, having one of his legs bro
ken by the ball. A guard es five or
six persons were left with Mr. Rainey,
while the balance of the party went off
with Hicks, the guard leaving at the
firing of a gun, which seemed to be a
kind of signal. On yesterday morn
ing the body of Hicks was found bang
ing to a tree by the roadside, in s
woodland not far from Rainey’s house
boing ertirely lifeless*. The party that
executed him were partially disguised
by hankerohiefs drawn all over their
faces.
STILL ANOTHER HANGING.
Harrodsburg, Ky., Aug. 26, 18G7.
Editor Gazette:
Rir— On Saturday night about 1
o’clock, Constub o Kirkland with a
posse, consisting of eight persons,
brought into this place nnd committed
to jail Joseph Sutherland, charged
with the henious crime of rape, on the
person of a little girl, about II or 12
years old in Washington county, on
the sth inst., in connection with three
others, yet at large. He was commit
ted on the mittimus of a magistrate.—
Last night (Sunday) at 1 o’clock, six
men appeared at the jail with a prison
er, (as they said, Hill Simmons) tied,
and requested our worthy jailor, Root
Gallagher, to roceive him. Ho inquir
ed if they had a mittimus. They re
plied they had. He having received a
prisoner the night before at the same
untimely hour, which proved all right,
aod not su*pecting any trick, invited
in Front of tVi e c 1 11 j*v i sittfr s 'SfeM' Vt
wtapons and demanded the keyswouid
let them into Sutherland’s coll. Upon
entering they took him out and car
ried him west of town about four miles
on the Maxville road, and hung him,
where he was found this morning
dead. It was found that he had re
ceived a pistol or gun shot wound in
the right side.
What became of the man whom they
represented as Simmons, has not trims
pired at this writing ; whether he was
used as n decoy. If so, it was a sharp
triek of the party, as Simmons was
known to the jailer as a former inmate
of the prison, had served in the peni
tentiary, and had received executive
clemency, all known to him and con
firmative of the plausibility of tho ap
plication for admission.
No blame attaches to the jiiler un
der the circumstances. The whole
number of persons engaged in the af
fair is said to be 25 or 30, and it i«
said they are “Regulators,” at least
they are “so called ”
Yours, truely, C.
MORB OUTRAGES
The Rowsey party are reported to
have captured three men whom they
allege to be Regulators, and have ta
ken them to some place in the knobs
One was captured on Monday morn
ing last, we arc informed.
The Bachelor. —ln the vast field
of human affections, says a cotcrrqto
rnry, the old bachelor is the very
fcaro-crow of happiness, who drives
away the little birds of love that come
to steal away the little hemlock seeds
of loneliness ard despair Where is
thero a more pi iable object on this
earth than a inan who has no amiable
woman interested in hi3 welfare?
How dismal docs bis desolate room
appear, when h* comes home at n ! ght
weary and hungry; a barren table,
and h lonely pillow, which looks like
the white urn of every earthly enjoy
ment. Pee the old bachelor in tho
dark afternoon of life, when his heart
is sinking to its fuoderanee ! Not a
solitary star of memory gleams over
hi# opening grave ! No weeping wife
to bend like a comforting angel over
his dying ptillow and wfpo the deutb
swetu from his brow ! No fond (laugh
tor lo draw bis chilly hand into the
soft piressure of hern, and warm his icy
hjood with the reviving ti-es of avail
ing affection ! No manly boy to link
his breaking name with the golden
chain ol honorble society, mid bind his
history in the vast volumes of the w rid
he is leaving forever, lie has eaten
and drank, and diank and died, and
earth is glad she s got rid of him, for
ho bad little else to do than c. am bis
soul into tho circumference of a six
pence; mid no human being, save his
washerwoman, will breathe neigh at
ins funeral.
Subscribe for the ‘Journal’—only ©2.
A Oil it it ing Sleeper.
The following very adroit trick was
recently performed in one of the public
inns in England:
A gentleman genteelly drossed, walk
ed in and professed to be tired. Hav
ing taken refreshments, he said he
would like a nap for an hour. To sleep
he went, and in a very business-like
way, in a chair, and a long nap he ap
peared to enjoy, Before it expirod tho
usual smoke pipe company began to
drop in, and among the rest two stran
gers made their appearance.
One of tho oontpany remarked that
it was unpleasant to have a man sleep
ing in a public room with valuable prop
erty about him such as tho sleeper, who
had a finc-lo< king gold guard-chain
displayed on his waistcoat, and appa
rently connected with a watch in one
of his pockets. To this remark odc of
the slrangcrs replied,—
“Pooh I that’s no gentleman, I’m
sure ; he’s one of them ere swell mob as
is always a takin* of the people in.
I dare say he has no watch at all; but
I’ll soon see.’
Suitinar the aotion to the woid, the
stranger drew from the sleeping man’s
pocket a piece of wood, round and about
the size of a watch.
‘I thought so,’ said he ; there is a
pretty watch for you,’ holding it up so
that the company might see it, and then
returned it to the owuers pocket.
By-and-by the sleeper awoke, and
called hri-kly for a glass of brandy and
water. He assumed quite a patroniz
ing air to the farmers, which soon raised
a desire to put him dewn. According
ly one of tho sjniors required to be in
formed the time of day.
‘Why,’ said the gentleman, ‘the fact
is, 1 got a drap too much last night,
and forgot to wind up my watch.’
‘Just so!’ ejaculated the senior, ‘you
forgot to wind it up? You’d be puz
zled to do that, I should say, wouldn’t
you now ?’
‘Well, sir, yon seem to take more no
tice of such a trifle than there is any
call for; hut the truth is, I have not a j
watch key about me, and mine is rather I
a peculiar watch.
Hero a buist of laughter ensued, aDd |
a number of jokes were passed aDout ,
the peculiar style of the watch. At |
last one of tbe company loudly told him
he bad no watch at all about him;
whereupon the amazed individual has
tily clapped his hand to his waistcoat
pocket, having previously declared that,
unless the watch had been stolen since
be had been in the room, he had one.
Satisfied, apparently, by the external
application to bis pocket, he said :
‘lt’s all right; my watch is here. I
thought you had been playing a tnck
with me.’
‘l’ll bet you fivo pounds you have no
watch,’ balled out ono af Lis tormentors.
auu t rixn =«.«., ... r
five, but there were two sovereigns which
he would like to double by betting in
the same way.’
The awakened sloepor, looking at
them in astonishment, asked if they
were serious.
They all stuck to it that ho had no
watch aod then he took out his purse
and produced five and ten pound notes
to the tmount of the bets offered him.
The stakes were posted, and than the
thoroughly awakened sleeper pulled out
tbe piece of wood, at which a hoarse
laugh arose. The laughter was soon on
the other side, whcD, touching a spring
in tho bit of wood, it flew open and dis
closed a very handsome gold watch very
snugly encased within it.
The gentleman gave a very placa
ble reason for preferring so odd looking j
a case for hi* watch, with which his 1
dupes might cither feci satisfied or not.
lie had received their money to the ex
tent of £4O, nnd they had bought their •
knowledge of “tbe time of day.”
Farming.
“lie that by the plow would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drire.’’
J’lain logic, that ; unmistakable. If
the farmer expects to tLrive, he may
give up the idea at ouce unless ho uses
physical effort—must not attempt to es
cape drudgery ; yes, that is the name
for it, drudgery. A plow should be
called by that name, and not a “farm
ing implement.” Those who know lit
tle or nothing of farming invest it with
a kind of a halo. They think that on a
farm
Everything is lovely,
And the goose hangs high.
The results of each year arc looked at
through magnifying glasses. The pro
cesses by which these results arc artived
at arc seen through prisms and invert
ed microscopes, so to speak.
1 can’t 8-y that I admire grumblers’
but. that is no wonder that farmers are
discontented, and that their sons seek
in cities and ebewhurc a mors encour
aging employment.
A farmer, to thrive, must bo up at
work early, very early. lie must work
hard and late ; not eight heurs, not ten,
but twelve to fifteen, except in winter.
L am not referring to farming as a lux
ury, as practiced by those who cau af
ford it, hut who make notl ing by i;;
the proocss b< iug to ‘hire’ laborers, and
ds tho thing up “scientifically ” But
I mean those who depend on faruting
for subsistancc, and a source by which
to lay up something for old ago or mis
fortune ;—and nearly all the firnters
through the West arc cf the latter
class.
As I hare mentioned, if he expects
to thtive, he rnnst depend principally
on his own labor, imd his boys if he has
auy. Tie will have hardly mug,to look
at dcw papas or attend a h eal agri
cultural njoetiut', for oath must be pian-
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when ripe, and so on through tbe whole
season.
I don’t want to be understood as un
derating agricultural societies, but I do
mean to say that if any corn need
plowing, if my wheat or oats are read*
to cut, I'll not go to the agricultural
meeting.
Winter time is not a season for leis
ure, either. There are long evenings
to read the papers in (if he isn’t too tir
ed and sleepy), to be sure; but if the
farmer is a thriving one, he is up and
feeding his stock before daylight. If
he hires this work done,lie will not only
not thrive, but will fall behind. It may
be an unpleasant view to take ts it, but
it is praotioally the correoi ono.
My text was a favorite of our favorite
practical philosopher, Franklin; and
whether applied generally or literaiiy, it.
is a practical truth from which there is
no escaping. li. M. H.
LETTER- FROM RIO JANEIRO.
Ribeira he loOape, 4
PaovißCt of Pan Pahdo, >
Jane 15th, 1867. )
J/issrs Editort : Our party of emigrants
aboard tbe North America arrived safe
ly at llio do Janeiro on the 20th of
May, and all were promptly put ashore
by the small steamers of the Brazilian
Government A Urge portion were
accomodated at the large and admira
bly located hotels ptovided for emi
grants, while a few of our families found
good quarters in tho city at hotels or
hoarding houses by paying, $l 25 per
day for adults, and half prioo for chil
dren. The number of emigrants upon
our vessel was 278 persons, and con
sisting mostly of families from the
Southern States, deslined to looate per
manently in Brazil. A few days prior
to our arrival, tho Miramon reached
Rio de Janeiro with 263 emigrants, and
most of that number were already ac
oomdated at the Government Hotel
with very comfortable apartments. But
with additional number from the North
America, there was orowding of the re
maining large rooms, and lie young
men were under the i ot ssi'y of accept
ing plaoes on the floor of the large cor
I rider in the front of tho building. The
Emporor of Brazil honored the large as
' semhlage of emigrants wilh a visit on
j the 23d of May, and seemed to be grat
i ified with tbe hearty cheer that was giv
|cn on bis arrival. After taking a thor
ough survey of tho premises, and the
people in tbe soveral apartments, he
manifested his consideration by shak
ing hands with three gentlemen, who
were recognized as the representatives
of tho various parties of emigrants, and
a few words of conversation in tho Eng
lish language, he took his leave.
The emigrants have gono to Bcveral
localities already selected for settle
ments, some upon the Kio Doei, in the
Province of Esper&to Santos, which lies
about 16d. South latitude, and others
tude. JJUt tno largest nmnDer nave
come to tbe ltibicra de Iguape and the
Rio Iguia, where lauds arc provided by
the Government, and every facility pro
moted for entering upon the duties of
the farm. The large steamer Miramon
came from Rio da Janeiro to the oity
| of Iguape, with 303 emigrants, the lar
gest portion going Maj. F. McMullen to
j tbe Rio Lormeo, and the others being
j divided with the Rev. Ballard S. Dunn
and myself upon the Iguia and the up
per Ribiera near Xiririca.
We feel now that our expectations of
a permanent settlement in this region
ot Brazil arc realized, aDd that a respec
table class of people will now entor up
on tbe occupation of their own lands,
and that others may rely upon finding
here desirable associations.
j lam pleased to find that those com
ing out aro of that order which guaran
tees success iu our enterprise ; and as
- the Brazilian Government has respond
ed to every application which has been
thus far presented by me in behalf of
my friends, it is reasonably expect
ed.
Prior to this time I have simply pre
sented facts, favorable or unfavorable
to Brazil, but those who have read my
record, as published iu the volume en
title “Hunting a Home in Brazil,” will
infer that my preference for the noigb
borhod of the village of Xiririca, deter
mines the location of my friends and
family in this section.
Being about 27d S. L., with a most
salubrious elimato, rnd most prolific
soil, wc feci assured that wc havo found
a desiiablc home. Very respectfully,
J. M. F. Gaston.
Household Hints —Save your suds
for garden plants, or for garden yards
when sandy.
Wash your tea trays with cold suds,
polish with a little flour, and rub with
a dry cloth.
A hot shovel held over varnished
furniture will tike out tho white spots.
A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk
ami water will rcstoro old crape.
Iviobous of any kind should bo wash
ed iu cold soap suds and uot rins
ed.
If your flat irons arc rough, rub
them with tine salt, and it will make
them smooth.
Oat str; w is the best for filling beds;
it should be changed onco a year.
If you arc buying carpet for durabili
ty chose ftnall figures.
A bit of soap rubbed on hinges of
doors will prevent their creaking
Scotch suiiff,put in boles where crick
ets cotne out will destroy them.
A gallon of fir >ug lye put in a barrel I
cf hard water will make it as soft as
rain water.
Half a ertnberry on a coin will kill
it.
Always mend c’othos before wash
ing them.
A substantial tints—Tacon &.
A He ho or the Ska.—Tho suffer
ings of the crew of the ongf Nellie
Mitchell, may Daily becltissed among
those terrible disasters that awaken
horroi from a brief recital of the cir
cumstances. Four days out from Ae*
[inwall, the whole ship’scnttnpnny Wnn
prostrated with Isthmus lever, with
the excep'ion of the master and one
man. When within fifty m'fes oTowaft
Island, their destination, these (wo
were also stricken down. The mtw'er
tearing lest no one might survive to
tell the fate of the inmates of thin pen*
ship, tacked a letter to the bulk head,
giving an account of the ravagenofthe
disease- Providentially, in three dev*
tho master r< covered sufficiently to
head the brig for Man Antonio. In
spite ot tho most intense ngony he per
served in endeavoring to reach a pier*
of safety, hut often, while trying to re
tain ihe helm in his fevered hand*, fell
fainting on the deck, with no one ti*
relieve him, or even put a drop of wa
ter to hi a lips.
At last a friend[Y soil appeared, and
the Lizzie Bell rescued this self suegy
ficing sailor from death thrnuglv -'l*s:-
haustion William 11. Dunphy is the
hero of tliii atory of a floating hospital.
On land, with all tho aid of sympwßpz
ing assistants, it requires the Btloiligdif ,
nerves to pass through such scenes ;
but on the pathless ocean undying en
ergy is demanded to relieve the fevered
occupant of a hammock.
Foul Morder in Selma, Alabama.
—Gapt. J. B. Harrison, one of the ol
dest and most respected citizens in
Selma, Alabama, was waylaid and
shot from his horse on Saturday even
ing, the 17th instant on the outskirts
of that city, while on his way from the
city to his homo about two miles in the
country. The wound, from appear
ance, wa« inflicted by a musket. His
head was badly bruised, done appa
rently with the butt of the gun. Mr.tt
Harrison was robbed of valuable pu
pers, his pistol, a double cased gokl
watch, and a Masonic badge which he
always carried with him. The Mayor
ol Belma has offered a reward of one
thoustind[dolliirs for the apprehension
of the murderer with proot to convict.
The Times, in noticing the affair,
says:
This makes tho fifth murder com
mitted on or near that road within a
year. Mr. Love, an estimable citizen,
was killed and robbed ten or twelve
months ago, within n few yards of ttie
spot that witnessed the murder of Mr.
Ilarrison.
A Cure for Chills and F*v»r.—•
An intelligent gentleman, of consider
able practical sense, formerly ofßain
bridge, but who is now n resident of
Texas, in a orivate letter to a relative
of this place.’ gives tho following reme
dy for ch jlls and fever. This disease be
ing quite prevalent throughout this
section just at this season, we Uka
great ploasure in making it known to
our readers, which we do in tho words
of the gentleman relcrfed to;
“Chloroform is a sovereign remedy
for chilis and lever. Dose, hall a tea
spoonful in two tablespoonfuls of wa
ter. I,ot the patient drink- it. It re
lioved your mother recently in her
fifth Am -'""LZCZtt n-V’
rue inter stYtfceßs: I speak confi
dently of its efficacy, from personal ob
servation in a Dumber of ca«es. Yon
will do well to make it known as ex
tensively as you can.” —liambridye
Argus.
What a Kentucky Woman Can
Do —A woman with hoe and basket
in hand, went into the woods to dig for
ginseng, and made a very profitable
days work of it. She dug and gath
ered 10 pounds of ginseng, worth $6,-
50; caught a young spotted fawn,
which she Bold for $lO ; caught and
killed 5 young gray foxes, lor which
the State pays her $5, and killed two
black snakes and one rattle-snake.—
Can any hunter beat that ?
She took the young faww home nnd
sho having a young baby,- nursed the
fawn and baby from her breast at the
same time. I am told it is a novel sight
to see tbe baby and little spotted fawn
sucking at the same time.
A Yankee peddler, passing a so’ita
ry house among tho Nuw Hampshire
hills no'ice a dozen, less one, of faces
staring from the single window look
ing out on the road, to get a glanre at
the stranger. Stopping hits cart nnd
calling to a man standing, at the door,
this colloquy ensued ;
Peddler—l say, has there been a
funeral here lately ?
Man of Ihe JJotV 1 know oa.
Why?
Peddler—Because I see there’s one
pane o’ glass that hain’t got no face to
it.
Man ol the House—Tell you what!
i! you don’t start along pretty darned
quick, there will be a ftmeral, and
you’ll go to it, tew.
The Studious Farmer. —None are
so likely to adopt their crojw to the
quality of the soil, as those who make
the nature of that soil a study ; and
none so apt to apply the proper ma
nure at the proper time and in the
proper tnnnn- r, its those who mttko
themselves familiar with the composi
tion off rtilizers and ’.heir effects upon
different plants. No man is so likely
to mike a really valuable improvement
in an agricultural machine, as the far
mer who, whilo wing it, sees its de
fects, and possesses thy mechanical
skill an.f training: to originate and con
struct. It is in fact by the eilorts of
moii like this that, in tho real advance
ment of slocks, of crops, of machinery,
and of manure, farming » ill be hiought
to claim its true dignity, nud become
in name, as it already is in fact, a co
ble scumce.— lFx.
Old, Bit Seasonari e—A military
officer wmted to compliment a negro
by drinking with him :
“\Vell,Cap’ri,’ roj lied Cuff, ‘Tse so
very dry, so I won’t bo ugly about it.
Some niggers is too proud to drit.k
with miiishy ossifers—but I t‘ ink a
sfii'ishy ospifer, when sober, is jus* as